diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7612aa61c2..7bc82741e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
         tests:
           - name: api-test
             command: /start_tests.sh
+          - name: api-migrations
+            command: /start_tests.sh test_migrations
           - name: api-lint
             command: /var/lib/awx/venv/awx/bin/tox -e linters
           - name: api-swagger
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 25005bdc9d..88fe1217f8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -324,6 +324,12 @@ test:
 	cd awxkit && $(VENV_BASE)/awx/bin/tox -re py3
 	awx-manage check_migrations --dry-run --check  -n 'missing_migration_file'
 
+test_migrations:
+	if [ "$(VENV_BASE)" ]; then \
+		. $(VENV_BASE)/awx/bin/activate; \
+	fi; \
+	PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 py.test -p no:cacheprovider --migrations -m migration_test $(PYTEST_ARGS) $(TEST_DIRS)
+
 ## Runs AWX_DOCKER_CMD inside a new docker container.
 docker-runner:
 	docker run -u $(shell id -u) --rm -v $(shell pwd):/awx_devel/:Z --workdir=/awx_devel $(DEVEL_IMAGE_NAME) $(AWX_DOCKER_CMD)
diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0006_v320_release.py b/awx/main/migrations/0006_v320_release.py
index f1dd01d708..a3059f1a6e 100644
--- a/awx/main/migrations/0006_v320_release.py
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0006_v320_release.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 # AWX
 import awx.main.fields
 from awx.main.models import Host
+from ._sqlite_helper import dbawaremigrations
 
 
 def replaces():
@@ -131,9 +132,11 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 help_text='If enabled, Tower will act as an Ansible Fact Cache Plugin; persisting facts at the end of a playbook run to the database and caching facts for use by Ansible.',
             ),
         ),
-        migrations.RunSQL(
+        dbawaremigrations.RunSQL(
             sql="CREATE INDEX host_ansible_facts_default_gin ON {} USING gin(ansible_facts jsonb_path_ops);".format(Host._meta.db_table),
             reverse_sql='DROP INDEX host_ansible_facts_default_gin;',
+            sqlite_sql=dbawaremigrations.RunSQL.noop,
+            sqlite_reverse_sql=dbawaremigrations.RunSQL.noop,
         ),
         # SCM file-based inventories
         migrations.AddField(
diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0050_v340_drop_celery_tables.py b/awx/main/migrations/0050_v340_drop_celery_tables.py
index 5c98d7bc7c..ce34d81ef3 100644
--- a/awx/main/migrations/0050_v340_drop_celery_tables.py
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0050_v340_drop_celery_tables.py
@@ -3,24 +3,27 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import migrations
 
+from ._sqlite_helper import dbawaremigrations
+
+tables_to_drop = [
+    'celery_taskmeta',
+    'celery_tasksetmeta',
+    'djcelery_crontabschedule',
+    'djcelery_intervalschedule',
+    'djcelery_periodictask',
+    'djcelery_periodictasks',
+    'djcelery_taskstate',
+    'djcelery_workerstate',
+    'djkombu_message',
+    'djkombu_queue',
+]
+postgres_sql = ([("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {} CASCADE;".format(table))] for table in tables_to_drop)
+sqlite_sql = ([("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {};".format(table))] for table in tables_to_drop)
+
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
     dependencies = [
         ('main', '0049_v330_validate_instance_capacity_adjustment'),
     ]
 
-    operations = [
-        migrations.RunSQL([("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {} CASCADE;".format(table))])
-        for table in (
-            'celery_taskmeta',
-            'celery_tasksetmeta',
-            'djcelery_crontabschedule',
-            'djcelery_intervalschedule',
-            'djcelery_periodictask',
-            'djcelery_periodictasks',
-            'djcelery_taskstate',
-            'djcelery_workerstate',
-            'djkombu_message',
-            'djkombu_queue',
-        )
-    ]
+    operations = [dbawaremigrations.RunSQL(p, sqlite_sql=s) for p, s in zip(postgres_sql, sqlite_sql)]
diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0113_v370_event_bigint.py b/awx/main/migrations/0113_v370_event_bigint.py
index d9f4ce1d97..7795d4cc65 100644
--- a/awx/main/migrations/0113_v370_event_bigint.py
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0113_v370_event_bigint.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 from django.db import migrations, models, connection
 
+from ._sqlite_helper import dbawaremigrations
+
 
 def migrate_event_data(apps, schema_editor):
     # see: https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/6010
@@ -24,6 +26,11 @@ def migrate_event_data(apps, schema_editor):
             cursor.execute(f'ALTER TABLE {tblname} ALTER COLUMN id TYPE bigint USING id::bigint;')
 
