diff --git a/packages/cli/src/actions/action-utils.ts b/packages/cli/src/actions/action-utils.ts
index 2712e9cf..6bc0f46e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/actions/action-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/actions/action-utils.ts
@@ -53,10 +53,13 @@ export function handleSubProcessError(err: unknown) {
     }
 }
 
-export async function generateTempPrismaSchema(zmodelPath: string) {
+export async function generateTempPrismaSchema(zmodelPath: string, folder?: string) {
     const model = await loadSchemaDocument(zmodelPath);
     const prismaSchema = await new PrismaSchemaGenerator(model).generate();
-    const prismaSchemaFile = path.resolve(path.dirname(zmodelPath), '~schema.prisma');
+    if (!folder) {
+        folder = path.dirname(zmodelPath);
+    }
+    const prismaSchemaFile = path.resolve(folder, '~schema.prisma');
     fs.writeFileSync(prismaSchemaFile, prismaSchema);
     return prismaSchemaFile;
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/actions/migrate.ts b/packages/cli/src/actions/migrate.ts
index bb13956d..6a667a16 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/actions/migrate.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/actions/migrate.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
 import { execPackage } from '../utils/exec-utils';
 import { generateTempPrismaSchema, getSchemaFile } from './action-utils';
 
 type CommonOptions = {
     schema?: string;
+    migrations?: string;
 };
 
 type DevOptions = CommonOptions & {
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@ type StatusOptions = CommonOptions;
  */
 export async function run(command: string, options: CommonOptions) {
     const schemaFile = getSchemaFile(options.schema);
-    const prismaSchemaFile = await generateTempPrismaSchema(schemaFile);
+    const prismaSchemaDir = options.migrations ? path.dirname(options.migrations) : undefined;
+    const prismaSchemaFile = await generateTempPrismaSchema(schemaFile, prismaSchemaDir);
 
     try {
         switch (command) {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
index 61013bfe..d75cff32 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -60,12 +60,14 @@ export function createProgram() {
         .action(generateAction);
 
     const migrateCommand = program.command('migrate').description('Update the database schema with migrations.');
+    const migrationsOption = new Option('--migrations <path>', 'path for migrations');
 
     migrateCommand
         .command('dev')
         .addOption(schemaOption)
         .addOption(new Option('-n, --name <name>', 'migration name'))
         .addOption(new Option('--create-only', 'only create migration, do not apply'))
+        .addOption(migrationsOption)
         .description('Create a migration from changes in schema and apply it to the database.')
         .action((options) => migrateAction('dev', options));
 
@@ -73,18 +75,21 @@ export function createProgram() {
         .command('reset')
         .addOption(schemaOption)
         .addOption(new Option('--force', 'skip the confirmation prompt'))
+        .addOption(migrationsOption)
         .description('Reset your database and apply all migrations, all data will be lost.')
         .action((options) => migrateAction('reset', options));
 
     migrateCommand
         .command('deploy')
         .addOption(schemaOption)
+        .addOption(migrationsOption)
         .description('Deploy your pending migrations to your production/staging database.')
         .action((options) => migrateAction('deploy', options));
 
     migrateCommand
         .command('status')
         .addOption(schemaOption)
+        .addOption(migrationsOption)
         .description('check the status of your database migrations.')
         .action((options) => migrateAction('status', options));