diff --git a/lib/cli/cli.js b/lib/cli/cli.js
index dee8e70dd4..233ff29a8e 100755
--- a/lib/cli/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli/cli.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const {loadOptions, YARGS_PARSER_CONFIG} = require('./options');
 const commands = require('./commands');
 const ansi = require('ansi-colors');
+const migrateOpts = require('../../scripts/migrate-opts-init');
 const {repository, homepage, version, gitter} = require('../../package.json');
 
 /**
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ exports.main = (argv = process.argv.slice(2)) => {
     .scriptName('mocha')
     .command(commands.run)
     .command(commands.init)
+    .command(migrateOpts.init)
     .updateStrings({
       'Positionals:': 'Positional Arguments',
       'Options:': 'Other Options',
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index be569422f6..b3f72ee361 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@
     "abbrev": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-nne9/IiQ/hzIhY6pdDnbBtz7DjPTKrY00P/zvPSm5pOFkl6xuGrGnXn/VtTNNfNtAfZ9/1RtehkszU9qcTii0Q==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-nne9/IiQ/hzIhY6pdDnbBtz7DjPTKrY00P/zvPSm5pOFkl6xuGrGnXn/VtTNNfNtAfZ9/1RtehkszU9qcTii0Q==", 
+      "dev" : true
     },
     "accepts": {
       "version": "1.3.5",
@@ -2160,6 +2160,17 @@
             "graceful-fs": "^4.1.2",
             "jsonfile": "^3.0.0",
             "universalify": "^0.1.0"
+          },
+          "dependencies": {
+            "jsonfile": {
+              "version": "3.0.1",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-3.0.1.tgz",
+              "integrity": "sha1-pezG9l9T9mLEQVx2daAzHQmS7GY=",
+              "dev": true,
+              "requires": {
+                "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6"
+              }
+            }
           }
         },
         "invert-kv": {
@@ -3308,8 +3319,7 @@
     "commander": {
       "version": "2.19.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-2.19.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-6tvAOO+D6OENvRAh524Dh9jcfKTYDQAqvqezbCW82xj5X0pSrcpxtvRKHLG0yBY6SD7PSDrJaj+0AiOcKVd1Xg==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-6tvAOO+D6OENvRAh524Dh9jcfKTYDQAqvqezbCW82xj5X0pSrcpxtvRKHLG0yBY6SD7PSDrJaj+0AiOcKVd1Xg=="
     },
     "comment-regex": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
@@ -3428,7 +3438,6 @@
       "version": "1.1.12",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/config-chain/-/config-chain-1.1.12.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-a1eOIcu8+7lUInge4Rpf/n4Krkf3Dd9lqhljRzII1/Zno/kRtUWnznPO3jOKBmTEktkt3fkxisUcivoj0ebzoA==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "ini": "^1.3.4",
         "proto-list": "~1.2.1"
@@ -4778,7 +4787,6 @@
       "version": "0.15.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/editorconfig/-/editorconfig-0.15.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-M9wIMFx96vq0R4F+gRpY3o2exzb8hEj/n9S8unZtHSvYjibBp/iMufSzvmOcV/laG0ZtuTVGtiJggPOSW2r93g==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "commander": "^2.19.0",
         "lru-cache": "^4.1.5",
@@ -7352,8 +7360,7 @@
     "graceful-fs": {
       "version": "4.1.15",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.1.15.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-6uHUhOPEBgQ24HM+r6b/QwWfZq+yiFcipKFrOFiBEnWdy5sdzYoi+pJeQaPI5qOLRFqWmAXUPQNsielzdLoecA==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-6uHUhOPEBgQ24HM+r6b/QwWfZq+yiFcipKFrOFiBEnWdy5sdzYoi+pJeQaPI5qOLRFqWmAXUPQNsielzdLoecA=="
     },
     "graceful-readlink": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
@@ -8344,8 +8351,7 @@
     "ini": {
       "version": "1.3.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ini/-/ini-1.3.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-RZY5huIKCMRWDUqZlEi72f/lmXKMvuszcMBduliQ3nnWbx9X/ZBQO7DijMEYS9EhHBb2qacRUMtC7svLwe0lcw==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-RZY5huIKCMRWDUqZlEi72f/lmXKMvuszcMBduliQ3nnWbx9X/ZBQO7DijMEYS9EhHBb2qacRUMtC7svLwe0lcw=="
