diff --git a/wagtail/core/management/commands/create_log_entries_from_revisions.py b/wagtail/core/management/commands/create_log_entries_from_revisions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e129effc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/core/management/commands/create_log_entries_from_revisions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from wagtail.core.models import PageLogEntry, PageRevision
+
+
+def get_comparison(page, revision_a, revision_b):
+    comparison = page.get_edit_handler().get_comparison()
+    comparison = [comp(revision_a, revision_b) for comp in comparison]
+    comparison = [comp for comp in comparison if comp.has_changed()]
+
+    return comparison
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        current_page_id = None
+        for revision in PageRevision.objects.order_by('page_id', 'created_at').select_related('page').iterator():
+            is_new_page = revision.page_id != current_page_id
+            if is_new_page:
+                # reset previous revision when encountering a new page.
+                previous_revision = None
+
+            has_content_changes = False
+            current_page_id = revision.page_id
+
+            if not PageLogEntry.objects.filter(revision=revision).exists():
+                current_revision_as_page = revision.as_page_object()
+                published = revision.id == revision.page.live_revision_id
+
+                if previous_revision is not None:
+                    # Must use .specific so the comparison picks up all fields, not just base Page ones.
+                    comparison = get_comparison(revision.page.specific, previous_revision.as_page_object(), current_revision_as_page)
+                    has_content_changes = len(comparison) > 0
+
+                    if current_revision_as_page.live_revision_id == previous_revision.id:
+                        # Log the previous revision publishing.
+                        self.log_action('wagtail.publish', previous_revision, True)
+
+                if is_new_page or has_content_changes or published:
+                    if is_new_page:
+                        action = 'wagtail.create'
+                    elif published:
+                        action = 'wagtail.publish'
+                    else:
+                        action = 'wagtail.edit'
+
+                    if published and has_content_changes:
+                        # When publishing, also log the 'draft save', but only if there have been content changes
+                        self.log_action('wagtail.edit', revision, has_content_changes)
+
+                    self.log_action(action, revision, has_content_changes)
+
+            previous_revision = revision
+
+    def log_action(self, action, revision, has_content_changes):
+        PageLogEntry.objects.log_action(
+            instance=revision.page.specific,
+            action=action,
+            data='',
+            revision=None if action == 'wagtail.create' else revision,
+            user=revision.user,
+            timestamp=revision.created_at,
+            content_changed=has_content_changes,
+        )
diff --git a/wagtail/core/models.py b/wagtail/core/models.py
index f8650130ff..f49ac67177 100644
--- a/wagtail/core/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/core/models.py
@@ -3537,11 +3537,12 @@ class BaseLogEntryManager(models.Manager):
             else:
                 title = str(instance)
 
+        timestamp = kwargs.pop('timestamp', timezone.now())
         return self.model.objects.create(
             content_type=ContentType.objects.get_for_model(instance, for_concrete_model=False),
             label=title,
             action=action,
-            timestamp=timezone.now(),
+            timestamp=timestamp,
             data_json=json.dumps(data),
             **kwargs,
         )