diff --git a/plugins/tag2tag.c b/plugins/tag2tag.c
index 4081bd7f0..03a841613 100644
--- a/plugins/tag2tag.c
+++ b/plugins/tag2tag.c
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.  */
 
 
 #define GP_TO_GL 1
+#define GL_TO_PL 2
 
 static int mode = 0, drop_source_tag = 0;
 static bcf_hdr_t *in_hdr, *out_hdr;
 static float *farr = NULL;
+static int32_t *iarr = NULL;
 static int mfarr = 0;
 
 const char *about(void)
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ const char *usage(void)
         "Plugin options:\n"
 //todo        "       --gl-to-gp    convert FORMAT/GL to FORMAT/GP\n" 
         "       --gp-to-gl    convert FORMAT/GP to FORMAT/GL\n"
+        "       --gl-to-pl    convert FORMAT/GL to FORMAT/PL\n"
         "   -r, --replace     drop the source tag\n"
         "\n"
         "Example:\n"
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ int init(int argc, char **argv, bcf_hdr_t *in, bcf_hdr_t *out)
     {
         {"replace",0,0,'r'},
         {"gp-to-gl",0,0,1},
+        {"gl-to-pl",0,0,2},
         {0,0,0,0}
     };
     char c;
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@ int init(int argc, char **argv, bcf_hdr_t *in, bcf_hdr_t *out)
         switch (c) 
         {
             case  1 : mode = GP_TO_GL; break;
+            case  2 : mode = GL_TO_PL; break;
             case 'r': drop_source_tag = 1; break;
             case 'h':
             case '?':
@@ -98,6 +103,8 @@ int init(int argc, char **argv, bcf_hdr_t *in, bcf_hdr_t *out)
 
     if ( mode==GP_TO_GL )
         init_header(out_hdr,drop_source_tag?"GP":NULL,BCF_HL_FMT,"##FORMAT=<ID=GL,Number=G,Type=Float,Description=\"Genotype Likelihoods\">");
+    else if ( mode==GL_TO_PL )
+        init_header(out_hdr,drop_source_tag?"GL":NULL,BCF_HL_FMT,"##FORMAT=<ID=PL,Number=G,Type=Integer,Description=\"Phred scaled genotype likelihoods\">");
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -117,12 +124,39 @@ bcf1_t *process(bcf1_t *rec)
         if ( drop_source_tag )
             bcf_update_format_float(out_hdr,rec,"GP",NULL,0);
     }
+    else if ( mode==GL_TO_PL )
+    {
+        n = bcf_get_format_float(in_hdr,rec,"GL",&farr,&mfarr);
+        if(n < 0){
+            fprintf(stderr, "Could not read tag: GL\n");
+            exit(1);
+        }
+            
+        
+        // create extra space to store converted data
+        iarr = (int32_t*) malloc(n * sizeof(int32_t));
+        if(!iarr) n = -4;
+
+        for (i=0; i<n; i++)
+        {
+            if ( bcf_float_is_missing(farr[i]) )
+                iarr[i] = bcf_int32_missing;
+            else if ( bcf_float_is_vector_end(farr[i]) )
+                iarr[i] = bcf_int32_vector_end;
+            else
+                iarr[i] = lroundf(-10 * farr[i]);
+        }
+        bcf_update_format_int32(out_hdr,rec,"PL",iarr,n);
+        if ( drop_source_tag )
+            bcf_update_format_float(out_hdr,rec,"GL",NULL,0);
+    }
     return rec;
 }
 
