diff --git a/change/beachball-38e088f5-413c-44fe-98c1-6fccdbe43be0.json b/change/beachball-38e088f5-413c-44fe-98c1-6fccdbe43be0.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c125c035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/beachball-38e088f5-413c-44fe-98c1-6fccdbe43be0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "minor",
+  "comment": "Support generating change files from conventional commits",
+  "packageName": "beachball",
+  "email": "asgramme@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/src/__e2e__/publishE2E.test.ts b/src/__e2e__/publishE2E.test.ts
index 4e298a3a8..a3517eb40 100644
--- a/src/__e2e__/publishE2E.test.ts
+++ b/src/__e2e__/publishE2E.test.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ describe('publish command (e2e)', () => {
       package: '',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ describe('publish command (e2e)', () => {
       package: '',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -230,6 +232,7 @@ describe('publish command (e2e)', () => {
       package: '',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -323,6 +326,7 @@ describe('publish command (e2e)', () => {
       package: '',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -396,6 +400,7 @@ describe('publish command (e2e)', () => {
       package: '',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -474,6 +479,7 @@ describe('publish command (e2e)', () => {
       package: '',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -547,6 +553,7 @@ describe('publish command (e2e)', () => {
       package: '',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -627,6 +634,7 @@ describe('publish command (e2e)', () => {
       package: '',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -700,6 +708,7 @@ describe('publish command (e2e)', () => {
       package: '',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: false,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -771,6 +780,7 @@ describe('publish command (e2e)', () => {
       package: '',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -778,7 +788,7 @@ describe('publish command (e2e)', () => {
       bump: true,
       generateChangelog: true,
       dependentChangeType: null,
-      depth: 10
+      depth: 10,
     });
 
