diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 4c85f6ad..93787303 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -207,12 +207,20 @@ if expr "$1" : "apache" 1>/dev/null || [ "$1" = "php-fpm" ] || [ "${NEXTCLOUD_UP
                         # shellcheck disable=SC2016
                         install_options=$install_options' --database-name "$SQLITE_DATABASE"'
                         install=true
-                    elif [ -n "${MYSQL_DATABASE+x}" ] && [ -n "${MYSQL_USER+x}" ] && [ -n "${MYSQL_PASSWORD+x}" ] && [ -n "${MYSQL_HOST+x}" ]; then
+                    elif [ -n "${MYSQL_DATABASE+x}" ] && [ -n "${MYSQL_USER+x}" ] && [ -n "${MYSQL_PASSWORD+x}" ]; then
+                        if [ -z "${MYSQL_HOST}" ] ; then
+                            echo "MySQL credentials set but no MySQL host set. Please make sure \$MYSQL_HOST is set."
+                            exit 1
+                        fi
                         echo "Installing with MySQL database"
                         # shellcheck disable=SC2016
                         install_options=$install_options' --database mysql --database-name "$MYSQL_DATABASE" --database-user "$MYSQL_USER" --database-pass "$MYSQL_PASSWORD" --database-host "$MYSQL_HOST"'
                         install=true
-                    elif [ -n "${POSTGRES_DB+x}" ] && [ -n "${POSTGRES_USER+x}" ] && [ -n "${POSTGRES_PASSWORD+x}" ] && [ -n "${POSTGRES_HOST+x}" ]; then
+                    elif [ -n "${POSTGRES_DB+x}" ] && [ -n "${POSTGRES_USER+x}" ] && [ -n "${POSTGRES_PASSWORD+x}" ]; then
+                        if [ -z "${POSTGRES_HOST}" ] ; then
+                            echo "PostgreSQL credentials set but no PostgreSQL host set. Please make sure \$POSTGRES_HOST is set."
+                            exit 1
+                        fi
                         echo "Installing with PostgreSQL database"
                         # shellcheck disable=SC2016
                         install_options=$install_options' --database pgsql --database-name "$POSTGRES_DB" --database-user "$POSTGRES_USER" --database-pass "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD" --database-host "$POSTGRES_HOST"'