diff --git a/gitlab-container-registry/scripts/db-migrate b/gitlab-container-registry/scripts/db-migrate
index 58a36ad9dba0c8a2b7fd278599d007c20f2510b8..63804818ec41c0e5126cd147dd78a30758ab4c1a 100755
--- a/gitlab-container-registry/scripts/db-migrate
+++ b/gitlab-container-registry/scripts/db-migrate
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-registry database migrate up ${CONFIG_DIRECTORY}/${CONFIG_FILENAME}
+SKIP_POST_DEPLOY="${SKIP_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MIGRATIONS:-}"
+
+registry database migrate up ${SKIP_POST_DEPLOY:+ --skip-post-deployment} ${CONFIG_DIRECTORY}/${CONFIG_FILENAME}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gitlab-container-registry/scripts/wait-for-deps b/gitlab-container-registry/scripts/wait-for-deps
index 7d19706c336297d0f4c89f0b501e227cdd0f4d3c..730a5ab3fb13a376cc7d7f72daa425b9a6e00504 100755
--- a/gitlab-container-registry/scripts/wait-for-deps
+++ b/gitlab-container-registry/scripts/wait-for-deps
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 WAIT_FOR_TIMEOUT="${WAIT_FOR_TIMEOUT:-30}"
 SLEEP_DURATION="${SLEEP_DURATION:-1}"
 BYPASS_SCHEMA_VERSION="${BYPASS_SCHEMA_VERSION:-}"
+SKIP_POST_DEPLOY="${SKIP_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MIGRATIONS:-}"
 
 TMP=$(mktemp)
 
 function checkStatus {
   # result=true|false, if command successful
-  result=$(registry database migrate status --up-to-date ${CONFIG_DIRECTORY}/${CONFIG_FILENAME})
+  result=$(registry database migrate status --up-to-date ${SKIP_POST_DEPLOY:+ --skip-post-deployment} ${CONFIG_DIRECTORY}/${CONFIG_FILENAME})
   ret=$?
 
   if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then