diff --git a/packages/tao/index.ts b/packages/tao/index.ts
index c4a549e1a9e5c..0125b1a562c67 100644
--- a/packages/tao/index.ts
+++ b/packages/tao/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
+// this is to support older workspaces
+if (process.argv[2] === 'migrate') {
+  process.argv[2] = '_migrate';
+}
+
 require('nx/bin/nx');