diff --git a/drone/drone b/drone/drone
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7dcb63c
Binary files /dev/null and b/drone/drone differ
diff --git a/drone/plugins/convert/convert.go b/drone/plugins/convert/convert.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa3a88a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drone/plugins/convert/convert.go
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+package convert
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"io/ioutil"
+
+	"github.com/drone/drone-cli/drone/internal"
+	"github.com/drone/drone-go/drone"
+	"github.com/drone/drone-go/plugin/converter"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+// Command exports the registry command set.
+var Command = cli.Command{
+	Name:      "convert",
+	Usage:     "convert the pipeline configuration",
+	ArgsUsage: "[repo/name]",
+	Action:    convert,
+	Flags: []cli.Flag{
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "path",
+			Usage: "path to the configuration file",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "ref",
+			Usage: "git reference",
+			Value: "refs/heads/master",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "source",
+			Usage: "source branch",
+			Value: "master",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "target",
+			Usage: "target branch",
+			Value: "master",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "before",
+			Usage: "commit sha before the change",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "after",
+			Usage: "commit sha after the change",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "repository",
+			Usage: "repository name",
+		},
+
+		// TODO(bradrydzewski) these parameters should
+		// be defined globally for all plugin commands.
+
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:   "endpoint",
+			Usage:  "plugin endpoint",
+			EnvVar: "DRONE_CONVERT_ENDPOINT",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:   "secret",
+			Usage:  "plugin secret",
+			EnvVar: "DRONE_CONVERT_SECRET",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:   "ssl-skip-verify",
+			Usage:  "plugin ssl verification disabled",
+			EnvVar: "DRONE_CONVERT_SKIP_VERIFY",
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+func convert(c *cli.Context) error {
+	slug := c.String("repository")
+	owner, name, _ := internal.ParseRepo(slug)
+
+	path := c.String("path")
+	if path == "" {
+		path = c.Args().First()
+	}
+
+	raw, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	req := &converter.Request{
+		Repo: drone.Repo{
+			Namespace: owner,
+			Name:      name,
+			Slug:      slug,
+			Config:    path,
+		},
+		Build: drone.Build{
+			Ref:    c.String("ref"),
+			Before: c.String("before"),
+			After:  c.String("after"),
+			Source: c.String("source"),
+			Target: c.String("target"),
+		},
+		Config: drone.Config{
+			Data: string(raw),
+		},
+	}
+
+	client := converter.Client(
+		c.String("endpoint"),
+		c.String("secret"),
+		c.Bool("ssl-skip-verify"),
+	)
+	res, err := client.Convert(context.Background(), req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	switch {
+	case res == nil:
+		println(string(raw))
+	case res != nil:
+		println(res.Data)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/drone/plugins/plugins.go b/drone/plugins/plugins.go
index 3e3a66e..59738ed 100644
--- a/drone/plugins/plugins.go
+++ b/drone/plugins/plugins.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package plugins
 
 import (
 	"github.com/drone/drone-cli/drone/plugins/config"
+	"github.com/drone/drone-cli/drone/plugins/convert"
 	"github.com/drone/drone-cli/drone/plugins/registry"
 	"github.com/drone/drone-cli/drone/plugins/secret"
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ var Command = cli.Command{
 	Usage: "plugin helper functions",
 	Subcommands: []cli.Command{
 		config.Command,
+		convert.Command,
 		secret.Command,
 		registry.Command,
 	},
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index db958a9..1a4f754 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.3.0
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.3.3
-	github.com/drone/drone-go v0.0.0-20190809073937-cba78c0895aa
+	github.com/drone/drone-go v1.0.6
 	github.com/drone/drone-runtime v1.0.7-0.20190729070836-38f28a11afe8
 	github.com/drone/drone-yaml v0.0.0-20190729072335-70fa398b3560
 	github.com/drone/envsubst v1.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6f0d9f9..077ad9e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ github.com/docker/go-units v0.3.3 h1:Xk8S3Xj5sLGlG5g67hJmYMmUgXv5N4PhkjJHHqrwnTk
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.3.3/go.mod h1:fgPhTUdO+D/Jk86RDLlptpiXQzgHJF7gydDDbaIK4Dk=
 github.com/drone/drone-go v0.0.0-20190809073937-cba78c0895aa h1:XRCcOdGaOUd74BZRO4T0XZeEo5h4j/dkod7TV6JI0pk=
 github.com/drone/drone-go v0.0.0-20190809073937-cba78c0895aa/go.mod h1:GxyeGClYohaKNYJv/ZpsmVHtMJ7WhoT+uDaJNcDIrk4=
+github.com/drone/drone-go v1.0.6 h1:YbMwEwlE3HC4InN0bT21EDvzImct5dGG1I56dSdUhjI=
+github.com/drone/drone-go v1.0.6/go.mod h1:GxyeGClYohaKNYJv/ZpsmVHtMJ7WhoT+uDaJNcDIrk4=
 github.com/drone/drone-runtime v0.0.0-20190729082142-807d0aeaa221/go.mod h1:+osgwGADc/nyl40J0fdsf8Z09bgcBZXvXXnLOY48zYs=
 github.com/drone/drone-runtime v1.0.7-0.20190729070836-38f28a11afe8 h1:lcS2z7+ZySmVM+XJJjBZZPTcn6IB1BSfLWtDGyco3xo=
 github.com/drone/drone-runtime v1.0.7-0.20190729070836-38f28a11afe8/go.mod h1:+osgwGADc/nyl40J0fdsf8Z09bgcBZXvXXnLOY48zYs=