diff --git a/docs/generated/cli/migrate.md b/docs/generated/cli/migrate.md
index 509edb14ac..7807d46e96 100644
--- a/docs/generated/cli/migrate.md
+++ b/docs/generated/cli/migrate.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: 'migrate - CLI command'
 description:
   'Creates a migrations file or runs migrations from the migrations file.
   - Migrate packages and create migrations.json (e.g., nx migrate @nrwl/workspace@latest)
-  - Run migrations (e.g., nx migrate --run-migrations=migrations.json)'
+  - Run migrations (e.g., nx migrate --run-migrations=migrations.json). Use flag --if-exists to run migrations only if the migrations file exists.'
 ---
 
 # migrate
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ description:
 Creates a migrations file or runs migrations from the migrations file.
 
 - Migrate packages and create migrations.json (e.g., nx migrate @nrwl/workspace@latest)
-- Run migrations (e.g., nx migrate --run-migrations=migrations.json)
+- Run migrations (e.g., nx migrate --run-migrations=migrations.json). Use flag --if-exists to run migrations only if the migrations file exists.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Show help
 
+### ifExists
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Run migrations only if the migrations file exists, if not continues successfully
+
 ### interactive
 
 Type: `boolean`
diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/nx/documents/migrate.md b/docs/generated/packages/nx/documents/migrate.md
index 509edb14ac..7807d46e96 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/nx/documents/migrate.md
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/nx/documents/migrate.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: 'migrate - CLI command'
 description:
   'Creates a migrations file or runs migrations from the migrations file.
   - Migrate packages and create migrations.json (e.g., nx migrate @nrwl/workspace@latest)
-  - Run migrations (e.g., nx migrate --run-migrations=migrations.json)'
+  - Run migrations (e.g., nx migrate --run-migrations=migrations.json). Use flag --if-exists to run migrations only if the migrations file exists.'
 ---
 
 # migrate
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ description:
 Creates a migrations file or runs migrations from the migrations file.
 
 - Migrate packages and create migrations.json (e.g., nx migrate @nrwl/workspace@latest)
-- Run migrations (e.g., nx migrate --run-migrations=migrations.json)
+- Run migrations (e.g., nx migrate --run-migrations=migrations.json). Use flag --if-exists to run migrations only if the migrations file exists.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Show help
 
+### ifExists
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Default: `false`
+
+Run migrations only if the migrations file exists, if not continues successfully
+
 ### interactive
 
 Type: `boolean`
diff --git a/e2e/nx-misc/src/misc.test.ts b/e2e/nx-misc/src/misc.test.ts
index aaee7f884c..22de465b18 100644
--- a/e2e/nx-misc/src/misc.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/nx-misc/src/misc.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   newProject,
   readFile,
   readJson,
+  removeFile,
   runCLI,
   runCLIAsync,
   runCommand,
@@ -532,4 +533,38 @@ describe('migrate', () => {
       `Error: Providing a custom commit prefix requires --create-commits to be enabled`
     );
   });
+
+  it('should fail if no migrations are present', () => {
+    removeFile(`./migrations.json`);
+
+    // Invalid: runs migrations with a custom commit-prefix but without enabling --create-commits
+    const output = runCLI(`migrate --run-migrations`, {
+      env: {
+        ...process.env,
+        NX_MIGRATE_SKIP_INSTALL: 'true',
+        NX_MIGRATE_USE_LOCAL: 'true',
+      },
+      silenceError: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(output).toContain(
+      `File 'migrations.json' doesn't exist, can't run migrations. Use flag --if-exists to run migrations only if the file exists`
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should not run migrations if no migrations are present and flag --if-exists is used', () => {
+    removeFile(`./migrations.json`);
+
+    // Invalid: runs migrations with a custom commit-prefix but without enabling --create-commits
+    const output = runCLI(`migrate --run-migrations --if-exists`, {
+      env: {
+        ...process.env,
+        NX_MIGRATE_SKIP_INSTALL: 'true',
+        NX_MIGRATE_USE_LOCAL: 'true',
+      },
+      silenceError: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(output).toContain(`Migrations file 'migrations.json' doesn't exist`);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/migrate.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/migrate.spec.ts
index d8704b3980..fdb893c45b 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/migrate.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/migrate.spec.ts
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ describe('Migration', () => {
   });
 
