diff --git a/flang/lib/Lower/IO.cpp b/flang/lib/Lower/IO.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Lower/IO.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Lower/IO.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     mkIOKey(SetFile), mkIOKey(GetNewUnit), mkIOKey(GetSize),
     mkIOKey(GetIoLength), mkIOKey(GetIoMsg), mkIOKey(InquireCharacter),
     mkIOKey(InquireLogical), mkIOKey(InquirePendingId),
-    mkIOKey(InquireInteger64), mkIOKey(EndIoStatement)>
+    mkIOKey(InquireInteger64), mkIOKey(EndIoStatement), mkIOKey(SetConvert)>
     newIOTable;
 } // namespace Fortran::lower
 
@@ -983,7 +983,8 @@
     ioFunc = getIORuntimeFunc<mkIOKey(SetCarriagecontrol)>(loc, builder);
     break;
   case Fortran::parser::ConnectSpec::CharExpr::Kind::Convert:
-    TODO(loc, "CONVERT not part of the runtime::io interface");
+    ioFunc = getIORuntimeFunc<mkIOKey(SetConvert)>(loc, builder);
+    break;
   case Fortran::parser::ConnectSpec::CharExpr::Kind::Dispose:
     TODO(loc, "DISPOSE not part of the runtime::io interface");
   }
diff --git a/flang/test/Lower/io-statement-open-options.f90 b/flang/test/Lower/io-statement-open-options.f90
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flang/test/Lower/io-statement-open-options.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+! Test lowering of OPEN statment options
+! RUN: bbc %s -emit-fir -o - | FileCheck %s
+
+! CHECK-LABEL: func.func @_QPtest_convert_specifier(
+subroutine test_convert_specifier(unit)
+  integer :: unit
+  ! CHECK: %[[cookie:.*]] = fir.call @_FortranAioBeginOpenUnit(%{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %{{.*}}) : (i32, !fir.ref<i8>, i32) -> !fir.ref<i8>
+  ! CHECK: %[[be_str:.*]] = fir.address_of(@[[be_str_name:.*]]) : !fir.ref<!fir.char<1,10>>
+  ! CHECK: %[[len:.*]] = arith.constant 10 : index
+  ! CHECK: %[[be_str_conv:.*]] = fir.convert %[[be_str]] : (!fir.ref<!fir.char<1,10>>) -> !fir.ref<i8>
+  ! CHECK: %[[len_conv:.*]] = fir.convert %[[len]] : (index) -> i64
+  ! CHECK: %{{.*}} = fir.call @_FortranAioSetConvert(%[[cookie]], %[[be_str_conv]], %[[len_conv]]) : (!fir.ref<i8>, !fir.ref<i8>, i64) -> i1
+  ! CHECK: %{{.*}} = fir.call @_FortranAioEndIoStatement(%[[cookie]]) : (!fir.ref<i8>) -> i32
+  open(unit, form="UNFORMATTED", convert="BIG_ENDIAN")
+  close(unit)
+end subroutine
+
+! CHECK: fir.global linkonce @[[be_str_name]] constant : !fir.char<1,10> {
+! CHECK: %[[be_str_lit:.*]] = fir.string_lit "BIG_ENDIAN"(10) : !fir.char<1,10>
+! CHECK: fir.has_value %[[be_str_lit]] : !fir.char<1,10>