diff --git a/images/assets/pulp-api b/images/assets/pulp-api
index 9d165496..e28dfebb 100755
--- a/images/assets/pulp-api
+++ b/images/assets/pulp-api
@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@ mkdir -p /var/lib/pulp/media \
          /var/lib/pulp/assets \
          /var/lib/pulp/tmp
 
-/usr/bin/wait_on_postgres.py
-
-# Get list of installed plugins via pip
-# Assumes they are all named like "pulp-file" -> "file", with no 2nd dash.
-# (Was previously needed when we ran `pulpcore-manager makemigrations`)
-# PLUGINS=$(pip list | awk -F '[[:space:]]+|[-]' '/pulp-/{printf $2 " " }')
-
-/usr/local/bin/pulpcore-manager migrate --noinput
-
-set +x
+if [ "${SKIP_MIGRATIONS}" = false ]; then
+  /usr/bin/wait_on_postgres.py
+
+  # Get list of installed plugins via pip
+  # Assumes they are all named like "pulp-file" -> "file", with no 2nd dash.
+  # (Was previously needed when we ran `pulpcore-manager makemigrations`)
+  # PLUGINS=$(pip list | awk -F '[[:space:]]+|[-]' '/pulp-/{printf $2 " " }')
+  
+  /usr/local/bin/pulpcore-manager migrate --noinput
+fi
 
 if [ -n "${PULP_SIGNING_KEY_FINGERPRINT}" ]; then
+  echo "Configuring the signing service..."
     /usr/local/bin/pulpcore-manager add-signing-service "${COLLECTION_SIGNING_SERVICE}" /var/lib/pulp/scripts/collection_sign.sh "${PULP_SIGNING_KEY_FINGERPRINT}"
     /usr/local/bin/pulpcore-manager add-signing-service "${CONTAINER_SIGNING_SERVICE}" /var/lib/pulp/scripts/container_sign.sh "${PULP_SIGNING_KEY_FINGERPRINT}" --class container:ManifestSigningService
 fi
diff --git a/images/assets/pulp-common-entrypoint.sh b/images/assets/pulp-common-entrypoint.sh
index 7acedda3..5fb195ba 100755
--- a/images/assets/pulp-common-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/images/assets/pulp-common-entrypoint.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,55 @@
 #
 # We still want conatiner users to call pulp-* command names, not paths, so we
 # can change our scripts' locations in the future, and call special logic in this
-# script based solely on theo command name.
+# script based solely on the command name.
 
-if [[ "$@" = "pulp-content" || "$@" = "pulp-api" || "$@" = "pulp-worker" || "$@" = "pulp-resource-manager" ]]; then
-        exec "/usr/bin/$@"
+# Default value for the migration flag
+skip_migrations=false
+
+# Define the usage function
+usage() {
+    echo "Usage: [pulp-api|pulp-content|pulp-worker|any command] [-s|--skip-migrations]"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Parse command line options using getopt
+OPTS=$(getopt -o s --long skip-migrations -n 'pulp-common-entrypoint.sh' -- "$@")
+
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    usage
+fi
+
+eval set -- "$OPTS"
+
+# Process command line options
+while true; do
+    case "$1" in
+        -s|--skip-migrations)
+            skip_migrations=true
+            shift
+            ;;
+        --)
+            shift
+            break
+            ;;
+        *)
+            usage
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# Get the command argument
+command="$1"
+
+# Check if the skip_migrations flag is set
+# Check if a command was provided
+if [[ -n "$command" && "$command" = "pulp-content" || "$command" = "pulp-api" || "$command" = "pulp-worker" ]]; then
+
+        if [ "$skip_migrations" = true ]; then
+            echo "Skipping migrations..."
+        fi
+
+        SKIP_MIGRATIONS=skip_migrations exec "/usr/bin/$command"
 else
-        exec "$@"
+        exec "$command"
 fi
diff --git a/images/assets/pulp-content b/images/assets/pulp-content
index 12550287..ad837d32 100755
--- a/images/assets/pulp-content
+++ b/images/assets/pulp-content
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
-
-/usr/bin/wait_on_postgres.py
-/usr/bin/wait_on_database_migrations.sh
+if [ "${SKIP_MIGRATIONS}" = false ]; then
+  /usr/bin/wait_on_postgres.py
+  /usr/bin/wait_on_database_migrations.sh
+fi
 
 if which pulpcore-content
 then
diff --git a/images/assets/pulp-worker b/images/assets/pulp-worker
index 886baa30..e94fc62e 100755
--- a/images/assets/pulp-worker
+++ b/images/assets/pulp-worker
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
-/usr/bin/wait_on_postgres.py
-/usr/bin/wait_on_database_migrations.sh
+if [ "${SKIP_MIGRATIONS}" = false ]; then
+  /usr/bin/wait_on_postgres.py
+  /usr/bin/wait_on_database_migrations.sh
+fi
 
 export PULP_SETTINGS=/etc/pulp/settings.py
 export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/