diff --git a/src/commands/create.ts b/src/commands/create.ts
index 8324d0a2b..d96f3d9bf 100644
--- a/src/commands/create.ts
+++ b/src/commands/create.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ export class CreateCommand extends ApifyCommand<typeof CreateCommand> {
 			description: 'Skip installing optional dependencies.',
 			required: false,
 		}),
+		'skip-git-init': Flags.boolean({
+			description: 'Skip initializing a git repository in the Actor directory.',
+			required: false,
+		}),
 	};
 
 	static override args = {
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ export class CreateCommand extends ApifyCommand<typeof CreateCommand> {
 
 	async run() {
 		let { actorName } = this.args;
-		const { template: templateName, skipDependencyInstall } = this.flags;
+		const { template: templateName, skipDependencyInstall, skipGitInit } = this.flags;
 
 		// --template-archive-url is an internal, undocumented flag that's used
 		// for testing of templates that are not yet published in the manifest
@@ -308,6 +312,20 @@ export class CreateCommand extends ApifyCommand<typeof CreateCommand> {
 			});
 		}
 
+		// Initialize git repository before reporting success, but store result for later
+		let gitInitResult: { success: boolean; error?: Error } = { success: true };
+		if (!skipGitInit) {
+			try {
+				await execWithLog({
+					cmd: 'git',
+					args: ['init'],
+					opts: { cwd: actFolderDir },
+				});
+			} catch (err) {
+				gitInitResult = { success: false, error: err as Error };
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (dependenciesInstalled) {
 			success({ message: `Actor '${actorName}' was created. To run it, run "cd ${actorName}" and "apify run".` });
 			info({ message: 'To run your code in the cloud, run "apify push" and deploy your code to Apify Console.' });
@@ -319,5 +337,18 @@ export class CreateCommand extends ApifyCommand<typeof CreateCommand> {
 				message: `Actor '${actorName}' was created. Please install its dependencies to be able to run it using "apify run".`,
 			});
 		}
+
+		// Report git initialization result after actor creation success
+		if (!skipGitInit) {
+			if (gitInitResult.success) {
+				info({
+					message: `Git repository initialized in '${actorName}'. You can now commit and push your Actor to Git.`,
+				});
+			} else {
+				// Git init is not critical, so we just warn if it fails
+				warning({ message: `Failed to initialize git repository: ${gitInitResult.error!.message}` });
+				warning({ message: 'You can manually run "git init" in the Actor directory if needed.' });
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/local/commands/create.test.ts b/test/local/commands/create.test.ts
index cc274c91c..d70f6a3df 100644
--- a/test/local/commands/create.test.ts
+++ b/test/local/commands/create.test.ts
@@ -118,4 +118,36 @@ describe('apify create', () => {
 		expect(existsSync(joinPath('node_modules', 'cheerio'))).toBeTruthy();
 		expect(existsSync(joinPath('node_modules', 'playwright'))).toBeFalsy();
 	});
+
+	it('should initialize git repository by default', async () => {
+		const ACT_TEMPLATE = 'project_empty';
+
+		await testRunCommand(CreateCommand, {
+			args_actorName: actName,
+			flags_template: ACT_TEMPLATE,
+			flags_skipDependencyInstall: true,
+		});
+
+		toggleCwdBetweenFullAndParentPath();
+
+		// Check that .git directory exists
+		expect(existsSync(joinPath('.git'))).toBeTruthy();
+		expect(existsSync(joinPath('.git', 'config'))).toBeTruthy();
+	});
+
+	it('should skip git initialization when --skip-git-init flag is used', async () => {
+		const ACT_TEMPLATE = 'project_empty';
+
+		await testRunCommand(CreateCommand, {
+			args_actorName: actName,
+			flags_template: ACT_TEMPLATE,
+			flags_skipDependencyInstall: true,
+			flags_skipGitInit: true,
+		});
+
+		toggleCwdBetweenFullAndParentPath();
+
+		// Check that .git directory does not exist
+		expect(existsSync(joinPath('.git'))).toBeFalsy();
+	});
 });