diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 86c972f9745..b6dfd90f30f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "atuin-common",
  "atuin-server-database",
+ "eyre",
  "futures-util",
  "serde",
  "sqlx",
diff --git a/atuin-server-postgres/Cargo.toml b/atuin-server-postgres/Cargo.toml
index d6579ee3f16..a5dfbaf7ebf 100644
--- a/atuin-server-postgres/Cargo.toml
+++ b/atuin-server-postgres/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ repository = { workspace = true }
 atuin-common = { path = "../atuin-common", version = "18.1.0" }
 atuin-server-database = { path = "../atuin-server-database", version = "18.1.0" }
 
+eyre = { workspace = true }
 tracing = "0.1"
 time = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/atuin-server-postgres/src/lib.rs b/atuin-server-postgres/src/lib.rs
index 0ad330761a7..6dc56fe4646 100644
--- a/atuin-server-postgres/src/lib.rs
+++ b/atuin-server-postgres/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ use wrappers::{DbHistory, DbRecord, DbSession, DbUser};
 
 mod wrappers;
 
+const MIN_PG_VERSION: u32 = 14;
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Postgres {
     pool: sqlx::Pool<sqlx::postgres::Postgres>,
@@ -43,6 +45,25 @@ impl Database for Postgres {
             .await
             .map_err(fix_error)?;
 
+        // Call server_version_num to get the DB server's major version number
+        // The call returns None for servers older than 8.x.
+        let pg_major_version: u32 = pool
+            .acquire()
+            .await
+            .map_err(fix_error)?
+            .server_version_num()
+            .ok_or(DbError::Other(eyre::Report::msg(
+                "could not get PostgreSQL version",
+            )))?
+            / 10000;
+
+        if pg_major_version < MIN_PG_VERSION {
+            return Err(DbError::Other(eyre::Report::msg(format!(
+                "unsupported PostgreSQL version {}, minimum required is {}",
+                pg_major_version, MIN_PG_VERSION
+            ))));
+        }
+
         sqlx::migrate!("./migrations")
             .run(&pool)
             .await