diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/generators/convert-to-monorepo/convert-to-monorepo.from-nx-init.spec.ts b/packages/workspace/src/generators/convert-to-monorepo/convert-to-monorepo.from-nx-init.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f36943ae0ee43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/generators/convert-to-monorepo/convert-to-monorepo.from-nx-init.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import 'nx/src/internal-testing-utils/mock-project-graph';
+
+import {
+  readJson,
+  readProjectConfiguration,
+  Tree,
+  updateJson,
+} from '@nx/devkit';
+import { createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace } from '@nx/devkit/testing';
+import { monorepoGenerator } from './convert-to-monorepo';
+
+describe('monorepo generator', () => {
+  let tree: Tree;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tree = createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace();
+  });
+
+  it('should convert a root package without a project.json', async () => {
+    updateJson(tree, 'package.json', (json) => {
+      json.name = 'demo';
+      // Make this a root project
+      json.nx = {};
+      return json;
+    });
+
+    await monorepoGenerator(tree, {});
+
+    expect(tree.exists('packages/demo/project.json')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(readProjectConfiguration(tree, 'demo')).toMatchObject({
+      name: 'demo',
+    });
+    expect(readJson(tree, 'package.json').name).toBe('@demo/source');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/generators/convert-to-monorepo/convert-to-monorepo.spec.ts b/packages/workspace/src/generators/convert-to-monorepo/convert-to-monorepo.spec.ts
index 86468fd95cd3b..0c10759cc931f 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/generators/convert-to-monorepo/convert-to-monorepo.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/generators/convert-to-monorepo/convert-to-monorepo.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import 'nx/src/internal-testing-utils/mock-project-graph';
 
-import { readJson, readProjectConfiguration, Tree } from '@nx/devkit';
+import { readProjectConfiguration, Tree } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace } from '@nx/devkit/testing';
 import { monorepoGenerator } from './convert-to-monorepo';
 
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/generators/convert-to-monorepo/convert-to-monorepo.ts b/packages/workspace/src/generators/convert-to-monorepo/convert-to-monorepo.ts
index b44523fe14592..a2f4a14064658 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/generators/convert-to-monorepo/convert-to-monorepo.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/generators/convert-to-monorepo/convert-to-monorepo.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import {
   ProjectConfiguration,
   readNxJson,
   Tree,
+  updateJson,
   updateNxJson,
+  writeJson,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { moveGenerator } from '../move/move';
 
@@ -34,6 +36,19 @@ export async function monorepoGenerator(tree: Tree, options: {}) {
   const appsDir = isRootProjectApp ? 'apps' : 'packages';
   const libsDir = isRootProjectApp ? 'libs' : 'packages';
 
+  if (rootProject) {
+    // If project was created using `nx init` then it might not have project.json.
+    // Need to create one to avoid name conflicts with root package.json.
+    if (!tree.exists('project.json')) {
+      writeJson(tree, 'project.json', { name: rootProject.name });
+    }
+    updateJson(tree, 'package.json', (json) => {
+      // Avoid name conflicts once we move root project into its own folder.
+      json.name = `@${rootProject.name}/source`;
+      return json;
+    });
+  }
+
   for (const project of projectsToMove) {
     await moveGenerator(tree, {
       projectName: project.name,
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/generators/move/lib/move-project-files.ts b/packages/workspace/src/generators/move/lib/move-project-files.ts
index 70c6ebcd01394..d57c8c1fdd440 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/generators/move/lib/move-project-files.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/generators/move/lib/move-project-files.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ export function moveProjectFiles(
   const knownRootProjectFiles = [
     // Config files
     'project.json',
-    'tsconfig.json',
-    'tsconfig.app.json',
-    'tsconfig.lib.json',
-    'tsconfig.spec.json',
+    /^tsconfig(?!\.base\.json$)((\..+)?\.json$|json$)/,
     '.babelrc',
     '.eslintrc.json',
     'eslint.config.js',