diff --git a/apps/web/app/future/apps/categories/[category]/page.tsx b/apps/web/app/future/apps/categories/[category]/page.tsx
index 9105acc89b..cae4ba87a7 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/future/apps/categories/[category]/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/app/future/apps/categories/[category]/page.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import CategoryPage, { type PageProps } from "@pages/apps/categories/[category]";
-import { Prisma } from "@prisma/client";
 import { withAppDirSsg } from "app/WithAppDirSsg";
 import { _generateMetadata } from "app/_utils";
 import { WithLayout } from "app/layoutHOC";
 
 import { APP_NAME } from "@calcom/lib/constants";
-import prisma from "@calcom/prisma";
 import { AppCategories } from "@calcom/prisma/enums";
+import { isPrismaAvailableCheck } from "@calcom/prisma/is-prisma-available-check";
 
 import { getStaticProps } from "@lib/apps/categories/[category]/getStaticProps";
 
@@ -19,16 +18,11 @@ export const generateMetadata = async () => {
 
 export const generateStaticParams = async () => {
   const paths = Object.keys(AppCategories);
+  const isPrismaAvailable = await isPrismaAvailableCheck();
 
-  try {
-    await prisma.$queryRaw`SELECT 1`;
-  } catch (e: unknown) {
-    if (e instanceof Prisma.PrismaClientInitializationError) {
-      // Database is not available at build time. Make sure we fall back to building these pages on demand
-      return [];
-    } else {
-      throw e;
-    }
+  if (!isPrismaAvailable) {
+    // Database is not available at build time. Make sure we fall back to building these pages on demand
+    return [];
   }
 
   return paths.map((category) => ({ category }));
diff --git a/apps/web/pages/apps/categories/[category].tsx b/apps/web/pages/apps/categories/[category].tsx
index 86638d4572..36b49a2bcd 100644
--- a/apps/web/pages/apps/categories/[category].tsx
+++ b/apps/web/pages/apps/categories/[category].tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { Prisma } from "@prisma/client";
 import type { InferGetStaticPropsType } from "next";
 import Link from "next/link";
 
 import Shell from "@calcom/features/shell/Shell";
 import { useCompatSearchParams } from "@calcom/lib/hooks/useCompatSearchParams";
 import { useLocale } from "@calcom/lib/hooks/useLocale";
-import prisma from "@calcom/prisma";
 import { AppCategories } from "@calcom/prisma/enums";
+import { isPrismaAvailableCheck } from "@calcom/prisma/is-prisma-available-check";
 import { AppCard, SkeletonText } from "@calcom/ui";
 
 import { getStaticProps } from "@lib/apps/categories/[category]/getStaticProps";
@@ -62,19 +61,13 @@ Apps.PageWrapper = PageWrapper;
 
 export const getStaticPaths = async () => {
   const paths = Object.keys(AppCategories);
-
-  try {
-    await prisma.$queryRaw`SELECT 1`;
-  } catch (e: unknown) {
-    if (e instanceof Prisma.PrismaClientInitializationError) {
-      // Database is not available at build time. Make sure we fall back to building these pages on demand
-      return {
-        paths: [],
-        fallback: "blocking",
-      };
-    } else {
-      throw e;
-    }
+  const isPrismaAvailable = await isPrismaAvailableCheck();
+  if (!isPrismaAvailable) {
+    // Database is not available at build time. Make sure we fall back to building these pages on demand
+    return {
+      paths: [],
+      fallback: "blocking",
+    };
   }
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/prisma/auto-migrations.ts b/packages/prisma/auto-migrations.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ae7c24a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/prisma/auto-migrations.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import dotEnv from "dotenv";
+import { exec as execCb } from "node:child_process";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
+
+import { isPrismaAvailableCheck } from "./is-prisma-available-check";
+
+dotEnv.config({ path: "../../.env" });
+
+const exec = promisify(execCb);
+
+/**
+ * TODO: re-write this when Prisma.io gets a programmatic migration API
+ * Thanks to @olalonde for the idea.
+ * @see https://github.com/prisma/prisma/issues/4703#issuecomment-1447354363
+ */
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
+    console.info("No DATABASE_URL found, skipping migrations");
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!process.env.DATABASE_DIRECT_URL) {
+    console.info("No DATABASE_DIRECT_URL found, skipping migrations");
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!(await isPrismaAvailableCheck())) {
+    console.info("Prisma can't be initialized, skipping migrations");
+    return;
+  }
+  // throws an error if migration fails
+  const { stdout, stderr } = await exec("yarn prisma migrate deploy", {
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+    },
+  });
+  console.log(stdout);
+  console.error(stderr);
+}
+
+main().catch((e) => {
+  console.error(e.stdout || e.stderr || e.message);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/packages/prisma/is-prisma-available-check.ts b/packages/prisma/is-prisma-available-check.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdcf2e392c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/prisma/is-prisma-available-check.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Prisma } from "@prisma/client";
+
+import prisma from ".";
+
+export async function isPrismaAvailableCheck() {
+  try {
+    await prisma.$queryRaw`SELECT 1`;
+    return true;
+  } catch (e: unknown) {
+    if (e instanceof Prisma.PrismaClientInitializationError) {
+      // Database might not available at build time.
+      return false;
+    } else {
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/prisma/package.json b/packages/prisma/package.json
index a4cdc999b6..03a68935eb 100644
--- a/packages/prisma/package.json
+++ b/packages/prisma/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "rm -rf .turbo && rm -rf node_modules",
-    "build": "yarn prisma migrate deploy || true",
+    "build": "ts-node --transpile-only ./auto-migrations.ts",
     "db-deploy": "yarn prisma migrate deploy",
     "db-migrate": "yarn prisma migrate dev",
     "db-nuke": "docker compose down --volumes --remove-orphans || docker-compose down --volumes --remove-orphans",
diff --git a/turbo.json b/turbo.json
index 8794e424b1..686658d1a6 100644
--- a/turbo.json
+++ b/turbo.json
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@
     "DAILY_API_KEY",
     "DAILY_SCALE_PLAN",
     "DAILY_WEBHOOK_SECRET",
+    "DATABASE_DIRECT_URL",
+    "DATABASE_URL",
     "DEBUG",
     "E2E_TEST_APPLE_CALENDAR_EMAIL",
     "E2E_TEST_APPLE_CALENDAR_PASSWORD",