diff --git a/apps/docs-app/app/components/f/components/popover.gts b/apps/docs-app/app/components/f/components/popover.gts
index fc24bf32..d00cd121 100644
--- a/apps/docs-app/app/components/f/components/popover.gts
+++ b/apps/docs-app/app/components/f/components/popover.gts
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ export default class extends Component {
   @tracked
   arrow: boolean = true;
 
+  @tracked
+  delay?: number;
+
   @tracked
   flip: boolean = false;
 
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ export default class extends Component {
             <Popover
               @alignment={{this.alignment}}
               @arrow={{this.arrow}}
+              @delay={{this.delay}}
               @flip={{this.flip}}
               @offset={{this.offset}}
               @side={{this.side}}
@@ -105,6 +109,13 @@ export default class extends Component {
               @value={{this.arrow}}
               @onInput={{fn this.update "arrow"}}
             />
+            <Args.Number
+              @name="delay"
+              @defaultValue="undefined"
+              @description="Amount of delay before showing the popover (in milliseconds)"
+              @value={{this.delay}}
+              @onInput={{fn this.update "delay"}}
+            />
             <Args.Bool
               @name="flip"
               @defaultValue={{false}}
@@ -147,6 +158,7 @@ export default class extends Component {
             <Popover
               @alignment={{this.alignment}}
               @arrow={{this.arrow}}
+              @delay={{this.delay}}
               @flip={{this.flip}}
               @offset={{this.offset}}
               @side={{this.side}}
@@ -186,6 +198,13 @@ export default class extends Component {
               @value={{this.arrow}}
               @onInput={{fn this.update "arrow"}}
             />
+            <Args.Number
+              @name="delay"
+              @defaultValue="undefined"
+              @description="Amount of delay before showing the popover (in milliseconds)"
+              @value={{this.delay}}
+              @onInput={{fn this.update "delay"}}
+            />
             <Args.Bool
               @name="flip"
               @defaultValue={{false}}
diff --git a/apps/docs-app/app/components/f/components/tooltip.gts b/apps/docs-app/app/components/f/components/tooltip.gts
index c5cf87c3..53c9150e 100644
--- a/apps/docs-app/app/components/f/components/tooltip.gts
+++ b/apps/docs-app/app/components/f/components/tooltip.gts
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ export default class extends Component {
   @tracked
   alignment?: Alignment;
 
+  @tracked
+  delay?: number;
+
   @tracked
   flip?: boolean;
 
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ export default class extends Component {
             <div class="p-2">
               <Tooltip
                 @alignment={{this.alignment}}
+                @delay={{this.delay}}
                 @flip={{this.flip}}
                 @offset={{this.offset}}
                 @side={{this.side}}
@@ -152,6 +156,13 @@ export default class extends Component {
               @options={{array "" "start" "end"}}
               @onInput={{fn this.update "alignment"}}
             />
+            <Args.Number
+              @name="delay"
+              @defaultValue={{300}}
+              @description="Amount of delay before showing the tooltip (in milliseconds)"
+              @value={{this.delay}}
+              @onInput={{fn this.update "delay"}}
+            />
             <Args.Bool
               @name="flip"
               @defaultValue={{false}}
diff --git a/packages/ember-core/src/components/popover.gts b/packages/ember-core/src/components/popover.gts
index 8ca5c199..e7393435 100644
--- a/packages/ember-core/src/components/popover.gts
+++ b/packages/ember-core/src/components/popover.gts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { concat, hash } from '@ember/helper';
 import { arrow, computePosition, flip, offset, size } from '@floating-ui/dom';
 import Component from '@glimmer/component';
 import { tracked } from '@glimmer/tracking';
+import { restartableTask, timeout } from 'ember-concurrency';
 
 import { classes } from '../helpers/classes.ts';
 import onInsert from '../modifiers/on-insert.ts';
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ export interface PopoverSignature {
     alignment?: Alignment;
     arrow?: boolean;
     controlElement?: HTMLElement;
+    delay?: number;
     flip?: boolean;
     fullWidth?: boolean;
     offset?: string | number;
@@ -94,31 +96,18 @@ export default class Popover extends Component<PopoverSignature> {
 
   id = `popover-${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
 
-  @tracked
-  isShown = false;
-
   @tracked
   adjustedSide: Direction = 'bottom';
 
-  get hasArrow() {
-    return this.args.arrow ?? true;
-  }
-
-  get offset() {
-    const defaultOffset = this.hasArrow ? getRemValue() / 2 : 0;
-    const { offset } = this.args;
-    const numOffset =
-      typeof offset === 'number' ? offset : parseFloat(offset ?? '0');
+  @tracked
+  isShown = false;
 
-    return numOffset + defaultOffset;
+  get control() {
+    return this.args.controlElement ?? this._control;
   }
 
