diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/migrations/index.js b/packages/backend-core/src/migrations/index.js
index 94ce6c78be..4d59f1925d 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/migrations/index.js
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/migrations/index.js
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ exports.runMigrations = async (CouchDB, migrations, options = {}) => {
     if (!options.tenantIds || !options.tenantIds.length) {
       // run for all tenants
       tenantIds = await getTenantIds()
+    } else {
+      tenantIds = options.tenantIds
     }
   } else {
     // single tenancy