 
+def migrate_event_data_sqlite(apps, schema_editor):
+    # TODO: cmeyers fill this in
+    return
+
+
 class FakeAlterField(migrations.AlterField):
     def database_forwards(self, *args):
         # this is intentionally left blank, because we're
@@ -37,7 +44,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
     ]
 
     operations = [
-        migrations.RunPython(migrate_event_data),
+        dbawaremigrations.RunPython(migrate_event_data, sqlite_code=migrate_event_data_sqlite),
         FakeAlterField(
             model_name='adhoccommandevent',
             name='id',
diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0144_event_partitions.py b/awx/main/migrations/0144_event_partitions.py
index efdcbb37fc..8813ae67e5 100644
--- a/awx/main/migrations/0144_event_partitions.py
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0144_event_partitions.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from django.db import migrations, models, connection
 
+from ._sqlite_helper import dbawaremigrations
+
 
 def migrate_event_data(apps, schema_editor):
     # see: https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/9039
@@ -59,6 +61,10 @@ def migrate_event_data(apps, schema_editor):
         cursor.execute('DROP INDEX IF EXISTS main_jobevent_job_id_idx')
 
 
+def migrate_event_data_sqlite(apps, schema_editor):
+    return None
+
+
 class FakeAddField(migrations.AddField):
     def database_forwards(self, *args):
         # this is intentionally left blank, because we're
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
     ]
 
     operations = [
-        migrations.RunPython(migrate_event_data),
+        dbawaremigrations.RunPython(migrate_event_data, sqlite_code=migrate_event_data_sqlite),
         FakeAddField(
             model_name='jobevent',
             name='job_created',
diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0185_move_JSONBlob_to_JSONField.py b/awx/main/migrations/0185_move_JSONBlob_to_JSONField.py
index 42bab8eb87..b2efeecfb3 100644
--- a/awx/main/migrations/0185_move_JSONBlob_to_JSONField.py
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0185_move_JSONBlob_to_JSONField.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import awx.main.models.notifications
 from django.db import migrations, models
 