     },
     "inkscape": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
@@ -9171,10 +9177,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "js-beautify": {
-      "version": "1.10.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-beautify/-/js-beautify-1.10.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-OMwf/tPDpE/BLlYKqZOhqWsd3/z2N3KOlyn1wsCRGFwViE8LOQTcDtathQvHvZc+q+zWmcNAbwKSC+iJoMaH2Q==",
-      "dev": true,
+      "version": "1.10.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-beautify/-/js-beautify-1.10.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ZtBYyNUYJIsBWERnQP0rPN9KjkrDfJcMjuVGcvXOUJrD1zmOGwhRwQ4msG+HJ+Ni/FA7+sRQEMYVzdTQDvnzvQ==",
       "requires": {
         "config-chain": "^1.1.12",
         "editorconfig": "^0.15.3",
@@ -9376,13 +9381,21 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-Epai1Y/UXxmg9s4B1lcB4sc1tus=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "json2yaml": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json2yaml/-/json2yaml-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-VBTZB/mBZYa4DFE+wuOusquBmmw=",
+      "requires": {
+        "remedial": "1.x"
+      }
+    },
     "jsonfile": {
-      "version": "3.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-3.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-pezG9l9T9mLEQVx2daAzHQmS7GY=",
-      "dev": true,
+      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-5.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NQRZ5CRo74MhMMC3/3r5g2k4fjodJ/wh8MxjFbCViWKFjxrnudWSY5vomh+23ZaXzAS7J3fBZIR2dV6WbmfM0w==",
       "requires": {
-        "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6"
+        "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6",
+        "universalify": "^0.1.2"
       }
     },
     "jsonify": {
@@ -10426,7 +10439,6 @@
       "version": "4.1.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-4.1.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-sWZlbEP2OsHNkXrMl5GYk/jKk70MBng6UU4YI/qGDYbgf6YbP4EvmqISbXCoJiRKs+1bSpFHVgQxvJ17F2li5g==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "pseudomap": "^1.0.2",
         "yallist": "^2.1.2"
@@ -11511,7 +11523,6 @@
       "version": "4.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nopt/-/nopt-4.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-0NRoWv1UFRk8jHUFYC0NF81kR00=",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "abbrev": "1",
         "osenv": "^0.1.4"
@@ -12410,7 +12421,6 @@
       "version": "0.1.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/osenv/-/osenv-0.1.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-0CWcCECdMVc2Rw3U5w9ZjqX6ga6ubk1xDVKxtBQPK7wis/0F2r9T6k4ydGYhecl7YUBxBVxhL5oisPsNxAPe2g==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "os-homedir": "^1.0.0",
         "os-tmpdir": "^1.0.0"
@@ -13808,8 +13818,7 @@
     "proto-list": {
       "version": "1.2.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/proto-list/-/proto-list-1.2.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-IS1b/hMYMGpCD2QCuOJv85ZHqEk=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-IS1b/hMYMGpCD2QCuOJv85ZHqEk="
     },
     "prr": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
@@ -13829,8 +13838,7 @@
     "pseudomap": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pseudomap/-/pseudomap-1.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-8FKijacOYYkX7wqKw0wa5aaChrM=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-8FKijacOYYkX7wqKw0wa5aaChrM="
     },
     "psl": {
       "version": "1.1.31",
@@ -14471,6 +14479,11 @@
         "autolinker": "~0.28.0"
       }
     },
+    "remedial": {
+      "version": "1.0.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/remedial/-/remedial-1.0.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/62tYiOe6DzS5BqVsNpH/nkGlX45C/Sp6V+NtiN6JQNS1Viay7cWkazmRkrQrdFj2eshDe96SIQNIoMxqhzBOg=="
