diff --git a/templates/job-db-migrate.yaml b/templates/job-db-migrate.yaml
index da7503a..748420c 100644
--- a/templates/job-db-migrate.yaml
+++ b/templates/job-db-migrate.yaml
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+{{- if .Values.mastodon.hooks.dbMigrate.enabled }}
 {{- include "mastodon.dbMigrateJob" (merge (dict "preDeploy" false ) .) }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/templates/job-db-pre-migrate.yaml b/templates/job-db-pre-migrate.yaml
index 2f29716..bae1717 100644
--- a/templates/job-db-pre-migrate.yaml
+++ b/templates/job-db-pre-migrate.yaml
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+{{- if .Values.mastodon.hooks.dbMigrate.enabled }}
 {{- include "mastodon.dbMigrateJob" (merge (dict "preDeploy" true ) .) }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/templates/job-db-prepare.yaml b/templates/job-db-prepare.yaml
index 5e9a6a2..1959cd5 100644
--- a/templates/job-db-prepare.yaml
+++ b/templates/job-db-prepare.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-{{- if not .Values.postgresql.enabled }}
+{{- if and .Values.mastodon.hooks.dbMigrate.enabled (not .Values.postgresql.enabled) }}
 {{- include "mastodon.dbMigrateJob" (merge (dict "prepare" true ) .) }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 93d4d9e..837dae9 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ mastodon:
     # @ignored
     email: not@example.com
   hooks:
-    # Whether to perform DB migrations on `helm install|upgrade`.
+    # Whether to perform DB preparations & migrations on `helm install|upgrade`.
     # Please note that initial DB schema creation on `helm install` does not
     # work when using the included database (postgresql.enabled=true).
     dbMigrate: