diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/menu-items-to-blocks.js b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/menu-items-to-blocks.js
index 00bd4dbbe2a98a..d3bb052132e453 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/menu-items-to-blocks.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/menu-items-to-blocks.js
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 import { createBlock, parse } from '@wordpress/blocks';
 import { applyFilters } from '@wordpress/hooks';
 
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import { buildNavigationLinkEntityBinding } from '../navigation-link/shared/use-entity-binding';
+
 /**
  * Convert a flat menu item structure to a nested blocks structure.
  *
@@ -145,12 +150,14 @@ function menuItemToBlockAttributes(
 		object = 'tag';
 	}
 
+	const inferredKind = menuItemTypeField?.replace( '_', '-' ) || 'custom';
+
 	return {
 		label: menuItemTitleField?.rendered || '',
 		...( object?.length && {
 			type: object,
 		} ),
-		kind: menuItemTypeField?.replace( '_', '-' ) || 'custom',
+		kind: inferredKind,
 		url: url || '',
 		...( xfn?.length &&
 			xfn.join( ' ' ).trim() && {
@@ -165,8 +172,11 @@ function menuItemToBlockAttributes(
 			title: attr_title,
 		} ),
 		...( object_id &&
-			'custom' !== object && {
+			( inferredKind === 'post-type' || inferredKind === 'taxonomy' ) && {
 				id: object_id,
+				metadata: {
+					bindings: buildNavigationLinkEntityBinding( inferredKind ),
+				},
 			} ),
 		/* eslint-enable camelcase */
 		...( description?.length && {
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/test/menu-items-to-blocks.js b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/test/menu-items-to-blocks.js
index 088880868022ae..12eb19af858caa 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/test/menu-items-to-blocks.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/test/menu-items-to-blocks.js
@@ -371,4 +371,148 @@ describe( 'converting menu items to blocks', () => {
 		const { innerBlocks: actual } = menuItemsToBlocks( [] );
 		expect( actual ).toEqual( [] );
 	} );
+
+	it( 'adds entity bindings for non-custom menu items', () => {
+		const { innerBlocks: actual } = menuItemsToBlocks( [
+			{
+				id: 1,
+				title: {
+					raw: 'Page Item',
+					rendered: 'Page Item',
+				},
+				url: 'http://localhost:8889/page-item/',
+				attr_title: '',
+				description: '',
+				type: 'post_type',
+				type_label: 'Page',
+				object: 'page',
+				object_id: 123,
+				parent: 0,
+				menu_order: 1,
+				target: '',
+				classes: [ '' ],
+				xfn: [ '' ],
+			},
+			{
+				id: 2,
+				title: {
+					raw: 'Category Item',
+					rendered: 'Category Item',
+				},
+				url: 'http://localhost:8889/category/category-item/',
+				attr_title: '',
+				description: '',
+				type: 'taxonomy',
+				type_label: 'Category',
+				object: 'category',
+				object_id: 456,
+				parent: 0,
+				menu_order: 2,
+				target: '',
+				classes: [ '' ],
+				xfn: [ '' ],
+			},
+			{
+				id: 3,
+				title: {
+					raw: 'Custom Item',
+					rendered: 'Custom Item',
+				},
+				url: 'http://localhost:8889/custom-link/',
+				attr_title: '',
+				description: '',
+				type: 'custom',
+				type_label: 'Custom Link',
+				object: 'custom',
+				parent: 0,
+				menu_order: 3,
+				target: '',
+				classes: [ '' ],
+				xfn: [ '' ],
+			},
+		] );
+
+		expect( actual ).toEqual( [
+			expect.objectContaining( {
+				name: 'core/navigation-link',
+				attributes: expect.objectContaining( {
+					label: 'Page Item',
+					id: 123,
+					metadata: {
+						bindings: {
+							url: {
+								source: 'core/post-data',
+								args: {
+									field: 'link',
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				} ),
+				innerBlocks: [],
+			} ),
+			expect.objectContaining( {
+				name: 'core/navigation-link',
+				attributes: expect.objectContaining( {
+					label: 'Category Item',
+					id: 456,
+					metadata: {
+						bindings: {
+							url: {
+								source: 'core/term-data',
+								args: {
+									field: 'link',
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				} ),
+				innerBlocks: [],
+			} ),
+			expect.objectContaining( {
+				name: 'core/navigation-link',
+				attributes: expect.objectContaining( {
+					label: 'Custom Item',
+					// Custom items should NOT have id, metadata, or bindings
+				} ),
+				innerBlocks: [],
+			} ),
+		] );
+
+		// Verify custom item does NOT have bindings
+		expect( actual[ 2 ].attributes ).not.toHaveProperty( 'id' );
+		expect( actual[ 2 ].attributes ).not.toHaveProperty( 'metadata' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'does not add bindings for invalid kinds even when object_id is present', () => {
+		const { innerBlocks: actual } = menuItemsToBlocks( [
+			{
+				id: 10,
+				title: {
+					raw: 'Invalid Kind Item',
+					rendered: 'Invalid Kind Item',
+				},
+				url: 'http://localhost:8889/invalid-kind-item/',
+				attr_title: '',
+				description: '',
+				type: 'invalid', // becomes inferred kind 'invalid'
+				type_label: 'Invalid',
+				object: 'page',
+				object_id: 999,
+				parent: 0,
+				menu_order: 1,
+				target: '',
+				classes: [ '' ],
+				xfn: [ '' ],
+			},
+		] );
+
+		expect( actual ).toHaveLength( 1 );
+		expect( actual[ 0 ].name ).toBe( 'core/navigation-link' );
+		// Should not set id or metadata when kind is not supported
+		expect( actual[ 0 ].attributes ).not.toHaveProperty( 'id' );
+		expect( actual[ 0 ].attributes ).not.toHaveProperty( 'metadata' );
+		// Label should still be set correctly
+		expect( actual[ 0 ].attributes.label ).toBe( 'Invalid Kind Item' );
+	} );
 } );