     const showResult = npm(['--registry', registry.getUrl(), 'show', 'foo', '--json']);
@@ -793,5 +803,4 @@ describe('publish command (e2e)', () => {
     // no fetch when flag set to false
     expect(depthString).toEqual('--depth=10');
   });
-
 });
diff --git a/src/__e2e__/publishGit.test.ts b/src/__e2e__/publishGit.test.ts
index ff9645293..68e5882c5 100644
--- a/src/__e2e__/publishGit.test.ts
+++ b/src/__e2e__/publishGit.test.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ describe('publish command (git)', () => {
       package: 'foo',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ describe('publish command (git)', () => {
       package: 'foo',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
diff --git a/src/__e2e__/publishRegistry.test.ts b/src/__e2e__/publishRegistry.test.ts
index 1663b0009..9952f8b17 100644
--- a/src/__e2e__/publishRegistry.test.ts
+++ b/src/__e2e__/publishRegistry.test.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ describe('publish command (registry)', () => {
       package: 'foo',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ describe('publish command (registry)', () => {
       package: 'foo',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -220,6 +222,7 @@ describe('publish command (registry)', () => {
       package: 'foopkg',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -300,6 +303,7 @@ describe('publish command (registry)', () => {
       package: 'foopkg',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -385,6 +389,7 @@ describe('publish command (registry)', () => {
       package: 'foopkg',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
diff --git a/src/__e2e__/syncE2E.test.ts b/src/__e2e__/syncE2E.test.ts
index 56b0dcbf2..bec2011b1 100644
--- a/src/__e2e__/syncE2E.test.ts
+++ b/src/__e2e__/syncE2E.test.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ describe('sync command (e2e)', () => {
       package: '',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ describe('sync command (e2e)', () => {
       package: '',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
@@ -208,6 +210,7 @@ describe('sync command (e2e)', () => {
       package: '',
       changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
       type: null,
+      useConventionalCommits: false,
       fetch: true,
       disallowedChangeTypes: null,
       defaultNpmTag: 'latest',
diff --git a/src/__tests__/changefile/conventionalCommits.test.ts b/src/__tests__/changefile/conventionalCommits.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..306b81e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/changefile/conventionalCommits.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { parseConventionalCommit } from '../../changefile/conventionalCommits';
+
+describe.each<[string, ReturnType<typeof parseConventionalCommit>]>([
+  ['fix: change message\nbody', { type: 'patch', message: 'change message' }],
+  ['chore: change', { type: 'none', message: 'change' }],
+  ['feat: change', { type: 'minor', message: 'change' }],
+  ['feat(scope): change', { type: 'minor', message: 'change' }],
+  ['feat!: change', { type: 'major', message: 'change' }],
+  ['feat(scope)!: change', { type: 'major', message: 'change' }],
+  ['foo', undefined],
+  ['fix(foo-bar): change', { type: 'patch', message: 'change' }],
+])('parse(%s)', (s, expected) => {
+  test('should parse correctly', () => expect(parseConventionalCommit(s)).toEqual(expected));
+});
diff --git a/src/changefile/conventionalCommits.ts b/src/changefile/conventionalCommits.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c15844603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changefile/conventionalCommits.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { ChangeType } from '../types/ChangeInfo';
+
+/**
+ * 1. type
+ * 2. scope
+ * 3. breaking
+ * 4. message
+ */
+const COMMIT_RE = /([a-z]+)(?:\(([a-z\-]+)\))?(!)?: (.+)/i;
+
+interface ConventionalCommit {
+  type: string;
+  scope?: string;
+  breaking: boolean;
+  message: string;
+}
+
+interface Change {
+  type: ChangeType;
+  message: string;
+}
+
+export function parseConventionalCommit(commitMessage: string): Change | undefined {
+  const match = commitMessage.match(COMMIT_RE);
+  const data: ConventionalCommit | undefined = match
+    ? { type: match[1], scope: match[2], breaking: !!match[3], message: match[4] }
+    : undefined;
+  return data && map(data);
+}
+
+function map(d: ConventionalCommit): Change | undefined {
+  if (d.breaking) {
+    return { type: 'major', message: d.message };
+  }
+
+  switch (d.type) {
+    case 'chore':
+      return { type: 'none', message: d.message };
+    case 'fix':
+      return { type: 'patch', message: d.message };
+    case 'feat':
+      return { type: 'minor', message: d.message };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/changefile/promptForChange.ts b/src/changefile/promptForChange.ts
index 4baf84f63..0416a8c24 100644
--- a/src/changefile/promptForChange.ts
+++ b/src/changefile/promptForChange.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { getPackageGroups } from '../monorepo/getPackageGroups';
 import { isValidChangeType } from '../validation/isValidChangeType';
 import { DefaultPrompt } from '../types/ChangeFilePrompt';
 import { getDisallowedChangeTypes } from './getDisallowedChangeTypes';
+import { parseConventionalCommit } from './conventionalCommits';
 
 /**
  * Uses `prompts` package to prompt for change type and description, fills in git user.email and scope
@@ -27,6 +28,15 @@ export async function promptForChange(options: BeachballOptions): Promise<Change
 
   const packageGroups = getPackageGroups(packageInfos, options.path, options.groups);
 
+  // Check recent commit messages for structured conventional
+  // commits. If present, and --useConventionalCommits is set, fetch
+  // change type and description from the first available commit
+  // message.
+  const fromConventionalCommits =
+    (options.useConventionalCommits &&
+      recentMessages.map(parseConventionalCommit).filter(<T>(obj: T | undefined): obj is T => !!obj)) ||
+    [];
+
   for (let pkg of changedPackages) {
     console.log('');
     console.log(`Please describe the changes for: ${pkg}`);
@@ -47,7 +57,7 @@ export async function promptForChange(options: BeachballOptions): Promise<Change
           title: ' None       - this change does not affect the published package in any way.',
         },
         { value: 'major', title: ' Major      - major feature; breaking changes.' },
-      ].filter(choice => !disallowedChangeTypes?.includes(choice.value as ChangeType)),
+      ].filter((choice) => !disallowedChangeTypes?.includes(choice.value as ChangeType)),
     };
 
     if (changeTypePrompt.choices!.length === 0) {
@@ -64,16 +74,18 @@ export async function promptForChange(options: BeachballOptions): Promise<Change
       type: 'autocomplete',
       name: 'comment',
       message: 'Describe changes (type or choose one)',
-      suggest: input => {
-        return Promise.resolve([...recentMessages.filter(msg => msg.startsWith(input)), input]);
+      suggest: (input) => {
+        return Promise.resolve([...recentMessages.filter((msg) => msg.startsWith(input)), input]);
       },
     };
 
