diff --git a/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js b/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js
index 2e69901b455..0b36870bba4 100755
--- a/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js
+++ b/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const dns = require('dns');
 const envinfo = require('envinfo');
 const execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const isInstalledGlobally = require('is-installed-globally');
 const hyperquest = require('hyperquest');
 const inquirer = require('inquirer');
 const os = require('os');
@@ -124,6 +125,10 @@ const program = new commander.Command(packageJson.name)
   })
   .parse(process.argv);
 
+if (isInstalledGlobally) {
+  console.log(`global installation for create-react-app is deprecated.`);
+}
+
 if (program.info) {
   console.log(chalk.bold('\nEnvironment Info:'));
   return envinfo
diff --git a/packages/create-react-app/package.json b/packages/create-react-app/package.json
index e265819ffd6..d4fe0d6857c 100644
--- a/packages/create-react-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-react-app/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "7.0.1",
     "hyperquest": "2.1.3",
     "inquirer": "6.2.2",
+    "is-installed-globally": "0.2.0",
     "semver": "6.0.0",
     "tar-pack": "3.4.1",
     "tmp": "0.0.33",