diff --git a/noodles-gff/src/record_buf.rs b/noodles-gff/src/record_buf.rs
index 41e16ad30..22f5a8436 100644
--- a/noodles-gff/src/record_buf.rs
+++ b/noodles-gff/src/record_buf.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 pub mod attributes;
 mod builder;
+mod convert;
 mod field;
 mod phase;
 pub mod strand;
diff --git a/noodles-gff/src/record_buf/convert.rs b/noodles-gff/src/record_buf/convert.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21805f092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/noodles-gff/src/record_buf/convert.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+use std::io;
+
+use super::{attributes::field::Value, RecordBuf, MISSING_FIELD};
+use crate::{record::attributes::field::Value as ValueRef, Record};
+
+impl<'l> TryFrom<Record<'l>> for RecordBuf {
+    type Error = io::Error;
+
+    fn try_from(record: Record<'l>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let mut builder = Self::builder();
+
+        builder = builder
+            .set_reference_sequence_name(record.reference_sequence_name().into())
+            .set_source(record.source().into())
+            .set_type(record.ty().into())
+            .set_start(record.start()?)
+            .set_end(record.end()?);
+
+        if record.score() != MISSING_FIELD {
+            let score = record
+                .score()
+                .parse()
+                .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, e))?;
+
+            builder = builder.set_score(score);
+        }
+
+        builder = builder.set_strand(record.strand()?);
+
+        if record.phase() != MISSING_FIELD {
+            let phase = record
+                .phase()
+                .parse()
+                .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, e))?;
+
+            builder = builder.set_phase(phase);
+        }
+
+        let attributes = record
+            .attributes()
+            .iter()
+            .map(|result| {
+                result.map(|(k, v)| {
+                    let value = match v {
+                        ValueRef::String(s) => Value::from(s),
+                        ValueRef::Array(values) => {
+                            Value::Array(values.iter().map(String::from).collect())
+                        }
+                    };
+
+                    (k.into(), value)
+                })
+            })
+            .collect::<io::Result<_>>()?;
+
+        builder = builder.set_attributes(attributes);
+
+        Ok(builder.build())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use noodles_core::Position;
+
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::record_buf::Strand;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_try_from_record_for_record_buf() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        let record = Record::try_new("sq0\t.\texon\t8\t13\t.\t+\t.\tID=0;Name=n0")?;
+        let actual = RecordBuf::try_from(record)?;
+
+        let expected = RecordBuf::builder()
+            .set_reference_sequence_name(String::from("sq0"))
+            .set_source(String::from("."))
+            .set_type(String::from("exon"))
+            .set_start(Position::try_from(8)?)
+            .set_end(Position::try_from(13)?)
+            .set_strand(Strand::Forward)
+            .set_attributes(
+                [
+                    (String::from("ID"), Value::from("0")),
+                    (String::from("Name"), Value::from("n0")),
+                ]
+                .into_iter()
+                .collect(),
+            )
+            .build();
+
+        assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}