diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 560de302..ba3ff601 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -165,6 +165,18 @@ impl Config {
     }
 }
 
+impl TryFrom<Config> for ConfigFile {
+    type Error = crate::errors::OciDistributionError;
+
+    fn try_from(config: Config) -> Result<Self> {
+        let config = String::from_utf8(config.data)
+            .map_err(|e| OciDistributionError::ConfigConversionError(e.to_string()))?;
+        let config_file: ConfigFile = serde_json::from_str(&config)
+            .map_err(|e| OciDistributionError::ConfigConversionError(e.to_string()))?;
+        Ok(config_file)
+    }
+}
+
 /// The OCI client connects to an OCI registry and fetches OCI images.
 ///
 /// An OCI registry is a container registry that adheres to the OCI Distribution
diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
index 3404fef8..d7859e45 100644
--- a/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ pub enum OciDistributionError {
     /// Versioned object: JSON deserialization error
     #[error("Failed to parse manifest: {0}")]
     VersionedParsingError(String),
+    #[error("Failed to convert Config into ConfigFile: {0}")]
+    /// Transparent wrapper around `std::string::FromUtf8Error`
+    ConfigConversionError(String),
 }
 
 /// Helper type to declare `Result` objects that might return a `OciDistributionError`