diff --git a/python/core/auto_generated/pointcloud/qgspointcloudattribute.sip.in b/python/core/auto_generated/pointcloud/qgspointcloudattribute.sip.in
index aed793e2f38..7d576e91bf5 100644
--- a/python/core/auto_generated/pointcloud/qgspointcloudattribute.sip.in
+++ b/python/core/auto_generated/pointcloud/qgspointcloudattribute.sip.in
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ Returns -1 if a matching attribute was not found.
     int pointRecordSize() const;
 %Docstring
 Returns total size of record
+%End
+
+    QgsFields toFields() const;
+%Docstring
+Converts the attribute collection to an equivalent QgsFields collection.
 %End
 
 };
diff --git a/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudattribute.cpp b/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudattribute.cpp
index ed68c04483e..86b5eca3e27 100644
--- a/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudattribute.cpp
+++ b/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudattribute.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,16 @@ int QgsPointCloudAttributeCollection::indexOf( const QString &name ) const
   return -1;
 }
 
+QgsFields QgsPointCloudAttributeCollection::toFields() const
+{
+  QgsFields fields;
+  for ( const QgsPointCloudAttribute &attribute : mAttributes )
+  {
+    fields.append( QgsField( attribute.name(), attribute.variantType(), attribute.displayType() ) );
+  }
+  return fields;
+}
+
 template <typename T>
 void _attribute( const char *data, std::size_t offset, QgsPointCloudAttribute::DataType type, T &value )
 {
diff --git a/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudattribute.h b/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudattribute.h
index da0e91a4397..63cd26116dd 100644
--- a/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudattribute.h
+++ b/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudattribute.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "qgis.h"
 #include "qgis_core.h"
+#include "qgsfields.h"
 #include <QString>
 #include <QVector>
 
@@ -164,6 +165,11 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsPointCloudAttributeCollection
     //! Returns total size of record
     int pointRecordSize() const { return mSize; }
 
+    /**
+     * Converts the attribute collection to an equivalent QgsFields collection.
+     */
+    QgsFields toFields() const;
+
   private:
     int mSize = 0;
     QVector<QgsPointCloudAttribute> mAttributes;
diff --git a/tests/src/core/testqgspointcloudattribute.cpp b/tests/src/core/testqgspointcloudattribute.cpp
index a8d5ace0868..483249f4dd3 100644
--- a/tests/src/core/testqgspointcloudattribute.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/core/testqgspointcloudattribute.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class TestQgsPointCloudAttribute: public QObject
     void testVariantType();
     void testIsNumeric();
     void testCollection();
+    void testToFields();
 
   private:
 
@@ -187,5 +188,25 @@ void TestQgsPointCloudAttribute::testCollection()
   QCOMPARE( offset, 6 );
 }
 
+void TestQgsPointCloudAttribute::testToFields()
+{
+  QgsFields fields = QgsPointCloudAttributeCollection().toFields();
+  QCOMPARE( fields.size(), 0 );
+
+  QgsPointCloudAttributeCollection collection( QVector< QgsPointCloudAttribute >()
+      << QgsPointCloudAttribute( QStringLiteral( "at1" ), QgsPointCloudAttribute::DataType::Float )
+      << QgsPointCloudAttribute( QStringLiteral( "at2" ), QgsPointCloudAttribute::DataType::Short )
+      << QgsPointCloudAttribute( QStringLiteral( "at3" ), QgsPointCloudAttribute::DataType::Double ) );
+  fields = collection.toFields();
+  QCOMPARE( fields.size(), 3 );
+
+  QCOMPARE( fields.at( 0 ).name(), QStringLiteral( "at1" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( fields.at( 0 ).type(), QVariant::Double );
+  QCOMPARE( fields.at( 1 ).name(), QStringLiteral( "at2" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( fields.at( 1 ).type(), QVariant::Int );
+  QCOMPARE( fields.at( 2 ).name(), QStringLiteral( "at3" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( fields.at( 2 ).type(), QVariant::Double );
+}
+
 QGSTEST_MAIN( TestQgsPointCloudAttribute )
 #include "testqgspointcloudattribute.moc"