diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 663f356b0..7c2d83806 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -14119,6 +14119,12 @@ hex2i
   Converts a hex string containing two hex digits per input byte to an
   integer. If the input value cannot be converted, then zero is returned.
 
+htonl
+  Converts the input integer value to its 32-bit binary representation in the
+  network byte order. Because sample fetches own signed 64-bit integer, when
+  this converter is used, the input integer value is first casted to an
+  unsigned 32-bit integer.
+
 http_date([<offset],[<unit>])
   Converts an integer supposed to contain a date since epoch to a string
   representing this date in a format suitable for use in HTTP header fields. If
diff --git a/src/sample.c b/src/sample.c
index 6cf805aed..c28b5449e 100644
--- a/src/sample.c
+++ b/src/sample.c
@@ -2962,6 +2962,23 @@ static int smp_check_strcmp(struct arg *args, struct sample_conv *conv,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**/
+static int sample_conv_htonl(const struct arg *arg_p, struct sample *smp, void *private)
+{
+	struct buffer *tmp;
+	uint32_t n;
+
+	n = htonl((uint32_t)smp->data.u.sint);
+	tmp = get_trash_chunk();
+
+	memcpy(b_head(tmp), &n, 4);
+	b_add(tmp, 4);
+
+	smp->data.u.str = *tmp;
+	smp->data.type = SMP_T_BIN;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /************************************************************************/
 /*       All supported sample fetch functions must be declared here     */
 /************************************************************************/
@@ -3430,6 +3447,7 @@ static struct sample_conv_kw_list sample_conv_kws = {ILH, {
 	{ "mod",    sample_conv_arith_mod,  ARG1(1,STR), check_operator, SMP_T_SINT, SMP_T_SINT  },
 	{ "neg",    sample_conv_arith_neg,            0, NULL, SMP_T_SINT, SMP_T_SINT  },
 
+	{ "htonl",  sample_conv_htonl,                0, NULL, SMP_T_SINT, SMP_T_BIN  },
 	{ NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0 },
 }};