diff --git a/src/Makefile.inc b/src/Makefile.inc
index b62dca332..c7a26614e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/Makefile.inc
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 # Executables
 TARGETS = $(BUILDDIR)/villas-node \
 	  $(BUILDDIR)/villas-test-rtt \
-	  $(BUILDDIR)/villas-test-shmem
+	  $(BUILDDIR)/villas-test-shmem \
+	  $(BUILDDIR)/villas-convert
 
 ifeq ($(WITH_IO),1)
 	ifeq ($(WITH_HOOKS),1)
diff --git a/src/convert.c b/src/convert.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f95ff2e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/convert.c
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/** Convert between samples IO formats
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
+ * @copyright 2017, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
+ * @license GNU General Public License (version 3)
+ *
+ * VILLASnode
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @addtogroup tools Test and debug tools
+ * @{
+ *********************************************************************************/
+
+#include <villas/utils.h>
+#include <villas/io.h>
+#include <villas/sample.h>
+#include <villas/plugin.h>
+
+static void usage()
+{
+	printf("Usage: villas-convert [OPTIONS]\n");
+	printf("  OPTIONS are:\n");
+	printf("    -i FMT           set the input format\n");
+	printf("    -o FMT           set the output format\n");
+	printf("    -d LVL           set debug log level to LVL\n");
+	printf("    -h               show this usage information\n");
+	printf("    -V               show the version of the tool\n\n");
+
+	print_copyright();
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int ret, level = V;
+	char *input_format = "villas.human";
+	char *output_format = "villas.human";
+
+	char c, *endptr;
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "Vhd:i:o:")) != -1) {
+		switch (c) {
+			case 'V':
+				print_version();
+				exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+			case 'i':
+				input_format = optarg;
+				break;
+			case 'o':
+				output_format = optarg;
+				break;
+			case 'd':
+				level = strtoul(optarg, &endptr, 10);
+				goto check;
+			case 'h':
+			case '?':
+				usage();
+				exit(c == '?' ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS);
+		}
+
+		continue;
+
+check:		if (optarg == endptr)
+			error("Failed to parse parse option argument '-%c %s'", c, optarg);
+	}
+
+	if (argc != optind) {
+		usage();
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	struct plugin *p;
+	struct log log;
+	struct io input;
+	struct io output;
+
+	ret = log_init(&log, level, LOG_ALL);
+	if (ret)
+		error("Failed to initialize log");
+
+	ret = log_start(&log);
+	if (ret)
+		error("Failed to start log");
+
+	struct {
+		char *name;
+		struct io *io;
+	} dirs[] = {
+		{ input_format, &input },
+		{ output_format, &output },
+	};
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN(dirs); i++) {
+		p = plugin_lookup(PLUGIN_TYPE_IO, dirs[i].name);
+		if (!p)
+			error("Invalid format: %s", dirs[i].name);
+
+		ret = io_init(dirs[i].io, &p->io, SAMPLE_HAS_ALL);
+		if (ret)
+			error("Failed to initialize IO: %s", dirs[i].name);
+
+		ret = io_open(dirs[i].io, NULL);
+		if (ret)
+			error("Failed to open IO");
+	}
+
+	struct sample *smp = sample_alloc_mem(DEFAULT_SAMPLELEN);
+
+	for (;;) {
+		ret = io_scan(&input, &smp, 1);
+		if (ret == 0)
+			continue;
+		if (ret < 0)
+			break;
+
+		io_print(&output, &smp, 1);
+	}
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN(dirs); i++) {
+		ret = io_close(dirs[i].io);
+		if (ret)
+			error("Failed to close IO");
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/** @} */