diff --git a/migrations/1766942230.sh b/migrations/1766942230.sh
index 8e9810cb..cb640f6e 100644
--- a/migrations/1766942230.sh
+++ b/migrations/1766942230.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ echo "Migrate legacy NVIDIA GPUs to nvidia-580xx driver (if needed)"
 # Only migrate GTX 9xx or 10xx (Pascal/Maxwell)
 NVIDIA="$(lspci | grep -i 'nvidia')"
 if echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "GTX 9|GTX 10"; then
+  if ! pacman -Qq | grep -qE '^linux(-[a-z0-9]+)?-headers$'; then
+    echo "Skipping: no linux headers package installed (required for DKMS drivers)"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
   # Piping yes to override existing packages
   yes | sudo pacman -S nvidia-580xx-dkms nvidia-580xx-utils lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils