diff --git a/docker/entrypoint-first-boot.sh b/docker/entrypoint-first-boot.sh
index ffc782b4ccc..75950ce5935 100644
--- a/docker/entrypoint-first-boot.sh
+++ b/docker/entrypoint-first-boot.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # called from entrypoint-initializer.sh when no admin user exists (first boot)
-cat <<EOD | python manage.py shell
+cat <<EOD | python manage.py shell --no-imports
 import os
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 User.objects.create_superuser(
diff --git a/docker/reach_database.sh b/docker/reach_database.sh
index 536e2c9f09a..28f4e29591c 100644
--- a/docker/reach_database.sh
+++ b/docker/reach_database.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ wait_for_database_to_be_reachable() {
             exit 1
         fi
     done
-    cat <<EOD | python manage.py shell
+    cat <<EOD | python manage.py shell --no-imports
 from django.db import connections
 connections['default'].cursor()
 EOD
diff --git a/dojo/management/commands/shell.py b/dojo/management/commands/shell.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c5db56db4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dojo/management/commands/shell.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+from importlib import import_module
+
+from django.core.management.commands.shell import Command as ShellCommand
+from django.utils.module_loading import import_string as import_dotted_path
+
+
+class Command(ShellCommand):
+
+    """
+    DefectDojo override of Django's ``shell`` command.
+
+    Django's shell auto-imports every model in ``INSTALLED_APPS`` by its
+    ``"<module>.<name>"`` path. DefectDojo has models that exist on the app
+    registry but are not importable by that path:
+
+    * dynamically generated Tagulous tag models (``Tagulous_*_tags`` /
+      ``Tagulous_*_inherited_tags``), and
+    * auditlog proxy models (e.g. ``dojo.auditlog.services.*`` and the Pro
+      ``*Proxy`` models).
+
+    The stock command lists ~36 of these as "could not be automatically
+    imported" on every launch, which reads like an error even though nothing
+    is wrong. Drop the non-importable paths from the auto-import list so the
+    banner is clean, without losing any auto-import that would actually have
+    worked. The filter is generic (it tries the import and keeps what
+    succeeds), so it covers both open-source and Pro models.
+    """
+
+    def get_auto_imports(self):
+        paths = super().get_auto_imports()
+        if not paths:
+            return paths
+        importable = []
+        for path in paths:
+            try:
+                import_dotted_path(path) if "." in path else import_module(path)
+            except ImportError:
+                continue
+            importable.append(path)
+        return importable
diff --git a/unittests/test_shell_command.py b/unittests/test_shell_command.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b8472cdd95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/test_shell_command.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from importlib import import_module
+
+from django.core.management.commands.shell import Command as BaseShellCommand
+from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
+
+from dojo.management.commands.shell import Command
+
+from .dojo_test_case import DojoTestCase
+
+
+class TestShellAutoImportFilter(DojoTestCase):
+
+    """
+    The overridden ``shell`` command must drop non-importable auto-imports.
+
+    Django's stock shell lists dynamically generated Tagulous tag models and
+    auditlog proxy models as "could not be automatically imported" on every
+    launch. The override filters the auto-import list down to paths that
+    actually import, so the banner is clean without losing real auto-imports.
+    """
+
+    def _resolve(self, path):
+        return import_string(path) if "." in path else import_module(path)
+
+    def test_all_returned_paths_are_importable(self):
+        paths = Command().get_auto_imports()
+        self.assertTrue(paths, "expected a non-empty auto-import list")
+        for path in paths:
+            try:
+                self._resolve(path)
+            except ImportError:
+                self.fail(f"get_auto_imports() returned a non-importable path: {path}")
+
+    def test_real_models_are_kept(self):
+        self.assertIn("dojo.finding.models.Finding", Command().get_auto_imports())
+
+    def test_only_non_importable_paths_are_dropped(self):
+        base_paths = BaseShellCommand().get_auto_imports()
+        kept = set(Command().get_auto_imports())
+        dropped = [path for path in base_paths if path not in kept]
+        # The override must actually remove something (the environment has
+        # dynamically generated / proxy models that Django cannot import).
+        self.assertTrue(dropped, "expected the override to drop at least one non-importable path")
+        # Everything it drops must genuinely be non-importable.
+        for path in dropped:
+            with self.assertRaises(ImportError, msg=f"{path} was dropped but is importable"):
+                self._resolve(path)