diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
index 906dfaf00..cd69d292d 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ skip_package_install: False
 skip_bootstrap: False
 # set to true to skip starting ironic services and dependencies
 skip_start: False
+# set to true to skip performing online data migrations
+skip_migrations: "{{ skip_bootstrap }}"
 
 # Default network interface that bifrost will be attached to.
 # This is used in ipa_* so it must be before
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/main.yml
index 2b21f6327..d43b098d1 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/main.yml
@@ -62,3 +62,7 @@
 - name: "Start Ironic services"
   include: start.yml
   when: skip_start | bool != True
+
+- name: "Perform online data migrations"
+  include: migrations.yml
+  when: skip_migrations | bool != True
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/migrations.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/migrations.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05f194339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/migrations.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+---
+- name: "If VENV is set in the environment, enable installation into venv"
+  set_fact:
+    enable_venv: true
+  when: lookup('env', 'VENV') | length > 0
+
+- name: "Perform ironic online data migrations"
+  command: ironic-dbsync --config-file /etc/ironic/ironic.conf online_data_migrations
+  environment: "{{ bifrost_venv_env if enable_venv else {} }}"
+  when: ironic.database.host != 'localhost'
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ironic-online-migrations-092aef2b4c2ec75f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ironic-online-migrations-092aef2b4c2ec75f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b8f008aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ironic-online-migrations-092aef2b4c2ec75f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Adds support for performing ironic online data migrations.