diff --git a/bundle/config/mutator/default_queueing.go b/bundle/config/mutator/default_queueing.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ead77c7a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundle/config/mutator/default_queueing.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package mutator
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/diag"
+	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/service/jobs"
+)
+
+type defaultQueueing struct{}
+
+func DefaultQueueing() bundle.Mutator {
+	return &defaultQueueing{}
+}
+
+func (m *defaultQueueing) Name() string {
+	return "DefaultQueueing"
+}
+
+// Enable queueing for jobs by default, following the behavior from API 2.2+.
+// As of 2024-04, we're still using API 2.1 which has queueing disabled by default.
+// This mutator makes sure queueing is enabled by default before we can adopt API 2.2.
+func (m *defaultQueueing) Apply(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle) diag.Diagnostics {
+	r := b.Config.Resources
+	for i := range r.Jobs {
+		if r.Jobs[i].JobSettings == nil {
+			r.Jobs[i].JobSettings = &jobs.JobSettings{}
+		}
+		if r.Jobs[i].Queue != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		r.Jobs[i].Queue = &jobs.QueueSettings{
+			Enabled: true,
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/bundle/config/mutator/default_queueing_test.go b/bundle/config/mutator/default_queueing_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea60daf7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundle/config/mutator/default_queueing_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package mutator
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/config"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/config/resources"
+	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/service/jobs"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestDefaultQueueing(t *testing.T) {
+	m := DefaultQueueing()
+	assert.IsType(t, &defaultQueueing{}, m)
+}
+
+func TestDefaultQueueingName(t *testing.T) {
+	m := DefaultQueueing()
+	assert.Equal(t, "DefaultQueueing", m.Name())
+}
+
+func TestDefaultQueueingApplyNoJobs(t *testing.T) {
+	b := &bundle.Bundle{
+		Config: config.Root{
+			Resources: config.Resources{},
+		},
+	}
+	d := bundle.Apply(context.Background(), b, DefaultQueueing())
+	assert.Len(t, d, 0)
+	assert.Len(t, b.Config.Resources.Jobs, 0)
+}
+
+func TestDefaultQueueingApplyJobsAlreadyEnabled(t *testing.T) {
+	b := &bundle.Bundle{
+		Config: config.Root{
+			Resources: config.Resources{
+				Jobs: map[string]*resources.Job{
+					"job": {
+						JobSettings: &jobs.JobSettings{
+							Queue: &jobs.QueueSettings{Enabled: true},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	d := bundle.Apply(context.Background(), b, DefaultQueueing())
+	assert.Len(t, d, 0)
+	assert.True(t, b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job"].Queue.Enabled)
+}
+
+func TestDefaultQueueingApplyEnableQueueing(t *testing.T) {
+	b := &bundle.Bundle{
+		Config: config.Root{
+			Resources: config.Resources{
+				Jobs: map[string]*resources.Job{
+					"job": {},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	d := bundle.Apply(context.Background(), b, DefaultQueueing())
+	assert.Len(t, d, 0)
+	assert.NotNil(t, b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job"].Queue)
+	assert.True(t, b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job"].Queue.Enabled)
+}
+
+func TestDefaultQueueingApplyWithMultipleJobs(t *testing.T) {
+	b := &bundle.Bundle{
+		Config: config.Root{
+			Resources: config.Resources{
+				Jobs: map[string]*resources.Job{
+					"job1": {
+						JobSettings: &jobs.JobSettings{
+							Queue: &jobs.QueueSettings{Enabled: false},
+						},
+					},
+					"job2": {},
+					"job3": {
+						JobSettings: &jobs.JobSettings{
+							Queue: &jobs.QueueSettings{Enabled: true},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	d := bundle.Apply(context.Background(), b, DefaultQueueing())
+	assert.Len(t, d, 0)
+	assert.False(t, b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job1"].Queue.Enabled)
+	assert.True(t, b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job2"].Queue.Enabled)
+	assert.True(t, b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job3"].Queue.Enabled)
+}
diff --git a/bundle/phases/initialize.go b/bundle/phases/initialize.go
index d6a1b95da9..2f5eab302c 100644
--- a/bundle/phases/initialize.go
+++ b/bundle/phases/initialize.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func Initialize() bundle.Mutator {
 			mutator.SetRunAs(),
 			mutator.OverrideCompute(),
 			mutator.ProcessTargetMode(),
+			mutator.DefaultQueueing(),
 			mutator.ExpandPipelineGlobPaths(),
 			mutator.TranslatePaths(),
 			python.WrapperWarning(),