diff --git a/bundle/apps/slow_deploy_message.go b/bundle/apps/slow_deploy_message.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6eda39d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundle/apps/slow_deploy_message.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package apps
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/cmdio"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/diag"
+)
+
+type slowDeployMessage struct{}
+
+// TODO: needs to be removed when when no_compute option becomes available in TF provider and used in DABs
+// See https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/2144
+func (v *slowDeployMessage) Apply(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle) diag.Diagnostics {
+	if len(b.Config.Resources.Apps) > 0 {
+		cmdio.LogString(ctx, "Databricks apps in your bundle can slow initial deployment as they wait for compute provisioning.")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (v *slowDeployMessage) Name() string {
+	return "apps.SlowDeployMessage"
+}
+
+func SlowDeployMessage() bundle.Mutator {
+	return &slowDeployMessage{}
+}
diff --git a/bundle/phases/deploy.go b/bundle/phases/deploy.go
index c6ec04962..1a1ccd47b 100644
--- a/bundle/phases/deploy.go
+++ b/bundle/phases/deploy.go
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ func Deploy(outputHandler sync.OutputHandler) bundle.Mutator {
 		bundle.Seq(
 			terraform.StatePush(),
 			terraform.Load(),
+			apps.SlowDeployMessage(),
 			apps.InterpolateVariables(),
 			apps.UploadConfig(),
 			metadata.Compute(),