diff --git a/src/AspNetCore.Identity.Mongo/MongoIdentityExtensions.cs b/src/AspNetCore.Identity.Mongo/MongoIdentityExtensions.cs
index 6b0d4db..4d348b2 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCore.Identity.Mongo/MongoIdentityExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/AspNetCore.Identity.Mongo/MongoIdentityExtensions.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ public static IdentityBuilder AddIdentityMongoDbProvider<TUser, TRole, TKey>(thi
         var roleCollection = MongoUtil.FromConnectionString<TRole>(dbOptions, dbOptions.RolesCollection);
 
         // apply migrations before identity services resolved
-        Migrator.Apply<MigrationMongoUser<TKey>, TRole, TKey>(migrationCollection, migrationUserCollection, roleCollection);
+        if (!dbOptions.DisableAutoMigrations)
+            Migrator.Apply<MigrationMongoUser<TKey>, TRole, TKey>(migrationCollection, migrationUserCollection, roleCollection);
 
         var builder = services.AddIdentity<TUser, TRole>(setupIdentityAction ?? (x => { }));
 
diff --git a/src/AspNetCore.Identity.Mongo/MongoIdentityOptions.cs b/src/AspNetCore.Identity.Mongo/MongoIdentityOptions.cs
index 5467de7..2343e78 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCore.Identity.Mongo/MongoIdentityOptions.cs
+++ b/src/AspNetCore.Identity.Mongo/MongoIdentityOptions.cs
@@ -17,4 +17,6 @@ public class MongoIdentityOptions
     public SslSettings SslSettings { get; set; }
 
     public Action<ClusterBuilder> ClusterConfigurator { get; set; }
+
+    public bool DisableAutoMigrations { get; set; }
 }
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