diff --git a/applications/luci-app-strongswan-swanctl/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/strongswan-swanctl/swanctl.js b/applications/luci-app-strongswan-swanctl/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/strongswan-swanctl/swanctl.js
index 16f11db17f..04014165b3 100644
--- a/applications/luci-app-strongswan-swanctl/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/strongswan-swanctl/swanctl.js
+++ b/applications/luci-app-strongswan-swanctl/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/strongswan-swanctl/swanctl.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 'require rpc';
 'require uci';
 'require ui';
+'require fs';
 
 const callListAlgorithms = rpc.declare({
 	object: 'luci.swanctl',
@@ -53,20 +54,90 @@ function sectionNameCheck(extra_class) {
 	return el;
 };
 
+let migrationOverlay = null;
+
+function renderMigrationContent(errorMessage) {
+	const dialog = migrationOverlay.firstElementChild;
+	const migrateButton = E('button', {
+		'class': 'btn cbi-button cbi-button-apply',
+		'click': handleMigrate
+	}, [_('Migrate')]);
+
+	const content = E([], [
+		E('h4', _('Migrate IPsec configuration')),
+		E('p', _('A legacy IPsec configuration was found.') + ' ' +
+			_('It must be migrated to the new swanctl uci schema in ' +
+				'\'/etc/config/ipsec\' before it can be managed here.')),
+		E('p', _('Before migration, the file \'/etc/config/ipsec\' is moved to \'/etc/config/ipsec_bak\'.') + ' ' +
+			_('The migration may require manual intervention.') + ' ' +
+			_('Therefore, the VPN is not restarted.')),
+		E('p', _('Warning: The migration will drop all IPsec VPN connections.'))
+	]);
+
+	if (errorMessage)
+		content.appendChild(E('p', errorMessage));
+
+	content.appendChild(E('div', { 'class': 'right' }, [migrateButton]));
+
+	dialog.replaceChildren(content);
+}
+
+function showMigrationOverlay(viewNode) {
+	if (migrationOverlay)
+		return;
+
+	const dialog = E('div', { 'class': 'modal', 'style': 'margin:0;' });
+	migrationOverlay = E('div', {
+		'class': 'migration-overlay',
+		'style': 'position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;z-index:900;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:1em;pointer-events:all;'
+	}, [dialog]);
+
+	viewNode.style.position = 'relative';
+	viewNode.appendChild(migrationOverlay);
+
+	const maincontent = document.getElementById('maincontent');
+	if (maincontent)
+		maincontent.style.pointerEvents = 'none';
+
+	renderMigrationContent(null);
+}
+
+function handleMigrate() {
+	const dialog = migrationOverlay.firstElementChild;
+
+	dialog.replaceChildren(E([], [
+		E('h4', _('Migrate IPsec configuration')),
+		E('p', _('Migrating IPsec configuration…'))
+	]));
+
+	fs.exec('/etc/init.d/swanctl', ['migrate', L.env.sessionid]).then(function (result) {
+		if (result.code != 0)
+			renderMigrationContent(_('Migration failed: %s').format(result.stderr || result.stdout || _('unknown error')));
+		else
+			window.location.reload();
+	}).catch(function (e) {
+		renderMigrationContent(_('Migration failed: %s').format(e.message));
+	});
+}
+
 return view.extend({
 	load: function () {
 		return Promise.all([
 			callListAlgorithms(),
 			L.resolveDefault(uci.load('network'), null),
+			L.resolveDefault(uci.load('ipsec'), null),
 		]).then(function (data) {
+			let hasNoGlobals = uci.sections('ipsec', 'globals').length === 0;
 			return {
 				algorithms: data[0],
+				legacyConfig: hasNoGlobals,
 			};
 		});
 	},
 
 	render: function (result) {
 		let m, s, o;
+		const legacyConfig = result.legacyConfig;
 		const algorithms = result.algorithms.data ?? {};
 		const error = result.algorithms.error;
 
@@ -576,6 +647,10 @@ return view.extend({
 		o.depends({'is_esp': '0', 'use_custom_proposal': '0'});
 		addAlgorithms(o, algorithms.prf);
 
-		return m.render();
+		return m.render().then(function (node) {
+			if (legacyConfig)
+				showMigrationOverlay(node);
+			return node;
+		});
 	}
 });
diff --git a/applications/luci-app-strongswan-swanctl/root/usr/share/rpcd/acl.d/luci-app-strongswan-swanctl.json b/applications/luci-app-strongswan-swanctl/root/usr/share/rpcd/acl.d/luci-app-strongswan-swanctl.json
index 7407183247..6bc70df644 100644
--- a/applications/luci-app-strongswan-swanctl/root/usr/share/rpcd/acl.d/luci-app-strongswan-swanctl.json
+++ b/applications/luci-app-strongswan-swanctl/root/usr/share/rpcd/acl.d/luci-app-strongswan-swanctl.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 		"description": "Grant access to luci-app-strongswan-swanctl",
 		"read": {
 			"file": {
+				"/etc/config/ipsec": [ "list" ],
 				"/usr/sbin/swanmon version": [ "exec" ],
 				"/usr/sbin/swanmon stats": [ "exec" ]
 			},
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 		},
 		"write": {
 			"file": {
+				"/etc/init.d/swanctl migrate *": [ "exec" ],
 				"/usr/sbin/swanctl --initiate --ike *": [ "exec" ],
 				"/usr/sbin/swanctl --initiate --child *": [ "exec" ],
 				"/usr/sbin/swanctl --terminate --ike *": [ "exec" ],