diff --git a/sql/vector--0.6.2--0.7.0.sql b/sql/vector--0.6.2--0.7.0.sql
index 0567775..f9483fc 100644
--- a/sql/vector--0.6.2--0.7.0.sql
+++ b/sql/vector--0.6.2--0.7.0.sql
@@ -415,6 +415,12 @@ CREATE FUNCTION vector_to_sparsevec(vector, integer, boolean) RETURNS sparsevec
 CREATE FUNCTION sparsevec_to_vector(sparsevec, integer, boolean) RETURNS vector
 	AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME' LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
 
+CREATE FUNCTION halfvec_to_sparsevec(halfvec, integer, boolean) RETURNS sparsevec
+	AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME' LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
+
+CREATE FUNCTION sparsevec_to_halfvec(sparsevec, integer, boolean) RETURNS halfvec
+	AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME' LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
+
 CREATE CAST (sparsevec AS sparsevec)
 	WITH FUNCTION sparsevec(sparsevec, integer, boolean) AS IMPLICIT;
 
@@ -424,6 +430,12 @@ CREATE CAST (sparsevec AS vector)
 CREATE CAST (vector AS sparsevec)
 	WITH FUNCTION vector_to_sparsevec(vector, integer, boolean) AS IMPLICIT;
 
+CREATE CAST (sparsevec AS halfvec)
+	WITH FUNCTION sparsevec_to_halfvec(sparsevec, integer, boolean) AS ASSIGNMENT;
+
+CREATE CAST (halfvec AS sparsevec)
+	WITH FUNCTION halfvec_to_sparsevec(halfvec, integer, boolean) AS IMPLICIT;
+
 CREATE OPERATOR <-> (
 	LEFTARG = sparsevec, RIGHTARG = sparsevec, PROCEDURE = l2_distance,
 	COMMUTATOR = '<->'
diff --git a/sql/vector.sql b/sql/vector.sql
index d2fe687..6dcdbd7 100644
--- a/sql/vector.sql
+++ b/sql/vector.sql
@@ -732,6 +732,12 @@ CREATE FUNCTION vector_to_sparsevec(vector, integer, boolean) RETURNS sparsevec
 CREATE FUNCTION sparsevec_to_vector(sparsevec, integer, boolean) RETURNS vector
 	AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME' LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
 
+CREATE FUNCTION halfvec_to_sparsevec(halfvec, integer, boolean) RETURNS sparsevec
+	AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME' LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
+
+CREATE FUNCTION sparsevec_to_halfvec(sparsevec, integer, boolean) RETURNS halfvec
+	AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME' LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
+
 -- sparsevec casts
 
 CREATE CAST (sparsevec AS sparsevec)
@@ -743,6 +749,12 @@ CREATE CAST (sparsevec AS vector)
 CREATE CAST (vector AS sparsevec)
 	WITH FUNCTION vector_to_sparsevec(vector, integer, boolean) AS IMPLICIT;
 
+CREATE CAST (sparsevec AS halfvec)
+	WITH FUNCTION sparsevec_to_halfvec(sparsevec, integer, boolean) AS ASSIGNMENT;
+
+CREATE CAST (halfvec AS sparsevec)
+	WITH FUNCTION halfvec_to_sparsevec(halfvec, integer, boolean) AS IMPLICIT;
+
 -- sparsevec operators
 
 CREATE OPERATOR <-> (
diff --git a/src/halfvec.c b/src/halfvec.c
index d57ed28..582c137 100644
--- a/src/halfvec.c
+++ b/src/halfvec.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "lib/stringinfo.h"
 #include "libpq/pqformat.h"
 #include "port.h"				/* for strtof() */
+#include "sparsevec.h"
 #include "utils/array.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/float.h"
@@ -1174,3 +1175,26 @@ halfvec_avg(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	PG_RETURN_POINTER(result);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Convert sparse vector to half vector
+ */
+PGDLLEXPORT PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(sparsevec_to_halfvec);
+Datum
+sparsevec_to_halfvec(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	SparseVector *svec = PG_GETARG_SPARSEVEC_P(0);
+	int32		typmod = PG_GETARG_INT32(1);
+	HalfVector *result;
+	int			dim = svec->dim;
+	float	   *values = SPARSEVEC_VALUES(svec);
+
+	CheckDim(dim);
+	CheckExpectedDim(typmod, dim);
+
+	result = InitHalfVector(dim);
+	for (int i = 0; i < svec->nnz; i++)
+		result->x[svec->indices[i] - 1] = Float4ToHalf(values[i]);
+
+	PG_RETURN_POINTER(result);
+}
diff --git a/src/sparsevec.c b/src/sparsevec.c
index 22f7602..c38aff6 100644
--- a/src/sparsevec.c
+++ b/src/sparsevec.c
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <math.h>
 
