diff --git a/lib/tasks/alchemy/convert.rake b/lib/tasks/alchemy/convert.rake
index be1ded824b..8387116815 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/alchemy/convert.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/alchemy/convert.rake
@@ -31,5 +31,48 @@ namespace :alchemy do
         puts "Done."
       end
     end
+
+    namespace :page_trees do
+      desc "Converts the page tree into a menu."
+      task to_menus: [:environment] do
+        if Alchemy::Node.roots.exists?
+          abort "\n⨯ There are already menus present in your database. Aborting!"
+        end
+
+        def convert_to_nodes(children, node:)
+          children.each do |page|
+            has_children = page.children.any?
+            next unless page.visible || has_children
+
+            Alchemy::Deprecation.silence do
+              new_node = node.children.create!(
+                name: page.visible? && !page.redirects_to_external? ? nil : page.name,
+                page: page.visible? && !page.redirects_to_external? ? page : nil,
+                url: page.redirects_to_external? ? page.urlname : nil,
+                external: page.redirects_to_external? && Alchemy::Config.get(:open_external_links_in_new_tab),
+                language_id: page.language_id
+              )
+            end
+            print "."
+            if has_children
+              convert_to_nodes(page.children, node: new_node)
+            end
+          end
+        end
+        menu_count = Alchemy::Language.count
+        puts "\n- Converting #{menu_count} page #{'tree'.pluralize(menu_count)} into #{'menu'.pluralize(menu_count)}."
+        Alchemy::BaseRecord.transaction do
+          Alchemy::Language.all.each do |language|
+            locale = language.locale.presence || I18n.default_locale
+            menu_name = I18n.t('Main Navigation', scope: 'alchemy.menu_names', default: 'Main Navigation', locale: locale)
+            root_node = Alchemy::Node.create(language: language, name: menu_name)
+            language.pages.language_roots.each do |root_page|
+              convert_to_nodes(root_page.children, node: root_node)
+            end
+          end
+        end
+        puts "\n✓ Done."
+      end
+    end
   end
 end