diff --git a/app/AppDelegate.h b/app/AppDelegate.h
index 31d7b3c550..9210cfb97a 100644
--- a/app/AppDelegate.h
+++ b/app/AppDelegate.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 + (int)bootError;
 
++ (void)maybePresentStartupMessageOnViewController:(UIViewController *)vc;
+
 @end
 
 extern NSString *const ProcessExitedNotification;
diff --git a/app/AppDelegate.m b/app/AppDelegate.m
index cd26ee0db7..85c824d91e 100644
--- a/app/AppDelegate.m
+++ b/app/AppDelegate.m
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #import "AboutViewController.h"
 #import "AppDelegate.h"
 #import "AppGroup.h"
+#import "APKFilesystem.h"
 #import "iOSFS.h"
 #import "SceneDelegate.h"
 #import "PasteboardDevice.h"
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
 #import "Roots.h"
 #import "TerminalViewController.h"
 #import "UserPreferences.h"
-#import "APKFilesystem.h"
+#import "UIApplication+OpenURL.h"
 #include "kernel/init.h"
 #include "kernel/calls.h"
 #include "fs/dyndev.h"
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ static void ios_handle_die(const char *msg) {
     pthread_setname_np(newName.UTF8String);
 }
 
+static int bootError;
+static BOOL has_ish_version;
+static NSString *const kSkipStartupMessage = @"Skip Startup Message";
+
 @implementation AppDelegate
 
 - (int)boot {
@@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ - (int)boot {
         return err;
 
     // /ish/version is the last ish version that opened this root. Not used for anything yet, but could be used to know whether to change the root if needed in a future update.
-    BOOL has_ish_version = NO;
+    has_ish_version = NO;
     struct fd *ish_version = generic_open("/ish/version", O_WRONLY_|O_CREAT_|O_TRUNC_, 0644);
     if (!IS_ERR(ish_version)) {
         has_ish_version = YES;
@@ -91,6 +96,7 @@ - (int)boot {
         do_mount(&apkfs, "apk", "/ish/apk", "", 0);
     }
 
+
     // create some device nodes
     // this will do nothing if they already exist
     generic_mknodat(AT_PWD, "/dev/tty1", S_IFCHR|0666, dev_make(TTY_CONSOLE_MAJOR, 1));
@@ -196,12 +202,30 @@ - (void)configureDns {
     }
 }
 
-static int bootError;
-
 + (int)bootError {
     return bootError;
 }
 
++ (void)maybePresentStartupMessageOnViewController:(UIViewController *)vc {
+    if ([NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults integerForKey:kSkipStartupMessage] >= 1)
+        return;
+    if (!has_ish_version) {
+        UIAlertController *alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:@"Install iSH’s built-in APK?"
+                                                                       message:@"iSH now includes the APK package manager, but it must be manually activated."
+                                                                preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
+        [alert addAction:[UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"Show me how"
+                                                  style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
+                                                handler:^(UIAlertAction * _Nonnull action) {
+            [UIApplication openURL:@"https://go.ish.app/get-apk"];
+        }]];
+        [alert addAction:[UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"Don't show again"
+                                                  style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
+                                                handler:nil]];
+        [vc presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];
+    }
+    [NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults setInteger:1 forKey:kSkipStartupMessage];
+}
+
 - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application willFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary<UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey,id> *)launchOptions {
     NSUserDefaults *defaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults;
     if ([defaults boolForKey:@"hail mary"]) {
diff --git a/app/TerminalViewController.m b/app/TerminalViewController.m
index 8fc1bec2e2..3b94af6861 100644
--- a/app/TerminalViewController.m
+++ b/app/TerminalViewController.m
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ - (void)awakeFromNib {
                                              object:nil];
 }
 
+- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
+    [AppDelegate maybePresentStartupMessageOnViewController:self];
+    [super viewDidAppear:animated];
+}
+
 - (void)startNewSession {
     int err = [self startSession];
     if (err < 0) {