diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/cocoapods/Podfile-ios-objc b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/cocoapods/Podfile-ios-objc
index 64ba7492ea9..1de1efcd2e4 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/cocoapods/Podfile-ios-objc
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/cocoapods/Podfile-ios-objc
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Using a CDN with CocoaPods 1.7.2 or later can save a lot of time on pod installation, but it's experimental rather than the default.
+# source 'https://cdn.cocoapods.org/'
+
 # Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
 # platform :ios, '9.0'
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/cocoapods/Podfile-ios-swift b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/cocoapods/Podfile-ios-swift
index e9286cbac1e..e5e1440b02e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/cocoapods/Podfile-ios-swift
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/cocoapods/Podfile-ios-swift
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Using a CDN with CocoaPods 1.7.2 or later can save a lot of time on pod installation, but it's experimental rather than the default.
+# source 'https://cdn.cocoapods.org/'
+
 # Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
 # platform :ios, '9.0'
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/cocoapods/Podfile-macos b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/cocoapods/Podfile-macos
index 45f32620b64..4a061765824 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/cocoapods/Podfile-macos
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/cocoapods/Podfile-macos
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Using a CDN with CocoaPods 1.7.2 or later can save a lot of time on pod installation, but it's experimental rather than the default.
+# source 'https://cdn.cocoapods.org/'
+
 platform :osx, '10.13'
 
 # CocoaPods analytics sends network stats synchronously affecting flutter build latency.