diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/migrate.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/migrate.ts
index 74591cd3496603..6703ab51abcef7 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/migrate.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/migrate.ts
@@ -947,6 +947,7 @@ export async function executeMigrations(
         logger.info(`  ${m.description}\n`);
         printChanges(changes, '  ');
       } else {
+        require('../adapter/compat');
         const { madeChanges, loggingQueue } = await (
           await import('../adapter/ngcli-adapter')
         ).runMigration(root, m.package, m.name, isVerbose);