+    },
     "remove-trailing-separator": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/remove-trailing-separator/-/remove-trailing-separator-1.1.0.tgz",
@@ -14980,8 +14993,7 @@
     "semver": {
       "version": "5.6.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-RS9R6R35NYgQn++fkDWaOmqGoj4Ek9gGs+DPxNUZKuwE183xjJroKvyo1IzVFeXvUrvmALy6FWD5xrdJT25gMg==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-RS9R6R35NYgQn++fkDWaOmqGoj4Ek9gGs+DPxNUZKuwE183xjJroKvyo1IzVFeXvUrvmALy6FWD5xrdJT25gMg=="
     },
     "semver-compare": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
@@ -15291,8 +15303,7 @@
     "sigmund": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sigmund/-/sigmund-1.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-P/IfGYytIXX587eBhT/ZTQ0ZtZA=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-P/IfGYytIXX587eBhT/ZTQ0ZtZA="
     },
     "signal-exit": {
       "version": "3.0.2",
@@ -17559,8 +17570,7 @@
     "universalify": {
       "version": "0.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-rBJeI5CXAlmy1pV+617WB9J63U6XcazHHF2f2dbJix4XzpUF0RS3Zbj0FGIOCAva5P/d/GBOYaACQ1w+0azUkg==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-rBJeI5CXAlmy1pV+617WB9J63U6XcazHHF2f2dbJix4XzpUF0RS3Zbj0FGIOCAva5P/d/GBOYaACQ1w+0azUkg=="
     },
     "unorm": {
       "version": "1.5.0",
@@ -18266,8 +18276,7 @@
     "yallist": {
       "version": "2.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-2.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-HBH5IY8HYImkfdUS+TxmmaaoHVI=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-HBH5IY8HYImkfdUS+TxmmaaoHVI="
     },
     "yargs": {
       "version": "13.3.0",
diff --git a/package-scripts.js b/package-scripts.js
index 6d9985b90d..7fc523153c 100644
--- a/package-scripts.js
+++ b/package-scripts.js
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ module.exports = {
             'test.node.exports',
             'test.node.unit',
             'test.node.integration',
+            'test.node.migrateOpts',
             'test.node.jsapi',
             'test.node.requires',
             'test.node.reporters',
@@ -128,6 +129,11 @@ module.exports = {
           description: 'Run tests concerning mocha.opts',
           hiddenFromHelp: true
         },
+        migrateOpts: {
+          script: test('migrateOpts', 'test/migrate-opts'),
+          description: 'Run tests concerning migrate mocha.opts script',
+          hiddenFromHelp: true
+        },
         jsapi: {
           script: 'node test/jsapi',
           description: 'Run Node.js Mocha JavaScript API tests',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3ea394b2e5..74304f2c81 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -525,7 +525,10 @@
     "glob": "7.1.3",
     "growl": "1.10.5",
     "he": "1.2.0",
+    "js-beautify": "^1.10.2",
     "js-yaml": "3.13.1",
+    "json2yaml": "^1.1.0",
+    "jsonfile": "^5.0.0",
     "log-symbols": "2.2.0",
     "minimatch": "3.0.4",
     "mkdirp": "0.5.1",
diff --git a/scripts/migrate-opts-init.js b/scripts/migrate-opts-init.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d7456464d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/migrate-opts-init.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+'use strict';
+/**
+ * Exports Yargs commands
+ * @see https://git.io/fpJ0G
+ * @private
+ * @module
+ */
+exports.init = require('./migrate-opts.js');
diff --git a/scripts/migrate-opts.js b/scripts/migrate-opts.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab5f522dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/migrate-opts.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+'use strict';
+/**
+ * Command module for "migrate" command
+ * Interface : mocha migrate-opts -file ./test/mocha.opts --json
+ * Migrate opts
+ * Read opts file and change to othter file like yaml, yml, js, json
+ * @see https://mochajs.org/#configuring-mocha-nodejs
+ * @private
+ * @module
+ */
+const path = require('path');
