diff --git a/misc/parpe_to_pypesto.py b/misc/parpe_to_pypesto.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import argparse
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Union
+
+import h5py
+from pypesto.result.optimize import OptimizerResult as PypestoOptimizerResult
+from pypesto.result.result import Result as PypestoResult
+from pypesto.store import write_result as write_pypesto_result
+from pypesto.C import HISTORY, TRACE, N_ITERATIONS
+
+
+def write_pypesto_history(
+        fn_parpe: Union[str, Path],
+        fn_pypesto: Union[str, Path],
+        i_ms: Union[int, str]
+):
+    """
+    Write the History from parPE file directly to pypesto file.
+    """
+    with h5py.File(fn_parpe, 'r') as f:
+        with h5py.File(fn_pypesto, 'a') as g:
+            trace_grp = g.require_group(f'/{HISTORY}/{i_ms}/{TRACE}')
+
+            iterations = len(f[f'multistarts/{i_ms}/iteration'])
+
+            for i_iter in range(iterations):
+                start_group_in = f[f'multistarts/{i_ms}']
+                iteration_grp = trace_grp.require_group(str(i_iter))
+
+                iteration_grp['fval'] = \
+                    start_group_in['iterCostFunCost'][:, i_iter]
+                iteration_grp['grad'] = \
+                    start_group_in['iterCostFunGradient'][:, i_iter]
+                iteration_grp['x'] = \
+                    start_group_in['iterCostFunParameters'][:, i_iter]
+                iteration_grp['time'] = \
+                    start_group_in['iterCostFunWallSec'][:, i_iter].squeeze()
+
+            trace_grp.attrs[N_ITERATIONS] = iterations
+
+
+def pypesto_optimizer_result_from_parpe(
+        fn_parpe: Union[Path, str],
+        i_ms: Union[int, str]
+) -> PypestoOptimizerResult:
+    """
+    Fill in a `pypesto.OptimizerResult` object from parpe history data.
+    """
+    result = PypestoOptimizerResult()
+
+    with h5py.File(fn_parpe, 'r') as f:
+        result.id = str(i_ms)
+        ms_grp = f[f'multistarts/{i_ms}/']
+        result.x = ms_grp['finalParameters'][()]
+        result.grad = ms_grp['iterCostFunGradient'][:, -1]
+        result.fval = ms_grp['finalCost'][()]
+        result.x0 = ms_grp['initialParameters'][()]
+        result.fval0 = ms_grp['iterCostFunParameters'][0, :]
+        result.exitflag = ms_grp['exitStatus'][()]
+        result.n_fval = 0
+        result.n_grad = 0
+        for i_iter in ms_grp['iteration']:
+            iter_grp = ms_grp[f'iteration/{i_iter}']
+            result.n_grad += iter_grp['costFunGradient'].shape[1]
+            result.n_fval += iter_grp['costFunCost'].shape[1]
+
+    return result
+
+
+def parpe_to_pypesto_history(
+        fn_parpe: Union[str, Path],
+        fn_pypesto: Union[str, Path],
+):
+    """
+    Convert a parPE history file to a pypesto History file.
+    """
+    result = PypestoResult()
+    with h5py.File(fn_parpe, 'r') as f:
+        for i_ms in f['multistarts']:
+            write_pypesto_history(
+                fn_parpe=fn_parpe,
+                fn_pypesto=fn_pypesto,
+                i_ms=i_ms
+            )
+            result.optimize_result.append(
+                pypesto_optimizer_result_from_parpe(fn_parpe, i_ms)
+            )
+    write_pypesto_result(
+        result, fn_pypesto,
+        optimize=True, problem=False, sample=False, profile=False
+    )
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    """
+    Parse command line arguments
+
+    :return:
+        Parsed CLI arguments from :mod:`argparse`.
+    """
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Convert parPE result file to pypesto HDF5 result file')
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-i', dest='parpe_file',
+        help='parPE result file to convert',
+        required=True
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-o', dest='pypesto_file',
+        help='pypesto file to write',
+        required=True
+    )
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    parpe_to_pypesto_history(fn_pypesto=args.pypesto_file,
+                             fn_parpe=args.parpe_file)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()