diff --git a/api/client/import.go b/api/client/import.go
index ec3d028f90..9bb8818cd3 100644
--- a/api/client/import.go
+++ b/api/client/import.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdImport(args ...string) error {
 	cmd := Cli.Subcmd("import", []string{"file|URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]"}, "Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the\ntarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then\noptionally tag it.", true)
 	flChanges := opts.NewListOpts(nil)
 	cmd.Var(&flChanges, []string{"c", "-change"}, "Apply Dockerfile instruction to the created image")
+	message := cmd.String([]string{"m", "-message"}, "", "Set commit message for imported image")
 	cmd.Require(flag.Min, 1)
 
 	cmd.ParseFlags(args, true)
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdImport(args ...string) error {
 
 	v.Set("fromSrc", src)
 	v.Set("repo", repository)
+	v.Set("message", *message)
 	for _, change := range flChanges.GetAll() {
 		v.Add("changes", change)
 	}
diff --git a/api/server/image.go b/api/server/image.go
index c929fced37..55b66c1db8 100644
--- a/api/server/image.go
+++ b/api/server/image.go
@@ -70,9 +70,10 @@ func (s *Server) postImagesCreate(version version.Version, w http.ResponseWriter
 	}
 
 	var (
-		image = r.Form.Get("fromImage")
-		repo  = r.Form.Get("repo")
-		tag   = r.Form.Get("tag")
+		image   = r.Form.Get("fromImage")
+		repo    = r.Form.Get("repo")
+		tag     = r.Form.Get("tag")
+		message = r.Form.Get("message")
 	)
 	authEncoded := r.Header.Get("X-Registry-Auth")
 	authConfig := &cliconfig.AuthConfig{}
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ func (s *Server) postImagesCreate(version version.Version, w http.ResponseWriter
 			return err
 		}
 
-		err = s.daemon.Repositories().Import(src, repo, tag, r.Body, output, newConfig)
+		err = s.daemon.Repositories().Import(src, repo, tag, message, r.Body, output, newConfig)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		if !output.Flushed() {
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/import.md b/docs/reference/commandline/import.md
index 20c790d21d..92bf878a1c 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/import.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/import.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ weight=1
 	optionally tag it.
 
       -c, --change=[]     Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while importing the image
+      -m, --message=      Set commit message for imported image
 
 You can specify a `URL` or `-` (dash) to take data directly from `STDIN`. The
 `URL` can point to an archive (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, or .txz)
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ Import to docker via pipe and `STDIN`.
 
     $ cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import - exampleimagelocal:new
 
+Import with a commit message 
+
+    $ cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import --message "New image imported from tarball" - exampleimagelocal:new
+
 Import to docker from a local archive.
 
     $ docker import /path/to/exampleimage.tgz
diff --git a/graph/import.go b/graph/import.go
index 5a7976d5e6..1a09dec470 100644
--- a/graph/import.go
+++ b/graph/import.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 // inConfig (if src is "-"), or from a URI specified in src. Progress output is
 // written to outStream. Repository and tag names can optionally be given in
 // the repo and tag arguments, respectively.
-func (s *TagStore) Import(src string, repo string, tag string, inConfig io.ReadCloser, outStream io.Writer, containerConfig *runconfig.Config) error {
+func (s *TagStore) Import(src string, repo string, tag string, msg string, inConfig io.ReadCloser, outStream io.Writer, containerConfig *runconfig.Config) error {
 	var (
 		sf      = streamformatter.NewJSONStreamFormatter()
 		archive io.ReadCloser
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ func (s *TagStore) Import(src string, repo string, tag string, inConfig io.ReadC
 	}
 
 	defer archive.Close()
-	img, err := s.graph.Create(archive, "", "", "Imported from "+src, "", nil, containerConfig)
+	if len(msg) == 0 {
+		msg = "Imported from " + src
+	}
+
+	img, err := s.graph.Create(archive, "", "", msg, "", nil, containerConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_import_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_import_test.go
index d3e60e1490..9ba66a14b3 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_import_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_import_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-check/check"
@@ -72,6 +73,49 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestImportFile(c *check.C) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *DockerSuite) TestImportFileWithMessage(c *check.C) {
+	dockerCmd(c, "run", "--name", "test-import", "busybox", "true")
+
+	temporaryFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "exportImportTest")
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Fatal("failed to create temporary file", "", err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(temporaryFile.Name())
+
+	runCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "export", "test-import")
+	runCmd.Stdout = bufio.NewWriter(temporaryFile)
+
+	_, err = runCommand(runCmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Fatal("failed to export a container", err)
+	}
+
+	message := "Testing commit message"
+	out, _ := dockerCmd(c, "import", "-m", message, temporaryFile.Name())
+	if n := strings.Count(out, "\n"); n != 1 {
+		c.Fatalf("display is messed up: %d '\\n' instead of 1:\n%s", n, out)
+	}
+	image := strings.TrimSpace(out)
+
+	out, _ = dockerCmd(c, "history", image)
+	split := strings.Split(out, "\n")
+
+	if len(split) != 3 {
+		c.Fatalf("expected 3 lines from image history, got %d", len(split))
+	}
+	r := regexp.MustCompile("[\\s]{2,}")
+	split = r.Split(split[1], -1)
+
+	if message != split[3] {
+		c.Fatalf("expected %s in commit message, got %s", message, split[3])
+	}
+
+	out, _ = dockerCmd(c, "run", "--rm", image, "true")
+	if out != "" {
+		c.Fatalf("command output should've been nothing, was %q", out)
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *DockerSuite) TestImportFileNonExistentFile(c *check.C) {
 	_, exitCode, err := dockerCmdWithError("import", "example.com/myImage.tar")
 	if exitCode == 0 || err == nil {
diff --git a/man/docker-import.1.md b/man/docker-import.1.md
index 5ac686677b..b812b83068 100644
--- a/man/docker-import.1.md
+++ b/man/docker-import.1.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ docker-import - Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the
 # SYNOPSIS
 **docker import**
 [**-c**|**--change**[= []**]]
+[**-m**|**--message**[=*MESSAGE*]]
 [**--help**]
 file|URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
 
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ file|URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
    Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while importing the image
    Supported Dockerfile instructions: `CMD`|`ENTRYPOINT`|`ENV`|`EXPOSE`|`ONBUILD`|`USER`|`VOLUME`|`WORKDIR`
 
+**-m**, **--message**=""
+   Set commit message for imported image
+
 # DESCRIPTION
 Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball (`.tar`,
 `.tar.gz`, `.tgz`, `.bzip`, `.tar.xz`, `.txz`) into it, then optionally tag it.
@@ -35,6 +39,10 @@ Import to docker via pipe and stdin:
 
     # cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import - example/imagelocal
 
+Import with a commit message 
+
+    # cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import --message "New image imported from tarball" - exampleimagelocal:new
+
 Import to a Docker image from a local file.
 
     # docker import /path/to/exampleimage.tgz