+from ._sqlite_helper import dbawaremigrations
+
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
     dependencies = [
@@ -104,11 +106,12 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='deleted_actor',
             field=models.JSONField(null=True),
         ),
-        migrations.RunSQL(
+        dbawaremigrations.RunSQL(
             """
             ALTER TABLE main_activitystream RENAME setting TO setting_old;
             ALTER TABLE main_activitystream ALTER COLUMN setting_old DROP NOT NULL;
             """,
+            sqlite_sql="ALTER TABLE main_activitystream RENAME setting TO setting_old",
             state_operations=[
                 migrations.RemoveField(
                     model_name='activitystream',
@@ -121,11 +124,12 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='setting',
             field=models.JSONField(blank=True, default=dict),
         ),
-        migrations.RunSQL(
+        dbawaremigrations.RunSQL(
             """
             ALTER TABLE main_job RENAME survey_passwords TO survey_passwords_old;
             ALTER TABLE main_job ALTER COLUMN survey_passwords_old DROP NOT NULL;
             """,
+            sqlite_sql="ALTER TABLE main_job RENAME survey_passwords TO survey_passwords_old",
             state_operations=[
                 migrations.RemoveField(
                     model_name='job',
@@ -138,11 +142,12 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='survey_passwords',
             field=models.JSONField(blank=True, default=dict, editable=False),
         ),
-        migrations.RunSQL(
+        dbawaremigrations.RunSQL(
             """
             ALTER TABLE main_joblaunchconfig RENAME char_prompts TO char_prompts_old;
             ALTER TABLE main_joblaunchconfig ALTER COLUMN char_prompts_old DROP NOT NULL;
             """,
+            sqlite_sql="ALTER TABLE main_joblaunchconfig RENAME char_prompts TO char_prompts_old",
             state_operations=[
                 migrations.RemoveField(
                     model_name='joblaunchconfig',
@@ -155,11 +160,12 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='char_prompts',
             field=models.JSONField(blank=True, default=dict),
         ),
-        migrations.RunSQL(
+        dbawaremigrations.RunSQL(
             """
             ALTER TABLE main_joblaunchconfig RENAME survey_passwords TO survey_passwords_old;
             ALTER TABLE main_joblaunchconfig ALTER COLUMN survey_passwords_old DROP NOT NULL;
             """,
+            sqlite_sql="ALTER TABLE main_joblaunchconfig RENAME survey_passwords TO survey_passwords_old;",
             state_operations=[
                 migrations.RemoveField(
                     model_name='joblaunchconfig',
@@ -172,11 +178,12 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='survey_passwords',
             field=models.JSONField(blank=True, default=dict, editable=False),
         ),
-        migrations.RunSQL(
+        dbawaremigrations.RunSQL(
             """
             ALTER TABLE main_notification RENAME body TO body_old;
             ALTER TABLE main_notification ALTER COLUMN body_old DROP NOT NULL;
             """,
+            sqlite_sql="ALTER TABLE main_notification RENAME body TO body_old",
             state_operations=[
                 migrations.RemoveField(
                     model_name='notification',
@@ -189,11 +196,12 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='body',
             field=models.JSONField(blank=True, default=dict),
         ),
-        migrations.RunSQL(
+        dbawaremigrations.RunSQL(
             """
             ALTER TABLE main_unifiedjob RENAME job_env TO job_env_old;
             ALTER TABLE main_unifiedjob ALTER COLUMN job_env_old DROP NOT NULL;
             """,
+            sqlite_sql="ALTER TABLE main_unifiedjob RENAME job_env TO job_env_old",
             state_operations=[
                 migrations.RemoveField(
                     model_name='unifiedjob',
@@ -206,11 +214,12 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='job_env',
             field=models.JSONField(blank=True, default=dict, editable=False),
         ),
-        migrations.RunSQL(
+        dbawaremigrations.RunSQL(
             """
             ALTER TABLE main_workflowjob RENAME char_prompts TO char_prompts_old;
             ALTER TABLE main_workflowjob ALTER COLUMN char_prompts_old DROP NOT NULL;
             """,
+            sqlite_sql="ALTER TABLE main_workflowjob RENAME char_prompts TO char_prompts_old",
             state_operations=[
                 migrations.RemoveField(
                     model_name='workflowjob',
@@ -223,11 +232,12 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='char_prompts',
             field=models.JSONField(blank=True, default=dict),
         ),
-        migrations.RunSQL(
+        dbawaremigrations.RunSQL(
             """
             ALTER TABLE main_workflowjob RENAME survey_passwords TO survey_passwords_old;
             ALTER TABLE main_workflowjob ALTER COLUMN survey_passwords_old DROP NOT NULL;
             """,
+            sqlite_sql="ALTER TABLE main_workflowjob RENAME survey_passwords TO survey_passwords_old",
             state_operations=[
                 migrations.RemoveField(
                     model_name='workflowjob',
@@ -240,11 +250,12 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='survey_passwords',
             field=models.JSONField(blank=True, default=dict, editable=False),
         ),
-        migrations.RunSQL(
+        dbawaremigrations.RunSQL(
             """
             ALTER TABLE main_workflowjobnode RENAME char_prompts TO char_prompts_old;
             ALTER TABLE main_workflowjobnode ALTER COLUMN char_prompts_old DROP NOT NULL;
             """,
+            sqlite_sql="ALTER TABLE main_workflowjobnode RENAME char_prompts TO char_prompts_old",
             state_operations=[
                 migrations.RemoveField(
                     model_name='workflowjobnode',
@@ -257,11 +268,12 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='char_prompts',
             field=models.JSONField(blank=True, default=dict),
         ),
-        migrations.RunSQL(
+        dbawaremigrations.RunSQL(
             """
             ALTER TABLE main_workflowjobnode RENAME survey_passwords TO survey_passwords_old;
             ALTER TABLE main_workflowjobnode ALTER COLUMN survey_passwords_old DROP NOT NULL;
             """,
+            sqlite_sql="ALTER TABLE main_workflowjobnode RENAME survey_passwords TO survey_passwords_old",
             state_operations=[
                 migrations.RemoveField(
                     model_name='workflowjobnode',
diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0186_drop_django_taggit.py b/awx/main/migrations/0186_drop_django_taggit.py
index c9c767b74c..99aa102fee 100644
--- a/awx/main/migrations/0186_drop_django_taggit.py
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0186_drop_django_taggit.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import migrations
 
+from ._sqlite_helper import dbawaremigrations
+
 
 def delete_taggit_contenttypes(apps, schema_editor):
     ContentType = apps.get_model('contenttypes', 'ContentType')
@@ -20,8 +22,8 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
     ]
 
