diff --git a/src/Collections/Collection.tsx b/src/Collections/Collection.tsx
index 5418ff4..4c6eaca 100644
--- a/src/Collections/Collection.tsx
+++ b/src/Collections/Collection.tsx
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import Container from "../widgets/Container";
 
 /* FIXME:
 import CollectionEntries from "../components/CollectionEntries";
-import ImportDialog from "./ImportDialog";
  */
+import ImportDialog from "./ImportDialog";
 
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 
@@ -81,15 +81,14 @@ class Collection extends React.Component<PropsType> {
         <Container>
           <CollectionEntries collection={collection} entries={syncEntries} />
         </Container>
+        */}
 
         <ImportDialog
-          etesync={this.props.etesync}
-          userInfo={this.props.userInfo}
-          syncCollection={this.props.syncCollection}
+          key={this.state.importDialogOpen.toString()}
+          collection={this.props.collection}
           open={this.state.importDialogOpen}
           onClose={this.importDialogToggle}
         />
-        */}
       </React.Fragment>
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/Collections/ImportDialog.tsx b/src/Collections/ImportDialog.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b45f43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Collections/ImportDialog.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2017 EteSync Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+import * as React from "react";
+
+import Button from "@material-ui/core/Button";
+import Dialog from "@material-ui/core/Dialog";
+import DialogActions from "@material-ui/core/DialogActions";
+import DialogContent from "@material-ui/core/DialogContent";
+import DialogContentText from "@material-ui/core/DialogContentText";
+import DialogTitle from "@material-ui/core/DialogTitle";
+
+import Dropzone from "react-dropzone";
+
+import LoadingIndicator from "../widgets/LoadingIndicator";
+
+import { arrayToChunkIterator } from "../helpers";
+
+import * as uuid from "uuid";
+import * as ICAL from "ical.js";
+import { ContactType, EventType, TaskType, PimType } from "../pim-types";
+import { useCredentials } from "../credentials";
+import { CachedCollection } from "../Pim/helpers";
+import { getCollectionManager } from "../etebase-helpers";
+
+const CHUNK_SIZE = 40;
+
+interface PropsType {
+  collection: CachedCollection;
+  open: boolean;
+  onClose?: () => void;
+}
+
+export default function ImportDialog(props: PropsType) {
+  const etebase = useCredentials()!;
+  const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(false);
+  const [itemsProcessed, setItemsProccessed] = React.useState<number>();
+
+  function onFileDropCommon(itemsCreator: (fileText: string) => PimType[], acceptedFiles: File[], rejectedFiles: File[]) {
+    // XXX: implement handling of rejectedFiles
+    const reader = new FileReader();
+
+    reader.onabort = () => {
+      setLoading(false);
+      console.error("Import Aborted");
+      alert("file reading was aborted");
+    };
+    reader.onerror = (e) => {
+      setLoading(false);
+      console.error(e);
+      alert("file reading has failed");
+    };
+    reader.onload = async () => {
+      try {
+        const fileText = reader.result as string;
+        const items = itemsCreator(fileText);
+
+        const { collection } = props.collection;
+        const colMgr = getCollectionManager(etebase);
+        const itemMgr = colMgr.getItemManager(collection);
+
+        const eteItems = [];
+        for (const item of items) {
+          const mtime = (new Date()).getUTCMilliseconds();
+          const meta = {
+            mtime,
+            name: item.uid,
+          };
+          const content = item.toIcal();
+
+          const eteItem = await itemMgr.create(meta, content);
+          eteItems.push(eteItem);
+        }
+
+        const chunks = arrayToChunkIterator(eteItems, CHUNK_SIZE);
+        for (const chunk of chunks) {
+          await itemMgr.batch(chunk);
+        }
+
+        setItemsProccessed(items.length);
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error(e);
+        alert("An error has occurred, please contact developers.");
+        throw e;
+      } finally {
+        if (props.onClose) {
+          setLoading(false);
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    if (acceptedFiles.length > 0) {
+      setLoading(true);
+      acceptedFiles.forEach((file) => {