-    const showChangeTypePrompt = !options.type && changeTypePrompt.choices!.length > 1;
+    // Only include structured commit messages that map to an allowed change type.
+    const allowedConventionalCommit = fromConventionalCommits.find((c) => !disallowedChangeTypes?.includes(c.type));
+    const showChangeTypePrompt = !options.type && !allowedConventionalCommit && changeTypePrompt.choices!.length > 1;
 
     const defaultPrompt: DefaultPrompt = {
       changeType: showChangeTypePrompt ? changeTypePrompt : undefined,
-      description: !options.message ? descriptionPrompt : undefined,
+      description: !options.message && !allowedConventionalCommit ? descriptionPrompt : undefined,
     };
 
     let questions = [defaultPrompt.changeType, defaultPrompt.description];
@@ -86,11 +98,11 @@ export async function promptForChange(options: BeachballOptions): Promise<Change
       questions = packageInfo.combinedOptions.changeFilePrompt?.changePrompt(defaultPrompt, pkg);
     }
 
-    questions = questions.filter(q => !!q);
+    questions = questions.filter((q) => !!q);
 
     let response: { comment: string; type: ChangeType } = {
-      type: options.type || 'none',
-      comment: options.message || '',
+      type: options.type || allowedConventionalCommit?.type || 'none',
+      comment: options.message || allowedConventionalCommit?.message || '',
     };
 
     if (questions.length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/options/getCliOptions.ts b/src/options/getCliOptions.ts
index b4e8359b0..3f2abb3fc 100644
--- a/src/options/getCliOptions.ts
+++ b/src/options/getCliOptions.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,15 @@ function getCliOptionsUncached(argv: string[]): CliOptions {
   const args = parser(trimmedArgv, {
     string: ['branch', 'tag', 'message', 'package', 'since', 'dependent-change-type', 'config'],
     array: ['scope', 'disallowed-change-types'],
-    boolean: ['git-tags', 'keep-change-files', 'force', 'disallow-deleted-change-files', 'no-commit', 'fetch'],
+    boolean: [
+      'git-tags',
+      'keep-change-files',
+      'force',
+      'disallow-deleted-change-files',
+      'no-commit',
+      'fetch',
+      'use-conventional-commits',
+    ],
     number: ['depth'],
     alias: {
       authType: ['a'],
diff --git a/src/options/getDefaultOptions.ts b/src/options/getDefaultOptions.ts
index 213fd7e71..0b5c0b97f 100644
--- a/src/options/getDefaultOptions.ts
+++ b/src/options/getDefaultOptions.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export function getDefaultOptions() {
     package: '',
     changehint: 'Run "beachball change" to create a change file',
     type: null,
+    useConventionalCommits: false,
     fetch: true,
     version: false,
     disallowedChangeTypes: null,
diff --git a/src/types/BeachballOptions.ts b/src/types/BeachballOptions.ts
index 4c24d2406..12ec85cc0 100644
--- a/src/types/BeachballOptions.ts
+++ b/src/types/BeachballOptions.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export interface CliOptions
   timeout?: number;
   token: string;
   type?: ChangeType | null;
+  useConventionalCommits: boolean;
   verbose?: boolean;
   version?: boolean;
   yes: boolean;
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ export interface HooksOptions {
    * Runs for each package, before writing changelog and package.json updates
    * to the filesystem. May be called multiple times during publish.
    */
-   prebump?: (packagePath: string, name: string, version: string) => void | Promise<void>;
+  prebump?: (packagePath: string, name: string, version: string) => void | Promise<void>;
 
   /**
    * Runs for each package, after writing changelog and package.json updates