diff --git a/etc/rally.bash_completion b/etc/rally.bash_completion
index da510677..76a0e502 100644
--- a/etc/rally.bash_completion
+++ b/etc/rally.bash_completion
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ _rally()
     OPTS["task_delete"]="--force --uuid"
     OPTS["task_detailed"]="--uuid --iterations-data"
     OPTS["task_export"]="--uuid --connection"
+    OPTS["task_import"]="--file --deployment --tag"
     OPTS["task_list"]="--deployment --all-deployments --status --uuids-only"
     OPTS["task_report"]="--tasks --out --open --html --html-static --junit"
     OPTS["task_results"]="--uuid"
diff --git a/tests/ci/rally_gate_functions.sh b/tests/ci/rally_gate_functions.sh
index 98b749db..69e28a5e 100644
--- a/tests/ci/rally_gate_functions.sh
+++ b/tests/ci/rally_gate_functions.sh
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ function run () {
     cp $TASK rally-plot/task.txt
     tar -czf rally-plot/plugins.tar.gz -C $RALLY_PLUGINS_DIR .
     rally task results | python -m json.tool > rally-plot/results.json
+    rally task import --file rally-plot/results.json
     gzip -9 rally-plot/results.json
     rally task detailed > rally-plot/detailed.txt
     gzip -9 rally-plot/detailed.txt
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_cli_task.py b/tests/functional/test_cli_task.py
index 9db44d54..5d261637 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_cli_task.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_cli_task.py
@@ -171,6 +171,20 @@ class TaskTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(utils.RallyCliError,
                           rally, "task results --uuid %s" % FAKE_TASK_UUID)
 
+    def test_import_results(self):
+        rally = utils.Rally()
+        cfg = self._get_sample_task_config()
+        config = utils.TaskConfig(cfg)
+        rally("task start --task %s" % config.filename)
+        json_report = rally.gen_report_path(extension="json")
+        with open(json_report, "w+") as f:
+            f.write(rally("task results"))
+        import_print = rally("task import --file %s" % json_report)
+        self.assertIn("successfully", import_print)
+        task_uuid = re.search("UUID:\s([a-z0-9\-]+)", import_print).group(1)
+        self.assertIn("Dummy.dummy_random_fail_in_atomic",
+                      rally("task results --uuid %s" % task_uuid))
+
     def test_abort_with_wrong_task_id(self):
         rally = utils.Rally()
         self.assertRaises(utils.RallyCliError,