diff --git a/pkg/apis/camel/v1/integrationplatform_types.go b/pkg/apis/camel/v1/integrationplatform_types.go
index 475ec0332c..839a391a07 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/camel/v1/integrationplatform_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/camel/v1/integrationplatform_types.go
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ const (
 	IntegrationPlatformConditionCamelCatalogAvailable IntegrationPlatformConditionType = "CamelCatalogAvailable"
 	// IntegrationPlatformConditionKameletCatalogAvailable is the condition for the availability of a Kamelet catalog.
 	IntegrationPlatformConditionKameletCatalogAvailable IntegrationPlatformConditionType = "KameletCatalogAvailable"
+	// IntegrationPlatformConditionMavenSettingsAvailable is the condition for the availability of a Maven settings configuration.
+	IntegrationPlatformConditionMavenSettingsAvailable IntegrationPlatformConditionType = "MavenSettingsAvailable"
 
 	// IntegrationPlatformConditionCreatedReason represents the reason that the IntegrationPlatform is created.
 	IntegrationPlatformConditionCreatedReason = "IntegrationPlatformCreated"
diff --git a/pkg/controller/integrationplatform/monitor.go b/pkg/controller/integrationplatform/monitor.go
index 8d6420fe06..46a07be1aa 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/integrationplatform/monitor.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/integrationplatform/monitor.go
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ func (action *monitorAction) Handle(ctx context.Context, platform *v1.Integratio
 		}
 	}
 	action.checkTraitAnnotationsDeprecatedNotice(platform)
+	action.checkMavenSettings(platform)
 	if err = action.addPlainQuarkusCatalog(ctx, catalog); err != nil {
 		// Only warn the user, we don't want to fail
 		action.L.Infof(
@@ -157,6 +158,30 @@ func (action *monitorAction) checkTraitAnnotationsDeprecatedNotice(platform *v1.
 	}
 }
 
+func (action *monitorAction) checkMavenSettings(platform *v1.IntegrationPlatform) {
+	if platform.Status.Build.Maven.Settings.ConfigMapKeyRef != nil ||
+		platform.Status.Build.Maven.Settings.SecretKeyRef != nil {
+		platform.Status.SetCondition(
+			v1.IntegrationPlatformConditionMavenSettingsAvailable,
+			corev1.ConditionTrue,
+			"MavenSettingsAvailable",
+			"Maven settings are available.",
+		)
+	} else {
+		platform.Status.SetCondition(
+			v1.IntegrationPlatformConditionMavenSettingsAvailable,
+			corev1.ConditionFalse,
+			"MavenSettingsAvailable",
+			"Maven settings are missing. You need to provide at least a Maven proxy configuration for performance reasons.",
+		)
+		action.L.Infof(
+			"WARN: Maven settings are missing for platform %s. "+
+				"You need to provide at least a Maven proxy configuration for performance reasons.",
+			platform.Name,
+		)
+	}
+}
+
 func specOrDefault(runtimeVersionSpec string) string {
 	if runtimeVersionSpec == "" {
 		return defaults.DefaultRuntimeVersion
diff --git a/pkg/controller/integrationplatform/monitor_test.go b/pkg/controller/integrationplatform/monitor_test.go
index 03313fc6f3..b1404fd5d5 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/integrationplatform/monitor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/integrationplatform/monitor_test.go
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ func TestMonitorReady(t *testing.T) {
 	ip.Spec.Build.Registry.Address = "1.2.3.4"
 	ip.Spec.Build.RuntimeVersion = "1.2.3"
 	ip.Spec.Build.RuntimeProvider = v1.RuntimeProviderQuarkus
+	ip.Spec.Build.Maven.Settings.ConfigMapKeyRef = &corev1.ConfigMapKeySelector{
+		Key:                  "k",
+		LocalObjectReference: corev1.LocalObjectReference{Name: "v"},
+	}
 	ip.Status.Build.RuntimeVersion = "1.2.3"
 	ip.Status.Build.RuntimeProvider = v1.RuntimeProviderQuarkus
 	ip.Status.Build.Registry.Address = "1.2.3.4"
@@ -86,8 +90,11 @@ func TestMonitorReady(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, answer)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, v1.IntegrationPlatformPhaseReady, answer.Status.Phase)
-	assert.Equal(t, corev1.ConditionTrue, answer.Status.GetCondition(v1.IntegrationPlatformConditionTypeRegistryAvailable).Status)
+	assert.Equal(t, corev1.ConditionTrue,
+		answer.Status.GetCondition(v1.IntegrationPlatformConditionTypeRegistryAvailable).Status)
 	assert.Nil(t, answer.Status.GetCondition(v1.IntegrationPlatformConditionType("InsecureRegistryWarning")))
+	assert.Equal(t, corev1.ConditionTrue,
+		answer.Status.GetCondition(v1.IntegrationPlatformConditionMavenSettingsAvailable).Status)
 	assert.Equal(t, "3.2.1", answer.Status.Build.RuntimeCoreVersion)
 }
 
@@ -142,6 +149,8 @@ func TestMonitorDriftDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, answer)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, v1.IntegrationPlatformPhaseReady, answer.Status.Phase)
+	assert.Equal(t, corev1.ConditionFalse,
+		answer.Status.GetCondition(v1.IntegrationPlatformConditionMavenSettingsAvailable).Status)
 	assert.Equal(t, "3.2.1", answer.Status.Build.RuntimeCoreVersion)
 }