+const YAML = require('json2yaml');
+const jsonfile = require('jsonfile');
+const beautify = require('js-beautify').js;
+const fs = require('fs');
+const loadMochaOpts = require('../lib/cli/options.js').loadMochaOpts;
+const setJsType = content =>
+  beautify(`(module.exports = ${JSON.stringify(content)})`);
+const setYamlType = content => YAML.stringify(content);
+const writeFile = {
+  yaml: (content, _path) =>
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(_path, `.mocharc.yaml`), setYamlType(content)),
+  yml: (content, _path) =>
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(_path, `.mocharc.yml`), setYamlType(content)),
+  js: (content, _path) =>
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(_path, `.mocharc.js`), setJsType(content)),
+  json: (content, _path) =>
+    jsonfile.writeFileSync(path.join(_path, `.mocharc.json`), content, {
+      spaces: 1
+    })
+};
+const writeConfig = (type, content, _path) => {
+  if (type === 'yaml') {
+    writeFile.yaml(content, _path);
+  } else if (type === 'yml') {
+    writeFile.yml(content, _path);
+  } else if (type === 'js') {
+    writeFile.js(content, _path);
+  } else {
+    writeFile.json(content, _path);
+  }
+  return content;
+};
+
+exports.init = (filepath, type, _path = process.cwd()) => {
+  const content = loadMochaOpts({opts: filepath});
+  writeConfig(type, content, _path);
+};
+exports.command = 'migrate-opts';
+
+exports.description = 'Migrate opts file to type that user wanted';
+
+exports.builder = yargs => yargs.option('file').option('type');
+
+exports.handler = argv => {
+  const filepath = path.join(process.cwd(), argv.file[0]);
+  const type = argv.type;
+  this.init(filepath, type);
+};
diff --git a/test/migrate-opts/index.js b/test/migrate-opts/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b592d30348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/migrate-opts/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var Mocha = require('../../');
+
+var mocha = new Mocha({
+  ui: 'bdd',
+  globals: ['okGlobalA', 'okGlobalB', 'okGlobalC', 'callback*'],
+  growl: true,
+  timeout: 1000
+});
+
+require('../setup');
+
+mocha.addFile('test/migrate-opts/migrate-opts.spec.js');
+
+mocha.run(function() {});
diff --git a/test/migrate-opts/migrate-opts.spec.js b/test/migrate-opts/migrate-opts.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebe9c5d6f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/migrate-opts/migrate-opts.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+'use strict';
+var fs = require('fs');
+var path = require('path');
+var expect = require('chai').expect;
+var migrateOpts = require('../../scripts/migrate-opts');
+var types = ['json', 'js', 'yml', 'yaml'];
+
+describe('Test migrate-opts.js script', function() {
+  types.forEach(function(type) {
+    it('should be worked writeFile ' + type, function() {
+      var filepath = path.join(process.cwd(), './test/migrate-opts/mocha.opts');
+      var _path = path.join(process.cwd(), './test/migrate-opts');
+      migrateOpts.init(filepath, type, _path);
+      var __path = path.join(
+        process.cwd(),
+        './test/migrate-opts',
+        '.mocharc.' + type
+      );
+      var isFile = fs.existsSync(__path);
+      expect(isFile).to.equal(true);
+      if (isFile) fs.unlinkSync(__path);
+    });
+  });
+  after(function() {
+    types.forEach(function(type) {
+      var __path = path.join(
+        process.cwd(),
+        './test/migrate-opts',
+        '.mocharc.' + type
+      );
+      var isFile = fs.existsSync(__path);
+      if (isFile) fs.unlinkSync(__path);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/migrate-opts/mocha.opts b/test/migrate-opts/mocha.opts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c25f89f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/migrate-opts/mocha.opts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+--reporter dot  
+--growl
+--extension mjs
+--extension js
\ No newline at end of file