diff --git a/packages/nx/bin/nx.ts b/packages/nx/bin/nx.ts
index 0916e4e1905e4..ce13a7b2008ee 100644
--- a/packages/nx/bin/nx.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/bin/nx.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ import { output } from '../src/cli/output';
 import { detectPackageManager } from '../src/shared/package-manager';
 import { Workspace } from '../src/cli/workspace';
 
-if (process.argv[2] === 'new' || process.argv[2] === '_migrate') {
+if (
+  process.argv[2] === 'new' ||
+  process.argv[2] === '_migrate' ||
+  process.argv[2] === 'migrate'
+) {
   require('../src/cli/index');
 } else {
   const workspace = findWorkspaceRoot(process.cwd());
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/nx/src/cli/index.ts
index 38a95e24a5cad..e0345b89d9184 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export async function invokeCommand(
         commandArgs,
         isVerbose
       );
+    case 'migrate':
     case '_migrate':
       return (await import('../commands/migrate')).migrate(
         root,