diff --git a/scss/_tooltip.scss b/scss/_tooltip.scss
index 7cad1500090d..4117f8999e5a 100644
--- a/scss/_tooltip.scss
+++ b/scss/_tooltip.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 .tooltip {
   z-index: $zindex-tooltip;
   display: block;
+  margin: $tooltip-margin;
+  @include deprecate("`$tooltip-margin`", "v5", "v5.x", );
   // Our parent element can be arbitrary since tooltips are by default inserted as a sibling of their target element.
   // So reset our font and text properties to avoid inheriting weird values.
   @include reset-text();
diff --git a/scss/_variables.scss b/scss/_variables.scss
index edf220987062..7b3ced078b75 100644
--- a/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -1315,6 +1315,7 @@ $tooltip-border-radius:             $border-radius !default;
 $tooltip-opacity:                   .9 !default;
 $tooltip-padding-y:                 $spacer * .25 !default;
 $tooltip-padding-x:                 $spacer * .5 !default;
+$tooltip-margin:                    null !default;
 
 $tooltip-arrow-width:               .8rem !default;
 $tooltip-arrow-height:              .4rem !default;