diff --git a/packages/server/src/app.ts b/packages/server/src/app.ts
index 7db4ecc4d..d243e2a5a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/app.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/app.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as Koa from 'koa';
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 import Logger, { LogLevel, LoggerWrapper, TargetType } from '@joplin/utils/Logger';
 import config, { fullVersionString, initConfig, runningInDocker } from './config';
-import { migrateLatest, waitForConnection, sqliteDefaultDir, latestMigration, needsMigration, migrateList } from './db';
+import { migrateLatest, waitForConnection, sqliteDefaultDir, latestMigration, needsMigration, migrateList, versionCheck } from './db';
 import { AppContext, Env, KoaNext } from './utils/types';
 import FsDriverNode from '@joplin/lib/fs-driver-node';
 import { getDeviceTimeDrift } from '@joplin/lib/ntp';
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ async function main() {
 		appLogger().info('Connection check:', connectionCheckLogInfo);
 		const ctx = app.context as AppContext;
 
+		await versionCheck(connectionCheck.connection);
+
 		if (config().database.autoMigration) {
 			appLogger().info('Auto-migrating database...');
 			await migrateLatest(connectionCheck.connection);
diff --git a/packages/server/src/db.ts b/packages/server/src/db.ts
index b367f173a..50ba12a0c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/db.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/db.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as pathUtils from 'path';
 import time from '@joplin/lib/time';
 import Logger from '@joplin/utils/Logger';
 import { databaseSchema } from './services/database/types';
+import { compareVersions } from 'compare-versions';
 
 // Make sure bigInteger values are numbers and not strings
 //
@@ -411,6 +412,31 @@ export function isUniqueConstraintError(error: any): boolean {
 	return false;
 }
 
+const parsePostgresVersionString = (versionString: string) => {
+	// PostgreSQL 16.1 (Debian 16.1-1.pgdg120+1) on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0, 64-bit
+	const matches = versionString.match('PostgreSQL (.*?) ');
+	if (!matches || matches.length !== 2) throw new Error(`Cannot parse Postgres version string: ${versionString}`);
+	return matches[1];
+};
+
+export const versionCheck = async (db: DbConnection) => {
+	if (isPostgres(db)) {
+		// We only support Postgres v12+
+		// https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/9695
+		// https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/rules-materializedviews.html
+		const minPostgresVersion = '12.0';
+		const result = await db.select(db.raw('version()')).first();
+		if (result && result.version) {
+			const version = parsePostgresVersionString(result.version);
+			if (compareVersions(version, minPostgresVersion) < 0) throw new Error(`Postgres version not supported: ${result.version}. Min required version is: ${minPostgresVersion}`);
+		} else {
+			throw new Error(`Could not fetch Postgres version info. Got: ${JSON.stringify(result)}`);
+		}
+	} else {
+		// Not implemented
+	}
+};
+
 export async function latestMigration(db: DbConnection): Promise<Migration | null> {
 	try {
 		const context: QueryContext = { noSuchTableErrorLoggingDisabled: true };