 #include "fmgr.h"
+#include "halfutils.h"
+#include "halfvec.h"
 #include "libpq/pqformat.h"
 #include "sparsevec.h"
 #include "utils/array.h"
@@ -612,6 +614,49 @@ vector_to_sparsevec(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	PG_RETURN_POINTER(result);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Convert half vector to sparse vector
+ */
+PGDLLEXPORT PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(halfvec_to_sparsevec);
+Datum
+halfvec_to_sparsevec(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	HalfVector *vec = PG_GETARG_HALFVEC_P(0);
+	int32		typmod = PG_GETARG_INT32(1);
+	SparseVector *result;
+	int			dim = vec->dim;
+	int			nnz = 0;
+	float	   *values;
+	int			j = 0;
+
+	CheckDim(dim);
+	CheckExpectedDim(typmod, dim);
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < dim; i++)
+	{
+		if (!HalfIsZero(vec->x[i]))
+			nnz++;
+	}
+
+	result = InitSparseVector(dim, nnz);
+	values = SPARSEVEC_VALUES(result);
+	for (int i = 0; i < dim; i++)
+	{
+		if (!HalfIsZero(vec->x[i]))
+		{
+			/* Safety check */
+			if (j >= result->nnz)
+				elog(ERROR, "safety check failed");
+
+			result->indices[j] = i + 1;
+			values[j] = HalfToFloat4(vec->x[i]);
+			j++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	PG_RETURN_POINTER(result);
+}
+
 /*
  * Get the L2 squared distance between sparse vectors
  */
diff --git a/test/expected/cast.out b/test/expected/cast.out
index 2b36c3d..ff34c8a 100644
--- a/test/expected/cast.out
+++ b/test/expected/cast.out
@@ -170,6 +170,36 @@ SELECT '{2:1.5,4:3.5}/5'::sparsevec::vector(4);
 ERROR:  expected 4 dimensions, not 5
 SELECT '{}/16001'::sparsevec::vector;
 ERROR:  vector cannot have more than 16000 dimensions
+SELECT '[0,1.5,0,3.5,0]'::halfvec::sparsevec;
+    sparsevec    
+-----------------
+ {2:1.5,4:3.5}/5
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '[0,1.5,0,3.5,0]'::halfvec::sparsevec(5);
+    sparsevec    
+-----------------
+ {2:1.5,4:3.5}/5
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '[0,1.5,0,3.5,0]'::halfvec::sparsevec(4);
+ERROR:  expected 4 dimensions, not 5
+SELECT '{2:1.5,4:3.5}/5'::sparsevec::halfvec;
+     halfvec     
+-----------------
+ [0,1.5,0,3.5,0]
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '{2:1.5,4:3.5}/5'::sparsevec::halfvec(5);
+     halfvec     
+-----------------
+ [0,1.5,0,3.5,0]
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '{2:1.5,4:3.5}/5'::sparsevec::halfvec(4);
+ERROR:  expected 4 dimensions, not 5
+SELECT '{}/16001'::sparsevec::halfvec;
+ERROR:  halfvec cannot have more than 16000 dimensions
 SELECT array_agg(n)::vector FROM generate_series(1, 16001) n;
 ERROR:  vector cannot have more than 16000 dimensions
 SELECT array_to_vector(array_agg(n), 16001, false) FROM generate_series(1, 16001) n;
diff --git a/test/sql/cast.sql b/test/sql/cast.sql
index 06399ea..c5d1d3e 100644
--- a/test/sql/cast.sql
+++ b/test/sql/cast.sql
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ SELECT '{2:1.5,4:3.5}/5'::sparsevec::vector(5);
 SELECT '{2:1.5,4:3.5}/5'::sparsevec::vector(4);
 SELECT '{}/16001'::sparsevec::vector;
 
+SELECT '[0,1.5,0,3.5,0]'::halfvec::sparsevec;
+SELECT '[0,1.5,0,3.5,0]'::halfvec::sparsevec(5);
+SELECT '[0,1.5,0,3.5,0]'::halfvec::sparsevec(4);
+
+SELECT '{2:1.5,4:3.5}/5'::sparsevec::halfvec;
+SELECT '{2:1.5,4:3.5}/5'::sparsevec::halfvec(5);
+SELECT '{2:1.5,4:3.5}/5'::sparsevec::halfvec(4);
+SELECT '{}/16001'::sparsevec::halfvec;
+
 SELECT array_agg(n)::vector FROM generate_series(1, 16001) n;
 SELECT array_to_vector(array_agg(n), 16001, false) FROM generate_series(1, 16001) n;