diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/DefaultMigrationRuleSet.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/DefaultMigrationRuleSet.cs
index 6fd2db4f7..7d749040c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/DefaultMigrationRuleSet.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/DefaultMigrationRuleSet.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration
             new MigratePackageDependenciesAndToolsRule(),
             new MigrateConfigurationsRule(),
             new MigrateScriptsRule(),
+            new MigratePropertiesRule(),
             new WorkaroundOptionsRule(),
             new SaveOutputProjectRule()
         };
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigratePropertiesRule.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigratePropertiesRule.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21d6ba259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigratePropertiesRule.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Transforms;
+using Microsoft.Build.Construction;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules
+{
+    public class MigratePropertiesRule : IMigrationRule
+    {
+        private Dictionary<string, ConditionalTransform<JToken, ProjectPropertyElement>> _propertyMappings
+            = new Dictionary<string, ConditionalTransform<JToken, ProjectPropertyElement>>
+            {
+                ["userSecretsId"] = new AddPropertyTransform<JToken>("UserSecretsId",
+                            j => j.Value<string>(),
+                            j => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(j.Value<string>()))
+            };
+
+        private readonly ITransformApplicator _transformApplicator;
+
+        public MigratePropertiesRule(ITransformApplicator transformApplicator = null)
+        {
+            _transformApplicator = transformApplicator ?? new TransformApplicator();
+        }
+
+        public void Apply(MigrationSettings migrationSettings, MigrationRuleInputs migrationRuleInputs)
+        {
+            var propertyGroup = migrationRuleInputs.CommonPropertyGroup;
+
+            var projectFile = migrationRuleInputs.DefaultProjectContext.ProjectFile.ProjectFilePath;
+
+            using (var stream = new FileStream(projectFile, FileMode.Open))
+            using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(stream))
+            using (var jsonReader = new JsonTextReader(streamReader))
+            {
+                var rawProject = JObject.Load(jsonReader);
+                foreach (var prop in _propertyMappings)
+                {
+                    var token = rawProject.GetValue(prop.Key);
+                    if (token != null)
+                    {
+                        _transformApplicator.Execute(prop.Value.Transform(token), propertyGroup);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigrateProperties.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigrateProperties.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14ffdecad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigrateProperties.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.Build.Construction;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests
+{
+    public class GivenThatIWantToMigrateProperties : TestBase
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_does_not_migrate_missing_props()
+        {
+            var mockProj = RunPropertiesRuleOnPj(@"
+                {}");
+
+            mockProj.Properties.Count().Should().Be(0);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_migrates_userSecretsId()
+        {
+            var mockProj = RunPropertiesRuleOnPj(@"
+                {
+                    ""userSecretsId"": ""XYZ""             
+                }");
+
+            mockProj.Properties.Count(p => p.Name == "UserSecretsId").Should().Be(1);
+            mockProj.Properties.First(p => p.Name == "UserSecretsId").Value.Should().Be("XYZ");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_migrates_empty_userSecretsId()
+        {
+            var mockProj = RunPropertiesRuleOnPj(@"
+                {
+                    ""userSecretsId"": """"             
+                }");
+
+            mockProj.Properties.Count(p => p.Name == "UserSecretsId").Should().Be(0);
+        }
+
+        private ProjectRootElement RunPropertiesRuleOnPj(string project, string testDirectory = null)
+        {
+            testDirectory = testDirectory ?? Temp.CreateDirectory().Path;
+            return TemporaryProjectFileRuleRunner.RunRules(new IMigrationRule[]
+            {
+                new MigratePropertiesRule()
+            }, project, testDirectory);
+        }
+    }
+}
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