diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/check_migration.py b/litellm/proxy/db/check_migration.py
index 6df123bfe8f..6e2a06c96e1 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/check_migration.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/check_migration.py
@@ -47,19 +47,26 @@ def extract_sql_commands(diff_output: str) -> list[str]:
 def check_prisma_schema_diff_helper(db_url: str) -> tuple[bool, list[str]]:
     """Checks for differences between current database and Prisma schema.
 
-    Never raises: a diff that cannot be produced, because the command failed or
-    because it outlived its budget, is reported as "no diff" so boot continues.
+    Never raises: a diff that cannot be produced, because the runner is missing,
+    because the command failed, or because it outlived its budget, is reported as
+    "no diff" so boot continues.
 
     Returns:
         A tuple containing:
         - A boolean indicating if differences were found (True) or not (False).
         - The SQL commands that would close the diff, empty when there is none.
     """
-    from litellm_proxy_extras.prisma_toolchain import (
-        PRISMA_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_ENV_VAR,
-        prisma_command_timeout,
-        run_prisma,
-    )
+    try:
+        from litellm_proxy_extras.prisma_toolchain import (
+            PRISMA_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_ENV_VAR,
+            prisma_command_timeout,
+            run_prisma,
+        )
+    except ImportError as e:
+        print(  # noqa: T201  # boot-time operator output, same channel as this helper's other messages
+            f"Skipping the migration diff: litellm-proxy-extras has no Prisma runner. Error: {e}"
+        )
+        return False, []
 
     verbose_logger.debug("Checking for Prisma schema diff...")
     timeout: Final = prisma_command_timeout()
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/prisma_client.py b/litellm/proxy/db/prisma_client.py
index 82cf910d2f5..18663e6317e 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/prisma_client.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/prisma_client.py
@@ -937,10 +937,14 @@ class PrismaManager:
                         use_v2_resolver=use_v2_resolver,
                     )
                 else:
-                    from litellm_proxy_extras.prisma_toolchain import (
-                        prisma_command_timeout,
-                        run_prisma,
-                    )
+                    try:
+                        from litellm_proxy_extras.prisma_toolchain import (
+                            prisma_command_timeout,
+                            run_prisma,
+                        )
+                    except ImportError as e:
+                        verbose_proxy_logger.error("\x1b[1;31mLiteLLM: Failed to import proxy extras. Got %s\x1b[0m", e)
+                        return False
 
                     PrismaManager._raise_if_partitioned_spend_logs()
                     run_prisma(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_check_migration.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_check_migration.py
index 36c970de5ad..74a6841cb23 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_check_migration.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_check_migration.py
@@ -55,3 +55,17 @@ def test_migrate_diff_stops_at_its_budget_and_takes_its_process_tree_with_it(fak
          "--to-schema-datamodel", "./schema.prisma", "--script"]
     ]
     assert fake_prisma_cli.grandchild_is_gone(within_seconds=5)
+
+
+def test_migrate_diff_without_the_prisma_runner_skips_instead_of_crashing_boot(monkeypatch):
+    """
+    Boot calls this helper directly, so an ImportError here takes the proxy down before
+    uvicorn starts. An install without the runner must lose the diagnostic, not the proxy.
+    """
+    import sys
+
+    from litellm.proxy.db.check_migration import check_prisma_schema_diff_helper
+
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "litellm_proxy_extras.prisma_toolchain", None)
+
+    assert check_prisma_schema_diff_helper("postgresql://u:p@localhost:9/x") == (False, [])
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_prisma_client.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_prisma_client.py
index fe348858950..7f43e483557 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_prisma_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_prisma_client.py
@@ -387,3 +387,16 @@ def test_db_push_timeout_takes_its_process_tree_with_it(fake_prisma_cli, unset_d
     assert PrismaManager.setup_database(use_migrate=False) is True
     assert fake_prisma_cli.calls == [DB_PUSH_ARGV, DB_PUSH_ARGV]
     assert fake_prisma_cli.grandchild_is_gone(within_seconds=5)
+
+
+def test_db_push_without_the_prisma_runner_fails_the_migration_instead_of_crashing_boot(
+    fake_prisma_cli, unset_database_url, monkeypatch
+):
+    """
+    An ImportError out of setup_database escapes the caller's RuntimeError handler and
+    kills boot, bypassing the operator's enforce_prisma_migration_check choice.
+    """
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "litellm_proxy_extras.prisma_toolchain", None)
+
+    assert PrismaManager.setup_database(use_migrate=False) is False
+    assert fake_prisma_cli.calls == []