     operations = [
-        migrations.RunSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS taggit_tag CASCADE;"),
-        migrations.RunSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS taggit_taggeditem CASCADE;"),
+        dbawaremigrations.RunSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS taggit_tag CASCADE;", sqlite_sql="DROP TABLE IF EXISTS taggit_tag;"),
+        dbawaremigrations.RunSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS taggit_taggeditem CASCADE;", sqlite_sql="DROP TABLE IF EXISTS taggit_taggeditem;"),
         migrations.RunPython(delete_taggit_contenttypes),
         migrations.RunPython(delete_taggit_migration_records),
     ]
diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/_sqlite_helper.py b/awx/main/migrations/_sqlite_helper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcf0557c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/_sqlite_helper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class RunSQL(migrations.operations.special.RunSQL):
+    """
+    Bit of a hack here. Django actually wants this decision made in the router
+    and we can pass **hints.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if 'sqlite_sql' not in kwargs:
+            raise ValueError("sqlite_sql parameter required")
+        sqlite_sql = kwargs.pop('sqlite_sql')
+
+        self.sqlite_sql = sqlite_sql
+        self.sqlite_reverse_sql = kwargs.pop('sqlite_reverse_sql', None)
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def database_forwards(self, app_label, schema_editor, from_state, to_state):
+        if not schema_editor.connection.vendor.startswith('postgres'):
+            self.sql = self.sqlite_sql or migrations.RunSQL.noop
+        super().database_forwards(app_label, schema_editor, from_state, to_state)
+
+    def database_backwards(self, app_label, schema_editor, from_state, to_state):
+        if not schema_editor.connection.vendor.startswith('postgres'):
+            self.reverse_sql = self.sqlite_reverse_sql or migrations.RunSQL.noop
+        super().database_backwards(app_label, schema_editor, from_state, to_state)
+
+
+class RunPython(migrations.operations.special.RunPython):
+    """
+    Bit of a hack here. Django actually wants this decision made in the router
+    and we can pass **hints.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if 'sqlite_code' not in kwargs:
+            raise ValueError("sqlite_code parameter required")
+        sqlite_code = kwargs.pop('sqlite_code')
+
+        self.sqlite_code = sqlite_code
+        self.sqlite_reverse_code = kwargs.pop('sqlite_reverse_code', None)
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def database_forwards(self, app_label, schema_editor, from_state, to_state):
+        if not schema_editor.connection.vendor.startswith('postgres'):
+            self.code = self.sqlite_code or migrations.RunPython.noop
+        super().database_forwards(app_label, schema_editor, from_state, to_state)
+
+    def database_backwards(self, app_label, schema_editor, from_state, to_state):
+        if not schema_editor.connection.vendor.startswith('postgres'):
+            self.reverse_code = self.sqlite_reverse_code or migrations.RunPython.noop
+        super().database_backwards(app_label, schema_editor, from_state, to_state)
+
+
+class _sqlitemigrations:
+    RunPython = RunPython
+    RunSQL = RunSQL
+
+
+dbawaremigrations = _sqlitemigrations()
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_migrations.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_migrations.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd0889c208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_migrations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import pytest
+
+from django_test_migrations.plan import all_migrations, nodes_to_tuples
+
+"""
+Most tests that live in here can probably be deleted at some point. They are mainly
+for a developer. When AWX versions that users upgrade from falls out of support that
+is when migration tests can be deleted. This is also a good time to squash. Squashing
+will likely mess with the tests that live here.
+
+The smoke test should be kept in here. The smoke test ensures that our migrations
+continue to work when sqlite is the backing database (vs. the default DB of postgres).
+"""
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+class TestMigrationSmoke:
+    def test_happy_path(self, migrator):
+        """
+        This smoke test runs all the migrations.
+
+        Example of how to use django-test-migration to invoke particular migration(s)
+        while weaving in object creation and assertions.
+
+        Note that this is more than just an example. It is a smoke test because it runs ALL
+        the migrations. Our "normal" unit tests subvert the migrations running because it is slow.
+        """
+        migration_nodes = all_migrations('default')
+        migration_tuples = nodes_to_tuples(migration_nodes)
+        final_migration = migration_tuples[-1]
+
+        migrator.apply_initial_migration(('main', None))
+        # I just picked a newish migration at the time of writing this.
+        # If someone from the future finds themselves here because the are squashing migrations
+        # it is fine to change the 0180_... below to some other newish migration
+        intermediate_state = migrator.apply_tested_migration(('main', '0180_add_hostmetric_fields'))
+
+        Instance = intermediate_state.apps.get_model('main', 'Instance')
+        # Create any old object in the database
+        Instance.objects.create(hostname='foobar', node_type='control')
+
+        final_state = migrator.apply_tested_migration(final_migration)
+        Instance = final_state.apps.get_model('main', 'Instance')
+        assert Instance.objects.filter(hostname='foobar').count() == 1
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
index a97c662079..ae9d81f4a7 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 build
 coreapi
 django-debug-toolbar==3.2.4
+django-test-migrations
 drf-yasg
 # pprofile - re-add once https://github.com/vpelletier/pprofile/issues/41 is addressed
 ipython>=7.31.1 # https://github.com/ansible/awx/security/dependabot/30