diff --git a/cmd/import.go b/cmd/import.go
index 31506a6ef..220a58675 100644
--- a/cmd/import.go
+++ b/cmd/import.go
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ This can be used to migrate from other service to Gogs.`,
 				stringFlag("token", "", "private authentication token"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "redmine",
+			Usage:  "import from Redmine",
+			Action: importGitLab,
+			Flags: []cli.Flag{
+				stringFlag("url", "", "Redmine service base URL"),
+				stringFlag("token", "", "private authentication token"),
+			},
+		},
 	},
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
 		stringFlag("config, c", "custom/conf/app.ini", "Custom configuration file path"),
@@ -63,3 +72,30 @@ func importGitLab(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		log.Println("Import failed!")
 	}
 }
+
+func importRedmine(ctx *cli.Context) {
+	baseUrl, err := url.Parse(ctx.String("url"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Required --url parameter is missing or not valid URL")
+	}
+	if len(baseUrl.Path) > 0 {
+		log.Fatal("Provided --url parameter must not contain path")
+	}
+	token := ctx.String("token")
+	if len(token) == 0 {
+		log.Fatal("Missing required --token parameter")
+	}
+
+	if ctx.IsSet("config") {
+		setting.CustomConf = ctx.String("config")
+	}
+	setting.NewContext()
+	models.LoadConfigs()
+	models.SetEngine()
+
+	if importer.ImportRedmine(baseUrl, token) == nil {
+		log.Println("Finished importing!")
+	} else {
+		log.Println("Import failed!")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/importer/redmine.go b/modules/importer/redmine.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1834e323a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/importer/redmine.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Gogs Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package importer
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net/url"
+	"sort"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/models"
+)
+
+func ImportRedmine(baseUrl *url.URL, token string) error {
+	if err := importRedmineUsers(baseUrl, token); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Rest_api
+// http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Rest_Users
+
+type RedmineUser struct {
+	Id        int64     `json:"id"`
+	Name      string    `json:"login"`
+	FirstName string    `json:"firstname"`
+	LastName  string    `json:"lastname"`
+	Email     string    `json:"mail"`
+	Passwd    string    `json:"password_hash"` // this requires API patch (returns bcrypt hash)
+	Created   time.Time `json:"created_on"`
+}
+type RedmineUsers []RedmineUser
+
+func (slice RedmineUsers) Len() int           { return len(slice) }
+func (slice RedmineUsers) Less(i, j int) bool { return slice[i].Id < slice[j].Id }
+func (slice RedmineUsers) Swap(i, j int)      { slice[i], slice[j] = slice[j], slice[i] }
+
+func importRedmineUsers(baseUrl *url.URL, token string) error {
+	var remoteUsers RedmineUsers
+	if err := fetchObjects("/users.json", baseUrl, token, &remoteUsers); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	sort.Sort(remoteUsers)
+
+	for _, remoteUser := range remoteUsers {
+		if user, _ := models.GetUserByName(remoteUser.Name); user == nil {
+			fullName := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", remoteUser.FirstName, remoteUser.LastName)
+			log.Printf("User: %s (%s)", remoteUser.Name, fullName)
+			user := &models.User{
+				Name:      remoteUser.Name,
+				FullName:  fullName,
+				Email:     remoteUser.Email,
+				IsActive:  true,
+				IsAdmin:   true,
+				Created:   remoteUser.Created,
+				LoginType: models.PLAIN,
+			}
+			err := models.CreateUser(user)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatalf("Cannot create user: %s", err)
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("User %s already exists!", remoteUser.Name)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}