diff --git a/internal/cli/apps.go b/internal/cli/apps.go
index 097f2bd23..e84abe225 100644
--- a/internal/cli/apps.go
+++ b/internal/cli/apps.go
@@ -513,8 +513,24 @@ func createAppCmd(cli *cli) *cobra.Command {
 
 			// Prompt for resource server identifier if app type is resource_server.
 			if appIsResourceServer {
-				if err := appResourceServerIdentifier.Ask(cmd, &inputs.ResourceServerIdentifier, nil); err != nil {
-					return err
+				if !appResourceServerIdentifier.IsSet(cmd) {
+					var selectedAPIID string
+					if err := appResourceServerIdentifier.Pick(cmd, &selectedAPIID, cli.apiPickerOptionsWithoutAuth0); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+
+					var selectedAPI *management.ResourceServer
+					if err := ansi.Waiting(func() error {
+						var err error
+						selectedAPI, err = cli.api.ResourceServer.Read(cmd.Context(), selectedAPIID)
+						return err
+					}); err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("failed to read selected API: %w", err)
+					}
+
+					inputs.ResourceServerIdentifier = selectedAPI.GetIdentifier()
+				} else if strings.TrimSpace(inputs.ResourceServerIdentifier) == "" {
+					return fmt.Errorf("resource-server-identifier cannot be empty for resource_server app type")
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/internal/cli/apps_test.go b/internal/cli/apps_test.go
index 904b73f5b..ad6f3474e 100644
--- a/internal/cli/apps_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/apps_test.go
@@ -90,6 +90,54 @@ func TestAppsListCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAppsCreateCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		args          []string
+		expectedError string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Resource Server - resource-server-identifier is empty string",
+			args: []string{
+				"--name", "My Resource Server App",
+				"--type", "resource_server",
+				"--resource-server-identifier", "",
+			},
+			expectedError: "resource-server-identifier cannot be empty for resource_server app type",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Resource Server - resource-server-identifier is whitespace only",
+			args: []string{
+				"--name", "My Resource Server App",
+				"--type", "resource_server",
+				"--resource-server-identifier", "   ",
+			},
+			expectedError: "resource-server-identifier cannot be empty for resource_server app type",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Resource Server - resource-server-identifier is tab/newline",
+			args: []string{
+				"--name", "My Resource Server App",
+				"--type", "resource_server",
+				"--resource-server-identifier", "\t\n",
+			},
+			expectedError: "resource-server-identifier cannot be empty for resource_server app type",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cli := &cli{}
+			cli.noInput = true // Non-interactive mode.
+			cmd := createAppCmd(cli)
+			cmd.SetArgs(test.args)
+			err := cmd.Execute()
+
+			assert.EqualError(t, err, test.expectedError)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestFormatAppSettingsPath(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Empty(t, formatAppSettingsPath(""))
 	assert.Equal(t, "applications/app-id-1/settings", formatAppSettingsPath("app-id-1"))