diff --git a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanager.lua b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanager.lua
index 9e3c0e622..f38919c5c 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanager.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanager.lua
@@ -552,6 +552,20 @@ function FileManager:tapPlus()
         }
     }
 
+    if Device:canImportFiles() then
+        table.insert(buttons, 3, {
+            {
+                text = _("Import files here"),
+                enabled = Device.isValidPath(self.file_chooser.path),
+                callback = function()
+                    local current_dir = self.file_chooser.path
+                    UIManager:close(self.file_dialog)
+                    Device.importFile(current_dir)
+                end,
+            },
+        })
+    end
+
     self.file_dialog = ButtonDialogTitle:new{
         title = filemanagerutil.abbreviate(self.file_chooser.path),
         title_align = "center",
diff --git a/frontend/device/android/device.lua b/frontend/device/android/device.lua
index a86a4f6bc..aa0af7aaa 100644
--- a/frontend/device/android/device.lua
+++ b/frontend/device/android/device.lua
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ local Device = Generic:new{
         if not link or type(link) ~= "string" then return end
         return android.openLink(link) == 0
     end,
+    canImportFiles = function() return android.app.activity.sdkVersion >= 19 end,
+    importFile = function(path) android.importFile(path) end,
+    isValidPath = function(path) return android.isPathInsideSandbox(path) end,
+
     canExternalDictLookup = yes,
     getExternalDictLookupList = getExternalDicts,
     doExternalDictLookup = function (self, text, method, callback)
@@ -133,7 +137,6 @@ function Device:init()
                     external_dict_when_back_callback()
                     external_dict_when_back_callback = nil
                 end
-
                 local new_file = android.getIntent()
                 if new_file ~= nil and lfs.attributes(new_file, "mode") == "file" then
                     -- we cannot blit to a window here since we have no focus yet.
@@ -148,6 +151,20 @@ function Device:init()
                     UIManager:scheduleIn(0.2, function()
                         require("apps/reader/readerui"):doShowReader(new_file)
                     end)
+                else
+                    -- check if we're resuming from importing content.
+                    local content_path = android.getLastImportedPath()
+                    if content_path ~= nil then
+                        local FileManager = require("apps/filemanager/filemanager")
+                        local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
+                        UIManager:scheduleIn(0.5, function()
+                            if FileManager.instance then
+                                FileManager.instance:onRefresh()
+                            else
+                                FileManager:showFiles(content_path)
+                            end
+                        end)
+                    end
                 end
             end
         end,
diff --git a/frontend/device/generic/device.lua b/frontend/device/generic/device.lua
index 552aa5d33..e80c05a5f 100644
--- a/frontend/device/generic/device.lua
+++ b/frontend/device/generic/device.lua
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ local Device = {
     canUseCBB = yes, -- The C BB maintains a 1:1 feature parity with the Lua BB, except that is has NO support for BB4, and limited support for BBRGB24
     hasColorScreen = no,
     hasBGRFrameBuffer = no,
+    canImportFiles = no,
     canToggleGSensor = no,
     canToggleMassStorage = no,
     canUseWAL = yes, -- requires mmap'ed I/O on the target FS