diff --git a/play-ebean/src/main/java/play/db/ebean/EbeanDynamicEvolutions.java b/play-ebean/src/main/java/play/db/ebean/EbeanDynamicEvolutions.java
index 0ec685c9..6852d668 100644
--- a/play-ebean/src/main/java/play/db/ebean/EbeanDynamicEvolutions.java
+++ b/play-ebean/src/main/java/play/db/ebean/EbeanDynamicEvolutions.java
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import play.Environment;
 import play.api.db.evolutions.DynamicEvolutions;
 import play.api.db.evolutions.Evolutions$;
 import play.api.db.evolutions.EvolutionsConfig;
 import play.inject.ApplicationLifecycle;
+import play.inject.Injector;
 
 /** A Play module that automatically manages Ebean configuration. */
 @Singleton
@@ -29,16 +31,34 @@ public class EbeanDynamicEvolutions extends DynamicEvolutions {
   private final EbeanConfig config;
   private final Environment environment;
 
-  private final EvolutionsConfig evolutionsConfig;
+  private final Supplier<EvolutionsConfig> evolutionsConfig;
 
   private final Map<String, Database> databases = new HashMap<>();
 
-  @Inject
   public EbeanDynamicEvolutions(
       EbeanConfig config,
       Environment environment,
       ApplicationLifecycle lifecycle,
       EvolutionsConfig evolutionsConfig) {
+    this(config, environment, lifecycle, () -> evolutionsConfig);
+  }
+
+  @Inject
+  public EbeanDynamicEvolutions(
+      EbeanConfig config,
+      Environment environment,
+      ApplicationLifecycle lifecycle,
+      Injector injector) {
+    // Only needed (and bound) when Play's EvolutionsModule, which is optional, generates the
+    // scripts
+    this(config, environment, lifecycle, () -> injector.instanceOf(EvolutionsConfig.class));
+  }
+
+  private EbeanDynamicEvolutions(
+      EbeanConfig config,
+      Environment environment,
+      ApplicationLifecycle lifecycle,
+      Supplier<EvolutionsConfig> evolutionsConfig) {
     this.config = config;
     this.environment = environment;
     this.evolutionsConfig = evolutionsConfig;
@@ -61,6 +81,7 @@ public void create() {
     if (environment.isProd()) {
       return;
     }
+    EvolutionsConfig evolutionsConfig = this.evolutionsConfig.get();
     config
         .serverConfigs()
         .forEach(
diff --git a/play-ebean/src/test/java/play/db/ebean/EbeanWithoutEvolutionsModuleTest.java b/play-ebean/src/test/java/play/db/ebean/EbeanWithoutEvolutionsModuleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0f28724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/play-ebean/src/test/java/play/db/ebean/EbeanWithoutEvolutionsModuleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) from 2022 The Play Framework Contributors <https://github.com/playframework>, 2011-2021 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package play.db.ebean;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import io.ebean.DB;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import play.Application;
+import play.api.db.evolutions.EvolutionsModule;
+import play.inject.guice.GuiceApplicationBuilder;
+import play.test.Helpers;
+
+public class EbeanWithoutEvolutionsModuleTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void startsWithoutPlaysEvolutionsModule() {
+    Application app =
+        new GuiceApplicationBuilder()
+            .disable(EvolutionsModule.class)
+            .configure(
+                Map.of(
+                    "db.default.driver", "org.h2.Driver",
+                    "db.default.url", "jdbc:h2:mem:play-ebean-without-evolutions",
+                    "ebean.default", List.of("play.db.ebean.models.first.*")))
+            .build();
+    Helpers.running(app, () -> assertEquals("default", DB.getDefault().name()));
+  }
+}