diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/bundling.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/bundling.ts
index 1034517534f10..e078153386c6e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/bundling.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/lib/bundling.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export class BundlingDockerImage {
       ...options.user
         ? ['-u', options.user]
         : [],
-      ...flatten(volumes.map(v => ['-v', `${v.hostPath}:${v.containerPath}`])),
+      ...flatten(volumes.map(v => ['-v', `${v.hostPath}:${v.containerPath}:${v.consistency ?? DockerVolumeConsistency.DELEGATED}`])),
       ...flatten(Object.entries(environment).map(([k, v]) => ['--env', `${k}=${v}`])),
       ...options.workingDirectory
         ? ['-w', options.workingDirectory]
@@ -138,6 +138,32 @@ export interface DockerVolume {
    * The path where the file or directory is mounted in the container
    */
   readonly containerPath: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Mount consistency. Only applicable for macOS
+   *
+   * @default DockerConsistency.DELEGATED
+   * @see https://docs.docker.com/storage/bind-mounts/#configure-mount-consistency-for-macos
+   */
+  readonly consistency?: DockerVolumeConsistency;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Supported Docker volume consistency types. Only valid on macOS due to the way file storage works on Mac
+ */
+export enum DockerVolumeConsistency {
+  /**
+   * Read/write operations inside the Docker container are applied immediately on the mounted host machine volumes
+   */
+  CONSISTENT = 'consistent',
+  /**
+   * Read/write operations on mounted Docker volumes are first written inside the container and then synchronized to the host machine
+   */
+  DELEGATED = 'delegated',
+  /**
+   * Read/write operations on mounted Docker volumes are first applied on the host machine and then synchronized to the container
+   */
+  CACHED = 'cached',
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/test.bundling.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/test.bundling.ts
index 2ba23a83ffce9..558765010ccfe 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/test.bundling.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/test.bundling.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export = {
     test.ok(spawnSyncStub.calledWith('docker', [
       'run', '--rm',
       '-u', 'user:group',
-      '-v', '/host-path:/container-path',
+      '-v', '/host-path:/container-path:delegated',
       '--env', 'VAR1=value1',
       '--env', 'VAR2=value2',
       '-w', '/working-directory',
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/test.staging.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/test.staging.ts
index e229d29ed1e8b..98e8f665de9b7 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/test.staging.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/core/test/test.staging.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export = {
     const assembly = app.synth();
     test.deepEqual(
       readDockerStubInput(),
-      `run --rm ${USER_ARG} -v /input:/asset-input -v /output:/asset-output -w /asset-input alpine DOCKER_STUB_SUCCESS`,
+      `run --rm ${USER_ARG} -v /input:/asset-input:delegated -v /output:/asset-output:delegated -w /asset-input alpine DOCKER_STUB_SUCCESS`,
     );
     test.deepEqual(fs.readdirSync(assembly.directory), [
       'asset.2f37f937c51e2c191af66acf9b09f548926008ec68c575bd2ee54b6e997c0e00',
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export = {
 
     test.equal(
       readDockerStubInput(),
-      `run --rm ${USER_ARG} -v /input:/asset-input -v /output:/asset-output -w /asset-input alpine DOCKER_STUB_SUCCESS_NO_OUTPUT`,
+      `run --rm ${USER_ARG} -v /input:/asset-input:delegated -v /output:/asset-output:delegated -w /asset-input alpine DOCKER_STUB_SUCCESS_NO_OUTPUT`,
     );
     test.done();
   },
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export = {
     // THEN
     test.equal(
       readDockerStubInput(),
-      `run --rm ${USER_ARG} -v /input:/asset-input -v /output:/asset-output -w /asset-input alpine DOCKER_STUB_SUCCESS`,
+      `run --rm ${USER_ARG} -v /input:/asset-input:delegated -v /output:/asset-output:delegated -w /asset-input alpine DOCKER_STUB_SUCCESS`,
     );
     test.equal(asset.assetHash, '33cbf2cae5432438e0f046bc45ba8c3cef7b6afcf47b59d1c183775c1918fb1f');
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export = {
     }), /Cannot specify `bundle` for `assetHashType`/);
     test.equal(
       readDockerStubInput(),
-      `run --rm ${USER_ARG} -v /input:/asset-input -v /output:/asset-output -w /asset-input alpine DOCKER_STUB_SUCCESS`,
+      `run --rm ${USER_ARG} -v /input:/asset-input:delegated -v /output:/asset-output:delegated -w /asset-input alpine DOCKER_STUB_SUCCESS`,
     );
 
     test.done();
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ export = {
     }), /Failed to run bundling Docker image for asset stack\/Asset/);
     test.equal(
       readDockerStubInput(),
-      `run --rm ${USER_ARG} -v /input:/asset-input -v /output:/asset-output -w /asset-input this-is-an-invalid-docker-image DOCKER_STUB_FAIL`,
+      `run --rm ${USER_ARG} -v /input:/asset-input:delegated -v /output:/asset-output:delegated -w /asset-input this-is-an-invalid-docker-image DOCKER_STUB_FAIL`,
     );
 
     test.done();