diff --git a/about.pl b/about.pl
index 35c41fc35e..af5544c1ca 100755
--- a/about.pl
+++ b/about.pl
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ my $errZebraConnection = C4::Context->Zconn("biblioserver",0)->errcode();
 my $warnIsRootUser   = (! $loggedinuser);
 
 my $warnNoActiveCurrency = (! defined Koha::Acquisition::Currencies->get_active);
+
 my @xml_config_warnings;
 
 my $context = new C4::Context;
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@ $template->param(
     errZebraConnection => $errZebraConnection,
     warnIsRootUser => $warnIsRootUser,
     warnNoActiveCurrency => $warnNoActiveCurrency,
+    warnNoTemplateCaching => ( C4::Context->config('template_cache_dir') ? 0 : 1 ),
     xml_config_warnings => \@xml_config_warnings,
     warnStatisticsFieldsError => $warnStatisticsFieldsError,
 );
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt
index 8f4b3881b8..0360123c79 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
         <div id="sysinfo">
     [% IF warnPrefBiblioAddsAuthorities || warnPrefEasyAnalyticalRecords || warnPrefAnonymousPatron || warnPrefAnonymousPatron_PatronDoesNotExist ||
-          warnNoActiveCurrency || QueryParserError || warnIsRootUser || xml_config_warnings.size || AutoSelfCheckPatronDoesNotHaveSelfCheckPerm || AutoSelfCheckPatronHasTooManyPerm || warnStatisticsFieldsError %]
+          warnNoActiveCurrency || QueryParserError || warnIsRootUser || xml_config_warnings.size || AutoSelfCheckPatronDoesNotHaveSelfCheckPerm || AutoSelfCheckPatronHasTooManyPerm || warnStatisticsFieldsError || warnNoTemplateCaching %]
         [% IF (warnIsRootUser) %]
             <h2>Warning regarding current user</h2>
             <p>You are logged in as the database administrative user. This is not recommended because some parts of Koha will not function as expected when using this account.</p>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         [% END %]
 
         [% IF warnPrefBiblioAddsAuthorities || warnPrefEasyAnalyticalRecords || warnPrefAnonymousPatron || warnPrefAnonymousPatron_PatronDoesNotExist ||
-              warnNoActiveCurrency || QueryParserError || AutoSelfCheckPatronDoesNotHaveSelfCheckPerm || AutoSelfCheckPatronHasTooManyPerm || warnStatisticsFieldsError%]
+              warnNoActiveCurrency || QueryParserError || AutoSelfCheckPatronDoesNotHaveSelfCheckPerm || AutoSelfCheckPatronHasTooManyPerm || warnStatisticsFieldsError || warnNoTemplateCaching %]
             <h2>Warnings regarding the system configuration</h2>
             <table>
                 <caption>Preferences and parameters</caption>
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@
                     The patron used for the self checkout module at the OPAC has too many permissions. They should only have circulate => self_checkout.
                     </td></tr>
                 [% END %]
+                [% IF warnNoTemplateCaching %]
+                    <tr><th scope="row"><b>Warning</b> </th><td>
+                    You are missing the &lt;template_cache_dir&gt; entry in your koha-conf.xml file.
+                    That will bring a performance boost to enable it.
+                    </td></tr>
+                [% END %]
             </table>
         [% END %]