diff --git a/manifests/database.pp b/manifests/database.pp
index a9cc4130..acdb15aa 100644
--- a/manifests/database.pp
+++ b/manifests/database.pp
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
       'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=pulpcore.app.settings',
       "PULP_SETTINGS=${pulpcore::settings_file}",
     ],
-    refreshonly => true,
     require     => Postgresql::Server::Db[$pulpcore::postgresql_db_name],
+    unless      => 'django-admin migrate --plan | grep "No planned migration operations"',
   }
 
   include redis