+        reader.readAsText(file);
+      });
+    } else {
+      alert("Failed importing file. Is the file type supported?");
+      console.log("Failed importing files. Rejected:", rejectedFiles);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function onFileDropContact(acceptedFiles: File[], rejectedFiles: File[]) {
+    const itemsCreator = (fileText: string) => {
+      const mainComp = ICAL.parse(fileText);
+      return mainComp.map((comp) => {
+        const ret = new ContactType(new ICAL.Component(comp));
+        if (!ret.uid) {
+          ret.uid = uuid.v4();
+        }
+        return ret;
+      });
+    };
+
+    onFileDropCommon(itemsCreator, acceptedFiles, rejectedFiles);
+  }
+
+  function onFileDropEvent(acceptedFiles: File[], rejectedFiles: File[]) {
+    const itemsCreator = (fileText: string) => {
+      const calendarComp = new ICAL.Component(ICAL.parse(fileText));
+      return calendarComp.getAllSubcomponents("vevent").map((comp) => {
+        const ret = new EventType(comp);
+        if (!ret.uid) {
+          ret.uid = uuid.v4();
+        }
+        return ret;
+      });
+    };
+
+    onFileDropCommon(itemsCreator, acceptedFiles, rejectedFiles);
+  }
+
+  function onFileDropTask(acceptedFiles: File[], rejectedFiles: File[]) {
+    const itemsCreator = (fileText: string) => {
+      const calendarComp = new ICAL.Component(ICAL.parse(fileText));
+      return calendarComp.getAllSubcomponents("vtodo").map((comp) => {
+        const ret = new TaskType(comp);
+        if (!ret.uid) {
+          ret.uid = uuid.v4();
+        }
+        return ret;
+      });
+    };
+
+    onFileDropCommon(itemsCreator, acceptedFiles, rejectedFiles);
+  }
+
+  function onClose() {
+    if (loading) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (props.onClose) {
+      props.onClose();
+    }
+  }
+
+  const { metadata } = props.collection;
+  let acceptTypes;
+  let dropFunction;
+
+  if (metadata.type === "etebase.vcard") {
+    acceptTypes = ["text/vcard", "text/directory", "text/x-vcard", ".vcf"];
+    dropFunction = onFileDropContact;
+  } else if (metadata.type === "etebase.vevent") {
+    acceptTypes = ["text/calendar", ".ics", ".ical"];
+    dropFunction = onFileDropEvent;
+  } else if (metadata.type === "etebase.vtodo") {
+    acceptTypes = ["text/calendar", ".ics", ".ical"];
+    dropFunction = onFileDropTask;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <React.Fragment>
+      <Dialog
+        open={props.open}
+        onClose={onClose}
+      >
+        <DialogTitle>Import entries from file?</DialogTitle>
+        <DialogContent>
+          {(itemsProcessed !== undefined) ? (
+            <p>Imported {itemsProcessed} items.</p>
+          ) : (loading ?
+            <LoadingIndicator style={{ display: "block", margin: "auto" }} />
+            :
+            <Dropzone
+              onDrop={dropFunction}
+              multiple={false}
+              accept={acceptTypes}
+            >
+              {({ getRootProps, getInputProps }) => (
+                <section>
+                  <div {...getRootProps()}>
+                    <input {...getInputProps()} />
+                    <DialogContentText id="alert-dialog-description">
+                      To import entries from a file, drag 'n' drop it here, or click to open the file selector.
+                    </DialogContentText>
+                  </div>
+                </section>
+              )}
+            </Dropzone>
+          )}
+        </DialogContent>
+        <DialogActions>
+          <Button disabled={loading} onClick={onClose} color="primary">
+            Close
+          </Button>
+        </DialogActions>
+      </Dialog>
+    </React.Fragment>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/helpers.tsx b/src/helpers.tsx
index 024154c..e8f5e3d 100644
--- a/src/helpers.tsx
+++ b/src/helpers.tsx
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ export function mapPriority(priority: number): TaskPriorityType {
   }
 }
 
+export function* arrayToChunkIterator<T>(arr: T[], size: number) {
+  for (let i = 0 ; i < arr.length ; i += size) {
+    yield arr.slice(i, i + size);
+  }
+}
+
 export function usePromiseMemo<T>(promise: Promise<T> | undefined | null, deps: React.DependencyList, initial: T | undefined = undefined): T | undefined {
   const [val, setVal] = React.useState<T>((promise as any)._returnedValue ?? initial);
   React.useEffect(() => {