diff --git a/common/database/database_update.cpp b/common/database/database_update.cpp
index cd33d2abfe..0542d130dd 100644
--- a/common/database/database_update.cpp
+++ b/common/database/database_update.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,10 @@ bool DatabaseUpdate::UpdateManifest(
 		LogSys.EnableMySQLErrorLogs();
 		LogInfo("{}", Strings::Repeat("-", BREAK_LENGTH));
 
-		if (!missing_migrations.empty()) {
+		if (!missing_migrations.empty() && m_skip_backup) {
+			LogInfo("Skipping database backup");
+		}
+		else if (!missing_migrations.empty()) {
 			LogInfo("Automatically backing up database before applying updates");
 			LogInfo("{}", Strings::Repeat("-", BREAK_LENGTH));
 			auto s = DatabaseDumpService();
@@ -271,6 +274,13 @@ DatabaseUpdate *DatabaseUpdate::SetContentDatabase(Database *db)
 	return this;
 }
 
+DatabaseUpdate *DatabaseUpdate::SetSkipBackup(bool skip)
+{
+	m_skip_backup = skip;
+
+	return this;
+}
+
 bool DatabaseUpdate::CheckVersionsUpToDate(DatabaseVersion v, DatabaseVersion b)
 {
 	LogInfo("{}", Strings::Repeat("-", BREAK_LENGTH));
diff --git a/common/database/database_update.h b/common/database/database_update.h
index 0ba7b8df5b..be820a9e8d 100644
--- a/common/database/database_update.h
+++ b/common/database/database_update.h
@@ -29,12 +29,15 @@ class DatabaseUpdate {
 
 	DatabaseUpdate *SetDatabase(Database *db);
 	DatabaseUpdate *SetContentDatabase(Database *db);
+	DatabaseUpdate *SetSkipBackup(bool skip);
 	bool HasPendingUpdates();
 private:
+	bool m_skip_backup = false;
 	Database *m_database;
 	Database *m_content_database;
 	static bool CheckVersionsUpToDate(DatabaseVersion v, DatabaseVersion b);
 	void InjectBotsVersionColumn();
+
 };
 
 #endif //EQEMU_DATABASE_UPDATE_H
diff --git a/world/cli/database_dump.cpp b/world/cli/database_dump.cpp
index 0465396886..e9068d63b9 100644
--- a/world/cli/database_dump.cpp
+++ b/world/cli/database_dump.cpp
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ void WorldserverCLI::DatabaseDump(int argc, char **argv, argh::parser &cmd, std:
 		"--compress"
 	};
 
-	EQEmuCommand::ValidateCmdInput(arguments, options, cmd, argc, argv);
-
 	if (cmd[{"-h", "--help"}]) {
 		return;
 	}
 
+	EQEmuCommand::ValidateCmdInput(arguments, options, cmd, argc, argv);
+
 	auto s        = new DatabaseDumpService();
 	bool dump_all = cmd[{"-a", "--all"}];
 
diff --git a/world/cli/database_updates.cpp b/world/cli/database_updates.cpp
index f85316de58..f967349fa9 100644
--- a/world/cli/database_updates.cpp
+++ b/world/cli/database_updates.cpp
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@ void WorldserverCLI::DatabaseUpdates(int argc, char **argv, argh::parser &cmd, s
 {
 	description = "Runs database updates manually";
 
+	std::vector<std::string> options   = {
+		"--skip-backup",
+	};
+
 	if (cmd[{"-h", "--help"}]) {
 		return;
 	}
 
 	DatabaseUpdate update;
 	update.SetDatabase(&database)
+		->SetSkipBackup(cmd[{"--skip-backup"}] )
 		->SetContentDatabase(&content_db)
 		->CheckDbUpdates();
 }