diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e3755ce545..70e36549fc4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Solidus 3.2.0.alpha (master, unreleased)
 
+### Core
+
+- Add configuration option for `migration_path` [#4190](https://github.com/solidusio/solidus/pull/4190) ([SuperGoodSoft](https://github.com/supergoodsoft/))
+
 ## Solidus 3.1.1 (v3.1, 2021-09-20)
 
 - Add deprecation path for arity-zero preference defaults [#4170](https://github.com/solidusio/solidus/pull/4170) ([waiting-for-dev](https://github.com/waiting-for-dev))
diff --git a/core/lib/spree/app_configuration.rb b/core/lib/spree/app_configuration.rb
index e0276aa5ac1..d167d0c83f2 100644
--- a/core/lib/spree/app_configuration.rb
+++ b/core/lib/spree/app_configuration.rb
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ class AppConfiguration < Preferences::Configuration
     #   @return [] Track on_hand values for variants / products. (default: true)
     preference :track_inventory_levels, :boolean, default: true
 
-
     # Other configurations
 
     # Allows restricting what currencies will be available.
@@ -525,6 +524,17 @@ def payment_canceller
     # Enumerable of taxons adhering to the present_taxon_class interface
     class_name_attribute :taxon_attachment_module, default: 'Spree::Taxon::ActiveStorageAttachment'
 
+    # Configures the absolute path that contains the Solidus engine
+    # migrations. This will be checked at app boot to confirm that all Solidus
+    # migrations are installed.
+    #
+    # @!attribute [rw] migration_path
+    # @return [Pathname] the configured path. (default: `Rails.root.join('db', 'migrate')`)
+    attr_writer :migration_path
+    def migration_path
+      @migration_path ||= ::Rails.root.join('db', 'migrate')
+    end
+
     # Allows providing your own class instance for generating order numbers.
     #
     # @!attribute [rw] order_number_generator
diff --git a/core/lib/spree/core/engine.rb b/core/lib/spree/core/engine.rb
index 1055a58d322..a42590f1cf3 100644
--- a/core/lib/spree/core/engine.rb
+++ b/core/lib/spree/core/engine.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
         ]
       end
 
-      initializer "spree.core.checking_migrations", before: :load_config_initializers do |_app|
+      initializer "spree.core.checking_migrations", after: :load_config_initializers do |_app|
         Migrations.new(config, engine_name).check
       end
 
diff --git a/core/lib/spree/migrations.rb b/core/lib/spree/migrations.rb
index 63a05a21956..340ba31343b 100644
--- a/core/lib/spree/migrations.rb
+++ b/core/lib/spree/migrations.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def app_migrations
     end
 
     def app_dir
-      "#{Rails.root}/db/migrate"
+      Spree::Config.migration_path
     end
 
     def engine_dir
diff --git a/core/spec/lib/spree/app_configuration_spec.rb b/core/spec/lib/spree/app_configuration_spec.rb
index 58a9360d6e7..5296419e6fc 100644
--- a/core/spec/lib/spree/app_configuration_spec.rb
+++ b/core/spec/lib/spree/app_configuration_spec.rb
@@ -129,6 +129,26 @@ class DummyClass; end;
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#migration_path" do
+    subject { config_instance.migration_path }
+
+    let(:config_instance) { described_class.new }
+
+    it "has a default value" do
+      expect(subject.to_s).to end_with "db/migrate"
+    end
+
+    context "with a custom value" do
+      before do
+        config_instance.migration_path = "db/secondary_database"
+      end
+
+      it "returns the configured value" do
+        expect(subject).to eq "db/secondary_database"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   it 'has a default admin VAT location with nil values by default' do
     expect(prefs.admin_vat_location).to eq(Spree::Tax::TaxLocation.new)
     expect(prefs.admin_vat_location.state_id).to eq(nil)
diff --git a/core/spec/lib/spree/migrations_spec.rb b/core/spec/lib/spree/migrations_spec.rb
index 0b6a0817d6c..5aa67450e8d 100644
--- a/core/spec/lib/spree/migrations_spec.rb
+++ b/core/spec/lib/spree/migrations_spec.rb
@@ -10,10 +10,14 @@ module Spree
     let(:config) { double("Config", root: "dir") }
 
     let(:engine_dir) { "dir/db/migrate" }
-    let(:app_dir) { "#{Rails.root}/db/migrate" }
+    let(:app_dir) { 'app/db/migrate' }
 
     subject { described_class.new(config, "spree") }
 
+    before do
+      stub_spree_preferences(migration_path: app_dir)
+    end
+
     it "detects missing migrations" do
       expect(Dir).to receive(:entries).with(app_dir).and_return app_migrations
       expect(Dir).to receive(:entries).with(engine_dir).and_return engine_migrations