-  get placement() {
-    let placement: Placement | Side = SIDE_TRANSLATION[this.side];
-    if (this.args.alignment) {
-      placement += `-${this.args.alignment}`;
-    }
-    return placement as Placement;
+  get hasArrow() {
+    return this.args.arrow ?? true;
   }
 
   get middleware() {
@@ -147,41 +136,30 @@ export default class Popover extends Component<PopoverSignature> {
     return middleware;
   }
 
-  get side(): Direction {
-    return this.args.side ?? 'bottom';
-  }
+  get offset() {
+    const defaultOffset = this.hasArrow ? getRemValue() / 2 : 0;
+    const { offset } = this.args;
+    const numOffset =
+      typeof offset === 'number' ? offset : parseFloat(offset ?? '0');
 
-  get control() {
-    return this.args.controlElement ?? this._control;
+    return numOffset + defaultOffset;
   }
 
-  setArrow = (popover: HTMLElement) => {
-    this.arrow = popover;
-  };
-
-  show = async (evtOrInput: Event | HTMLInputElement) => {
-    if (this.isShown) {
-      return;
+  get placement() {
+    let placement: Placement | Side = SIDE_TRANSLATION[this.side];
+    if (this.args.alignment) {
+      placement += `-${this.args.alignment}`;
     }
+    return placement as Placement;
+  }
 
-    const { currentTarget } = evtOrInput as Event;
-    this.isShown = true;
-
-    await this.args.onShow?.();
-
-    if (evtOrInput instanceof HTMLInputElement) {
-      this._control = evtOrInput;
-      this.showPopover();
-    } else if (
-      evtOrInput instanceof Event &&
-      currentTarget instanceof HTMLElement
-    ) {
-      this._control = currentTarget;
-      this.showPopover();
-    }
-  };
+  get side(): Direction {
+    return this.args.side ?? 'bottom';
+  }
 
   hide = async () => {
+    this.triggerDisplay.cancelAll();
+
     if (!this.isShown) {
       return;
     }
@@ -192,16 +170,22 @@ export default class Popover extends Component<PopoverSignature> {
     this._control = null;
   };
 
-  toggle = async (evt: Event) => {
-    const action = this.isShown ? this.hide : this.show;
-
-    await action(evt);
-  };
-
   initPopover = (popover: HTMLElement) => {
     this.popover = popover;
   };
 
+  setArrow = (popover: HTMLElement) => {
+    this.arrow = popover;
+  };
+
+  show = async (evtOrInput: Event | HTMLInputElement) => {
+    if (this.isShown) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.triggerDisplay.perform(evtOrInput);
+  }
+
   showPopover = async () => {
     if (!this.control || !this.popover) {
       return;
@@ -246,6 +230,35 @@ export default class Popover extends Component<PopoverSignature> {
     });
   };
 
+  toggle = async (evt: Event) => {
+    const action = this.isShown ? this.hide : this.show;
+
+    await action(evt);
+  };
+
+  triggerDisplay = restartableTask(async (evtOrInput: Event | HTMLInputElement) => {
+    const { currentTarget } = evtOrInput as Event;
+
+    if (this.args.delay) {
+      await timeout(this.args.delay);
+    }
+
+    this.isShown = true;
+
+    await this.args.onShow?.();
+
+    if (evtOrInput instanceof HTMLInputElement) {
+      this._control = evtOrInput;
+      this.showPopover();
+    } else if (
+      evtOrInput instanceof Event &&
+      currentTarget instanceof HTMLElement
+    ) {
+      this._control = currentTarget;
+      this.showPopover();
+    }
+  });
+
   <template>
     {{#let
       (hash
diff --git a/packages/ember-core/src/components/tooltip.gts b/packages/ember-core/src/components/tooltip.gts
index 29fe46dd..ff9b36ac 100644
--- a/packages/ember-core/src/components/tooltip.gts
+++ b/packages/ember-core/src/components/tooltip.gts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import Component from '@glimmer/component';
 import Popover from './popover.gts';
 
 import type { Direction } from './popover.gts';
-import type { TOC } from '@ember/component/template-only';
 import type { Alignment } from '@floating-ui/dom';
 import type { ComponentLike } from '@glint/template';
 
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ export interface TooltipSignature {
   Args: {
     alignment?: Alignment;
     controlElement?: HTMLElement;
+    delay?: number;
     flip?: boolean;
     offset?: string | number;
     side?: Direction;
@@ -76,10 +76,16 @@ class TooltipTarget extends Component<TooltipTargetSignature> {
   </template>
 }
 
-const Tooltip: TOC<TooltipSignature> = <template>
+class Tooltip extends Component<TooltipSignature> {
+  get delay() {
+    return this.args.delay ?? 300;
+  }
+
+<template>
   <Popover
     class="tooltip"
     @alignment={{@alignment}}
+    @delay={{this.delay}}
     @flip={{@flip}}
     @offset={{@offset}}
     @side={{@side}}
@@ -99,6 +105,7 @@ const Tooltip: TOC<TooltipSignature> = <template>
       {{/if}}
     </:content>
   </Popover>
-</template>;
+</template>
+}
 
 export default Tooltip;