diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/workflow/workflow-variables/components/WorkflowVariablesDropdown.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/workflow/workflow-variables/components/WorkflowVariablesDropdown.tsx
index 3c4f218b58..42a17a8cc0 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/workflow/workflow-variables/components/WorkflowVariablesDropdown.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/workflow/workflow-variables/components/WorkflowVariablesDropdown.tsx
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import { type InputSchemaPropertyType } from 'twenty-shared/workflow';
 
 import { useAvailableVariablesInWorkflowStep } from '@/workflow/workflow-variables/hooks/useAvailableVariablesInWorkflowStep';
 import { type StepOutputSchemaV2 } from '@/workflow/workflow-variables/types/StepOutputSchemaV2';
+import { t } from '@lingui/core/macro';
 import { styled } from '@linaria/react';
 import { useContext, useState } from 'react';
 import { isDefined } from 'twenty-shared/utils';
 import { IconVariablePlus } from 'twenty-ui/icon';
+import { AppTooltip, TooltipDelay, TooltipPosition } from 'twenty-ui/surfaces';
 import { ThemeContext, themeCssVariables } from 'twenty-ui/theme-constants';
 
 const StyledDropdownVariableButtonContainer = styled.div<{
@@ -85,12 +87,25 @@ export const WorkflowVariablesDropdown = ({
 
   if (disabled === true || noAvailableVariables) {
     return (
-      <StyledDropdownVariableButtonContainer disabled={true}>
-        <IconVariablePlus
-          size={theme.icon.size.md}
-          color={theme.font.color.light}
+      <>
+        <StyledDropdownVariableButtonContainer
+          disabled={true}
+          data-variable-picker-disabled-anchor={dropdownId}
+        >
+          <IconVariablePlus
+            size={theme.icon.size.md}
+            color={theme.font.color.light}
+          />
+        </StyledDropdownVariableButtonContainer>
+        <AppTooltip
+          anchorSelect={`[data-variable-picker-disabled-anchor="${dropdownId}"]`}
+          content={t`No variables are available yet. Variables come from the workflow trigger and previous steps.`}
+          place={TooltipPosition.Top}
+          delay={TooltipDelay.mediumDelay}
+          offset={5}
+          noArrow
         />
-      </StyledDropdownVariableButtonContainer>
+      </>
     );
   }