diff --git a/sqlx-core/src/migrate/migrator.rs b/sqlx-core/src/migrate/migrator.rs
index 2669dd72..ccecb1ca 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/src/migrate/migrator.rs
+++ b/sqlx-core/src/migrate/migrator.rs
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ impl Migrator {
     }
 
     /// Specify should ignore applied migrations that missing in the resolved migrations.
-    pub fn set_ignore_missing(&mut self, ignore_missing: bool) {
+    pub fn set_ignore_missing(&mut self, ignore_missing: bool) -> &Self {
         self.ignore_missing = ignore_missing;
+        self
     }
 
     /// Get an iterator over all known migrations.
diff --git a/sqlx-macros/src/migrate.rs b/sqlx-macros/src/migrate.rs
index 99aa8c3f..f10bc223 100644
--- a/sqlx-macros/src/migrate.rs
+++ b/sqlx-macros/src/migrate.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ pub(crate) fn expand_migrator_from_dir(dir: LitStr) -> crate::Result<TokenStream
         ::sqlx::migrate::Migrator {
             migrations: ::std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(&[
                 #(#migrations),*
-            ])
+            ]),
+            ignore_missing: false,
         }
     })
 }