diff --git a/app/controllers/imports_controller.rb b/app/controllers/imports_controller.rb
index aad9dad83..d275da5e2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/imports_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/imports_controller.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ class ImportsController < ApplicationController
       end
     end
 
+    if request.get?
+      file_path = @import.filepath
+      file_encoding = @import.settings['encoding']
+      @preview_content = File.open(file_path, "r:#{file_encoding}:UTF-8") do |f|
+        # Read only the header and the first 3 lines
+        # Same as the default value of the Import#first_rows
+        f.each_line.first(4).join
+      end
+    end
+
   rescue CSV::MalformedCSVError, EncodingError => e
     if e.is_a?(CSV::MalformedCSVError) && !e.message.include?('Invalid byte sequence')
       flash.now[:error] = l(:error_invalid_csv_file_or_settings, e.message)
diff --git a/app/views/imports/settings.html.erb b/app/views/imports/settings.html.erb
index 1342b55fb..53d09c357 100644
--- a/app/views/imports/settings.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/imports/settings.html.erb
@@ -30,3 +30,8 @@
   </fieldset>
   <p><%= submit_tag l(:label_next).html_safe + " &#187;".html_safe, :name => nil %></p>
 <% end %>
+
+<fieldset class="box">
+<legend><%= l(:label_file_content_preview) %></legend>
+<pre><%= @preview_content %></pre>
+</fieldset>