diff --git a/modules/system/ServiceProvider.php b/modules/system/ServiceProvider.php
index d10e42c8e..c96b536ff 100644
--- a/modules/system/ServiceProvider.php
+++ b/modules/system/ServiceProvider.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use System\Classes\ErrorHandler;
 use System\Classes\MarkupManager;
 use System\Classes\PluginManager;
 use System\Classes\SettingsManager;
+use System\Classes\UpdateManager;
 use System\Twig\Engine as TwigEngine;
 use System\Twig\Loader as TwigLoader;
 use System\Twig\Extension as TwigExtension;
@@ -208,6 +209,11 @@ class ServiceProvider extends ModuleServiceProvider
          * Allow plugins to use the scheduler
          */
         Event::listen('console.schedule', function ($schedule) {
+            // Fix initial system migration with plugins that use settings for scheduling - see #3208
+            if (App::hasDatabase() && !Schema::hasTable(UpdateManager::instance()->getMigrationTableName())) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             $plugins = PluginManager::instance()->getPlugins();
             foreach ($plugins as $plugin) {
                 if (method_exists($plugin, 'registerSchedule')) {
diff --git a/modules/system/classes/UpdateManager.php b/modules/system/classes/UpdateManager.php
index 006aadcfd..8d4b43419 100644
--- a/modules/system/classes/UpdateManager.php
+++ b/modules/system/classes/UpdateManager.php
@@ -1002,11 +1002,10 @@ class UpdateManager
         return base64_encode(hash_hmac('sha512', http_build_query($data, '', '&'), base64_decode($secret), true));
     }
 
-    //
-    // Internals
-    //
-
-    protected function getMigrationTableName()
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getMigrationTableName()
     {
         return Config::get('database.migrations', 'migrations');
     }