diff --git a/app/models/import.rb b/app/models/import.rb
index d2c53baac..01fe72d47 100644
--- a/app/models/import.rb
+++ b/app/models/import.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ class Import < ActiveRecord::Base
       'separator' => separator,
       'wrapper' => wrapper,
       'encoding' => encoding,
-      'date_format' => date_format
+      'date_format' => date_format,
+      'mail_notification' => '0'
     )
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/issue_import.rb b/app/models/issue_import.rb
index ad04c0be5..a2925be32 100644
--- a/app/models/issue_import.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue_import.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class IssueImport < Import
   def build_object(row, item)
     issue = Issue.new
     issue.author = user
-    issue.notify = false
+    issue.notify = !!ActiveRecord::Type::Boolean.new.cast(settings['mail_notification'])
 
     tracker_id = nil
     if tracker
diff --git a/app/views/imports/settings.html.erb b/app/views/imports/settings.html.erb
index 6edfb10af..be504d30d 100644
--- a/app/views/imports/settings.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/imports/settings.html.erb
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
       <label for="import_settings_date_format"><%= l(:setting_date_format) %></label>
       <%= select_tag 'import_settings[date_format]', options_for_select(date_format_options, @import.settings['date_format']) %>
     </p>
+    <hr/>
+    <p>
+      <label for="import_settings_mail_notification"><%= l(:field_mail_notification) %></label>
+      <%= hidden_field_tag 'import_settings[mail_notification]', '0', :id => nil %>
+      <%= check_box_tag 'import_settings[mail_notification]', '1', "#{@import.settings['mail_notification']}" == '1' %>
+    </p>
   </fieldset>
   <p><%= submit_tag l(:label_next).html_safe + " &#187;".html_safe, :name => nil %></p>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/test/functional/imports_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/imports_controller_test.rb
index 2802d1524..52f991dbb 100644
--- a/test/functional/imports_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/imports_controller_test.rb
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class ImportsControllerTest < Redmine::ControllerTest
           :mapping => {
             :project_id => '1',
             :tracker_id => '2',
-          :subject => '0'}    
+          :subject => '0'}
         }
       }
     assert_redirected_to "/imports/#{import.to_param}/run"
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class ImportsControllerTest < Redmine::ControllerTest
     assert_equal '2', mapping['tracker_id']
     assert_equal '0', mapping['subject']
   end
- 
+
   def test_get_run
     import = generate_import_with_mapping
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class ImportsControllerTest < Redmine::ControllerTest
     assert_response :success
     assert_select '#import-progress'
   end
- 
+
   def test_post_run_should_import_the_file
     import = generate_import_with_mapping
 
@@ -234,6 +234,44 @@ class ImportsControllerTest < Redmine::ControllerTest
     assert_equal ["Child of existing issue", "Child 1", "First"], issues.map(&:subject)
   end
 
+  def test_post_run_with_mail_notification
+    import = generate_import
+
+    post :settings, :params => {
+        :id => import,
+        :import_settings => {
+          :separator => ';',
+          :wrapper => '"',
+          :encoding => 'ISO-8859-1',
+          :mail_notification => '1',
+          :mapping => {
+            :project_id => '1',
+            :tracker => '13',
+            :subject => '1',
+            :assigned_to => '11',
+          },
+        },
+      }
+
+    ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.clear
+    assert_difference 'Issue.count', 3 do
+      post :run, :params => {
+          :id => import,
+        }
+      assert_response :found
+    end
+    actual_countof_mail = ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.size
+    assert_not_equal 0, actual_countof_mail
+
+    import.reload
+    issue_ids = import.items.collect(&:obj_id)
+    expect_countof_user =
+      Issue.where(:id => issue_ids).inject(0) do |_, issue|
+        _ + (issue.notified_users | issue.notified_watchers).size
+      end
+    assert_equal expect_countof_user, actual_countof_mail
+  end
+
   def test_show_without_errors
     import = generate_import_with_mapping
     import.run