diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/global_constants.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/global_constants.py
index 0de45d8e1010f..fbf2abc5c11c4 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/global_constants.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/global_constants.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
 PIP_VERSION = "24.0"
 
 DEFAULT_UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT = 300
+DEFAULT_WSL2_HTTP_TIMEOUT = 900
 
 # packages that  providers docs
 REGULAR_DOC_PACKAGES = [
diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/params/build_ci_params.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/params/build_ci_params.py
index 2c02e81f253c7..05179df07b8c4 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/params/build_ci_params.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/params/build_ci_params.py
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ def prepare_arguments_for_docker_build_command(self) -> list[str]:
         self._req_arg("AIRFLOW_IMAGE_REPOSITORY", self.airflow_image_repository)
         self._req_arg("AIRFLOW_PRE_CACHED_PIP_PACKAGES", self.airflow_pre_cached_pip_packages)
         self._req_arg("AIRFLOW_USE_UV", self.use_uv)
-        self._opt_arg("UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT", self.uv_http_timeout)
+        if self.use_uv:
+            from airflow_breeze.utils.uv_utils import get_uv_timeout
+
+            self._opt_arg("UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT", get_uv_timeout(self))
         self._req_arg("AIRFLOW_VERSION", self.airflow_version)
         self._req_arg("BUILD_ID", self.build_id)
         self._req_arg("CONSTRAINTS_GITHUB_REPOSITORY", self.constraints_github_repository)
diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/params/build_prod_params.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/params/build_prod_params.py
index c752b15bff36b..d3a3dbfdbc35a 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/params/build_prod_params.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/params/build_prod_params.py
@@ -208,7 +208,10 @@ def prepare_arguments_for_docker_build_command(self) -> list[str]:
         self._req_arg("AIRFLOW_IMAGE_REPOSITORY", self.airflow_image_repository)
         self._req_arg("AIRFLOW_PRE_CACHED_PIP_PACKAGES", self.airflow_pre_cached_pip_packages)
         self._opt_arg("AIRFLOW_USE_UV", self.use_uv)
-        self._opt_arg("UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT", self.uv_http_timeout)
+        if self.use_uv:
+            from airflow_breeze.utils.uv_utils import get_uv_timeout
+
+            self._req_arg("UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT", get_uv_timeout(self))
         self._req_arg("AIRFLOW_VERSION", self.airflow_version)
         self._req_arg("BUILD_ID", self.build_id)
         self._req_arg("CONSTRAINTS_GITHUB_REPOSITORY", self.constraints_github_repository)
diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/platforms.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/platforms.py
index c79e486525ecd..f32ccd20a6426 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/platforms.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/platforms.py
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 # under the License.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import platform
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
 
 def get_real_platform(single_platform: str) -> str:
     """
@@ -23,3 +27,62 @@ def get_real_platform(single_platform: str) -> str:
     are using: amd64 and arm64.
     """
     return single_platform.replace("x86_64", "amd64").replace("aarch64", "arm64").replace("/", "-")
+
+
+def _exists_no_permission_error(p: str) -> bool:
+    try:
+        return Path(p).exists()
+    except PermissionError:
+        return False
+
+
+def message_on_wsl1_detected(release_name: str | None, kernel_version: tuple[int, ...] | None):
+    from airflow_breeze.utils.console import get_console
+
+    get_console().print("[error]You are running WSL1 - Breeze requires WSL2! Quitting.\n")
+    get_console().print("[warning]It can also be that our detection mechanism is wrong:[/]\n\n")
+    if release_name:
+        get_console().print(f"[info]We based our WSL1 detection on the release name: `{release_name}`\n")
+    elif kernel_version:
+        get_console().print(f"[info]We based our WSL1 detection on the kernel version: `{kernel_version}`\n")
+    get_console().print(
+        "[info]If you are running WSL2, please report this issue to the maintainers\n"
+        "of Airflow, so we can improve the detection mechanism.\n"
+        "You can also try to run the command with `--uv-http-timeout 900` or "
+        "`--no-use-uv` flag to skip the WSL1 check.\n"
+    )
+
+
+def is_wsl2() -> bool:
+    """
+    Check if the current platform is WSL2. This method will exit with error printing appropriate
+    message if WSL1 is detected as WSL1 is not supported.
+
+    :return: True if the current platform is WSL2, False otherwise (unless it's WSL1 then it exits).
+    """
+    if not sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
+        return False
+    release_name = platform.uname().release
+    has_wsl_interop = _exists_no_permission_error("/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/WSLInterop")
+    microsoft_in_release = "microsoft" in release_name.lower()
+    wsl_conf = _exists_no_permission_error("/etc/wsl.conf")
+    if not has_wsl_interop and not microsoft_in_release and not wsl_conf:
+        return False
+    if microsoft_in_release:
+        # Release name WSL1 detection
+        if "Microsoft" in release_name:
+            message_on_wsl1_detected(release_name=release_name, kernel_version=None)
+            sys.exit(1)
+        return True
+
+    # Kernel WSL1 detection
+    kernel_version: tuple[int, ...] = (0, 0)
+    if len(parts := release_name.split(".", 2)[:2]) == 2:
+        try:
+            kernel_version = tuple(map(int, parts))
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            pass
+    if kernel_version < (4, 19):
+        message_on_wsl1_detected(release_name=None, kernel_version=kernel_version)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    return True
diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/uv_utils.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/uv_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..796c086e3bf3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/uv_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from airflow_breeze.global_constants import DEFAULT_UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_WSL2_HTTP_TIMEOUT
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from airflow_breeze.params.common_build_params import CommonBuildParams
+from airflow_breeze.utils.platforms import is_wsl2
+
+
+def get_uv_timeout(build_params: CommonBuildParams) -> int:
+    """
+    Get the timeout for the uvicorn server. We do not want to change the default value to not slow down
+    the --help and command line in general and also it might be useful to give escape hatch in case our
+    WSL1 detection is wrong (it will fail default --use-uv build, but you will be able to skip the check by
+    manually specifying --uv-http-timeout or --no-use-uv). So we only check for wsl2 when default value is
+    used and when uv is enabled.
+    """
+
+    if build_params.uv_http_timeout != DEFAULT_UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT:
+        # a bit of hack: if you specify 300 in command line it will also be overridden in case of WSL2
+        # but this is a corner case
+        return build_params.uv_http_timeout
+    if is_wsl2():
+        return DEFAULT_WSL2_HTTP_TIMEOUT
+    return build_params.uv_http_timeout