 void destroy(void)
 {
     free(farr);
+    free(iarr);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/test.pl b/test/test.pl
index c8ed05ca0..8b985c1b1 100755
--- a/test/test.pl
+++ b/test/test.pl
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 test_vcf_plugin($opts,in=>'fixploidy',out=>'fixploidy.out',cmd=>'+fixploidy',args=>'-- -s {PATH}/fixploidy.samples -p {PATH}/fixploidy.ploidy');
 test_vcf_plugin($opts,in=>'vcf2sex',out=>'vcf2sex.out',cmd=>'+vcf2sex',args=>'-- -n 5');
 test_vcf_plugin($opts,in=>'vcf2sex',out=>'vcf2sex.out',cmd=>'+vcf2sex',args=>'-- -gn 5');
+test_vcf_plugin($opts,in=>'view.GL',out=>'view.PL.vcf',cmd=>'+tag2tag',args=>'-- -r --gl-to-pl');
 test_vcf_concat($opts,in=>['concat.1.a','concat.1.b'],out=>'concat.1.vcf.out',do_bcf=>0,args=>'');
 test_vcf_concat($opts,in=>['concat.1.a','concat.1.b'],out=>'concat.1.bcf.out',do_bcf=>1,args=>'');
 test_vcf_concat($opts,in=>['concat.2.a','concat.2.b'],out=>'concat.2.vcf.out',do_bcf=>0,args=>'-a');
diff --git a/test/view.GL.vcf b/test/view.GL.vcf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b8de7010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/view.GL.vcf
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+##fileformat=VCFv4.1
+##FILTER=<ID=PASS,Description="All filters passed">
+##reference=file:///seq/references/1000Genomes-NCBI37.fasta
+##contig=<ID=11,length=135006516>
+##contig=<ID=20,length=63025520>
+##contig=<ID=X,length=155270560>
+##contig=<ID=Y,length=59373566>
+##FORMAT=<ID=GL,Number=G,Type=Float,Description="List of Phred-scaled genotype likelihoods">
+##FILTER=<ID=StrandBias,Description="Min P-value for strand bias (INFO/PV4) [0.0001]">
+##FILTER=<ID=BaseQualBias,Description="Min P-value for baseQ bias (INFO/PV4) [1e-100]">
+##FILTER=<ID=MapQualBias,Description="Min P-value for mapQ bias (INFO/PV4) [0]">
+##FILTER=<ID=EndDistBias,Description="Min P-value for end distance bias (INFO/PV4) [0.0001]">
+##FILTER=<ID=MinAB,Description="Minimum number of alternate bases (INFO/DP4) [2]">
+#CHROM	POS	ID	REF	ALT	QUAL	FILTER	INFO	FORMAT	NA00001	NA00002	NA00003
+11	2343543	.	A	.	999	PASS	.	GL	0,-25.5,-25.5	0,-25.5,-25.5	0,-25.5,-25.5
+11	5464562	.	C	T	999	PASS	.	GL	0,0,0	0,0,0	0,0,0
+20	76962	rs6111385	T	C	999	PASS	.	GL	-25.5,0,-25.5	-25.5,-25.5,0	-25.5,-25.5,0
+20	126310	.	ACC	A	999	StrandBias;EndDistBias	.	GL	-25.5,0,-13.2	-25.5,0,-13.9	-25.5,-21.3,0
+20	138125	rs2298108	G	T	999	PASS	.	GL	-13.5,0,-16.3	-14,0,-25.5	-25.5,-19.9,0
+20	138148	rs2298109	C	T	999	PASS	.	GL	-19.5,0,-25.5	-19.2,0,-25.5	-25.5,-23.5,0
+20	271225	.	T	TTTA,TA	999	StrandBias	.	GL	-15.1,-5.3,-20.3,0,-5.2,-15.9	-25.5,0,-21.3,-25.5,-25.5,-25.5	-25.5,-25.5,-25.5,-25.5,0,-24.1
+20	304568	.	C	T	999	PASS	.	GL	-9.5,0,-25.5	-19.2,0,-25.5	-25.5,-9.5,0
+20	326891	.	A	AC	999	PASS	.	GL	-25.5,0,-13.2	-25.5,0,-13.9	.,.,.
+X	2928329	rs62584840	C	T	999	PASS	.	GL	0,-5.6	0,-8.1	-7.3,0,-1.9
+X	2933066	rs61746890	G	C	999	PASS	.	GL	0,-25.5	0,-25.5	-25.5,-25.5,-25.5
+X	2942109	rs5939407	T	C	999	PASS	.	GL	0,-25.5	-25.5,0	-25.5,-15.7,0
+X	3048719	.	T	C	999	PASS	.	GL	0,-25.5	-25.5,0	-25.5,0,-15.7
+Y	8657215	.	C	A	999	PASS	.	GL	0,-25.5	-25.5,0	.
+Y	10011673	rs78249411	G	A	999	MinAB	.	GL	-12.6,-10.1	-9.5,0	.
diff --git a/test/view.PL.vcf b/test/view.PL.vcf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d430ad62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/view.PL.vcf
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+##fileformat=VCFv4.1
+##FILTER=<ID=PASS,Description="All filters passed">
+##reference=file:///seq/references/1000Genomes-NCBI37.fasta
+##contig=<ID=11,length=135006516>
+##contig=<ID=20,length=63025520>
+##contig=<ID=X,length=155270560>
+##contig=<ID=Y,length=59373566>
+##FILTER=<ID=StrandBias,Description="Min P-value for strand bias (INFO/PV4) [0.0001]">
+##FILTER=<ID=BaseQualBias,Description="Min P-value for baseQ bias (INFO/PV4) [1e-100]">
+##FILTER=<ID=MapQualBias,Description="Min P-value for mapQ bias (INFO/PV4) [0]">
+##FILTER=<ID=EndDistBias,Description="Min P-value for end distance bias (INFO/PV4) [0.0001]">
+##FILTER=<ID=MinAB,Description="Minimum number of alternate bases (INFO/DP4) [2]">
+##FORMAT=<ID=PL,Number=G,Type=Integer,Description="Phred scaled genotype likelihoods">
+#CHROM	POS	ID	REF	ALT	QUAL	FILTER	INFO	FORMAT	NA00001	NA00002	NA00003
+11	2343543	.	A	.	999	PASS	.	PL	0,255,255	0,255,255	0,255,255
+11	5464562	.	C	T	999	PASS	.	PL	0,0,0	0,0,0	0,0,0
+20	76962	rs6111385	T	C	999	PASS	.	PL	255,0,255	255,255,0	255,255,0
+20	126310	.	ACC	A	999	StrandBias;EndDistBias	.	PL	255,0,132	255,0,139	255,213,0
+20	138125	rs2298108	G	T	999	PASS	.	PL	135,0,163	140,0,255	255,199,0
+20	138148	rs2298109	C	T	999	PASS	.	PL	195,0,255	192,0,255	255,235,0
+20	271225	.	T	TTTA,TA	999	StrandBias	.	PL	151,53,203,0,52,159	255,0,213,255,255,255	255,255,255,255,0,241
+20	304568	.	C	T	999	PASS	.	PL	95,0,255	192,0,255	255,95,0
+20	326891	.	A	AC	999	PASS	.	PL	255,0,132	255,0,139	.,.,.
+X	2928329	rs62584840	C	T	999	PASS	.	PL	0,56	0,81	73,0,19
+X	2933066	rs61746890	G	C	999	PASS	.	PL	0,255	0,255	255,255,255
+X	2942109	rs5939407	T	C	999	PASS	.	PL	0,255	255,0	255,157,0
+X	3048719	.	T	C	999	PASS	.	PL	0,255	255,0	255,0,157
+Y	8657215	.	C	A	999	PASS	.	PL	0,255	255,0	.
+Y	10011673	rs78249411	G	A	999	MinAB	.	PL	126,101	95,0	.