   describe('parseMigrationsOptions', () => {
-    it('should work', () => {
+    it('should work for generating migrations', () => {
       const r = parseMigrationsOptions({
         packageAndVersion: '8.12.0',
         from: '@myscope/a@12.3,@myscope/b@1.1.1',
@@ -1513,6 +1513,18 @@ describe('Migration', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should work for running migrations', () => {
+      const r = parseMigrationsOptions({
+        runMigrations: '',
+        ifExists: true,
+      });
+      expect(r).toEqual({
+        type: 'runMigrations',
+        runMigrations: 'migrations.json',
+        ifExists: true,
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should handle different variations of the target package', () => {
       expect(
         parseMigrationsOptions({ packageAndVersion: '@angular/core' })
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/migrate.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/migrate.ts
index 002f6e1d03..7fc1bcfdab 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/migrate.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/migrate.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { NxJsonConfiguration } from '../config/nx-json';
 import { flushChanges, FsTree, printChanges } from '../generators/tree';
 import {
   extractFileFromTarball,
+  fileExists,
   JsonReadOptions,
   readJsonFile,
   writeJsonFile,
@@ -660,7 +661,11 @@ type GenerateMigrations = {
   excludeAppliedMigrations?: boolean;
 };
 
-type RunMigrations = { type: 'runMigrations'; runMigrations: string };
+type RunMigrations = {
+  type: 'runMigrations';
+  runMigrations: string;
+  ifExists: boolean;
+};
 
 export function parseMigrationsOptions(options: {
   [k: string]: any;
@@ -690,6 +695,7 @@ export function parseMigrationsOptions(options: {
     return {
       type: 'runMigrations',
       runMigrations: options.runMigrations as string,
+      ifExists: options.ifExists as boolean,
     };
   }
 }
@@ -1304,7 +1310,7 @@ export async function executeMigrations(
 
 async function runMigrations(
   root: string,
-  opts: { runMigrations: string },
+  opts: { runMigrations: string; ifExists: boolean },
   isVerbose: boolean,
   shouldCreateCommits = false,
   commitPrefix: string
@@ -1313,6 +1319,19 @@ async function runMigrations(
     runInstall();
   }
 
+  const migrationsExists: boolean = fileExists(opts.runMigrations);
+
+  if (opts.ifExists && !migrationsExists) {
+    output.log({
+      title: `Migrations file '${opts.runMigrations}' doesn't exist`,
+    });
+    return;
+  } else if (!opts.ifExists && !migrationsExists) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `File '${opts.runMigrations}' doesn't exist, can't run migrations. Use flag --if-exists to run migrations only if the file exists`
+    );
+  }
+
   output.log({
     title:
       `Running migrations from '${opts.runMigrations}'` +
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/nx-commands.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/nx-commands.ts
index 23fc5264b9..c7817e60e4 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/nx-commands.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/nx-commands.ts
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ export const commandsObject = yargs
     command: 'migrate [packageAndVersion]',
     describe: `Creates a migrations file or runs migrations from the migrations file.
   - Migrate packages and create migrations.json (e.g., nx migrate @nrwl/workspace@latest)
-  - Run migrations (e.g., nx migrate --run-migrations=migrations.json)`,
+  - Run migrations (e.g., nx migrate --run-migrations=migrations.json). Use flag --if-exists to run migrations only if the migrations file exists.`,
     builder: (yargs) =>
       linkToNxDevAndExamples(withMigrationOptions(yargs), 'migrate'),
     handler: () => {
@@ -944,6 +944,11 @@ function withMigrationOptions(yargs: yargs.Argv) {
       describe: `Execute migrations from a file (when the file isn't provided, execute migrations from migrations.json)`,
       type: 'string',
     })
+    .option('ifExists', {
+      describe: `Run migrations only if the migrations file exists, if not continues successfully`,
+      type: 'boolean',
+      default: false,
+    })
     .option('from', {
       describe:
         'Use the provided versions for packages instead of the ones installed in node_modules (e.g., --from="@nrwl/react@12.0.0,@nrwl/js@12.0.0")',