diff --git a/docs/changes/30.feature.rst b/docs/changes/30.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e76de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/30.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+added command line tool for uvfits to measurement set conversion using casa
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7206300..0aa42a5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ dev = [
 [project.scripts]
 radiotools-info = "radiotools.info:main"
 radiotools-vis = "radiotools.cli_tools.vis:main"
+radiotools-fits2ms = "radiotools.cli_tools.fits2ms:main"
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "vcs"
diff --git a/src/radiotools/cli_tools/fits2ms.py b/src/radiotools/cli_tools/fits2ms.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a768bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/radiotools/cli_tools/fits2ms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+"""Tool to convert uvfits files into measurement sets.
+Single files or all files inside a directory can be converted.
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import click
+import numpy as np
+from natsort import natsorted
+from tqdm.auto import tqdm
+
+from radiotools.utils import rmtree, uvfits2ms
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.argument("fits_path", type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=True))
+@click.argument("ms_path", type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=True))
+@click.option("--log", default=False)
+def main(fits_path, ms_path, log=False):
+    """Convert uvfits files into measurement sets.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    fits_path : str
+        Path to fits file or directory with fits files
+    ms_path : str
+        Path to store ms file or directory for ms files
+    """
+    fits_path = Path(fits_path)
+    ms_path = Path(ms_path)
+
+    if ".ms" not in ms_path.name:
+        ms_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    if fits_path.is_dir():
+        fits_files = natsorted(np.array([x for x in fits_path.iterdir()]))
+    else:
+        fits_files = fits_path
+
+    for i, path in enumerate(tqdm(fits_files)):
+        if fits_path.is_dir():
+            file_name = "vis_" + str(i) + ".ms"
+            out = ms_path / file_name
+        else:
+            out = ms_path.parent + "/vis_" + str(i) + ".ms"
+        if out.exists():
+            rmtree(out)
+        uvfits2ms(path, out)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/src/radiotools/utils/__init__.py b/src/radiotools/utils/__init__.py
index 1f32665..805bcb3 100644
--- a/src/radiotools/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/radiotools/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-from .utils import get_array_names, img2jansky, rms
+from .utils import get_array_names, img2jansky, rms, rmtree, uvfits2ms
 
 __all__ = [
     "get_array_names",
     "img2jansky",
     "rms",
+    "uvfits2ms",
+    "rmtree",
 ]
diff --git a/src/radiotools/utils/utils.py b/src/radiotools/utils/utils.py
index 0ee4247..57fe9c3 100644
--- a/src/radiotools/utils/utils.py
+++ b/src/radiotools/utils/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import re
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import numpy as np
 import requests
@@ -73,3 +75,48 @@ def img2jansky(image: ArrayLike, header: fits.Header):
         * np.power(header["CDELT1"], 2)
         / (np.pi * header["BMIN"] * header["BMAJ"])
     )
+
+
+def uvfits2ms(fits_path, ms_path):
+    """Converts a uvfits_file into a measurement set (ms file).
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+        fits_path : str
+            path to fits_file
+        ms_path : str
+            path to store ms_file
+    """
+    casa = "casa --quiet --nologger --nologfile --nogui --norc --agg -c "
+    arg = (
+        "importuvfits(fitsfile='"
+        + str(fits_path)
+        + "'"
+        + ", vis="
+        + "'"
+        + str(ms_path)
+        + "'"
+        + ")"
+    )
+
+    command = casa + '"' + arg + '"'
+
+    subprocess.run(command, shell=True)
+
+
+def rmtree(root: Path):
+    """Recursively remove directories and files
+    starting from root directory.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    root : Path
+        Root path of the directories you want to delete.
+    """
+    for p in root.iterdir():
+        if p.is_dir():
+            rmtree(p)
+        else:
+            p.unlink()
+
+    root.rmdir()