diff --git a/src/com/android/calendar/ImportActivity.java b/src/com/android/calendar/ImportActivity.java
index e8f6bc098bc4a87e419585ad285f53888853634e..d305a009fdd7d167d165190ee4d9a48f91684140 100644
--- a/src/com/android/calendar/ImportActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/calendar/ImportActivity.java
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ public class ImportActivity extends Activity {
                 IcalendarUtils.uncleanseString(firstEvent.getProperty(VEvent.DESCRIPTION)));
         calIntent.putExtra(CalendarContract.Events.ORGANIZER,
                 IcalendarUtils.uncleanseString(firstEvent.getProperty(VEvent.ORGANIZER)));
+        calIntent.putExtra(CalendarContract.Events.RRULE,
+                IcalendarUtils.uncleanseString(firstEvent.getProperty(VEvent.RRULE)));
 
         if (firstEvent.mAttendees.size() > 0) {
             StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/src/com/android/calendar/icalendar/VEvent.java b/src/com/android/calendar/icalendar/VEvent.java
index 5098b771780445d42072143c4b2064fdb767661c..1bef91cd2ff27d8cee645be236a58b088603807b 100644
--- a/src/com/android/calendar/icalendar/VEvent.java
+++ b/src/com/android/calendar/icalendar/VEvent.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class VEvent {
     public static String DESCRIPTION = "DESCRIPTION";
     public static String ATTENDEE = "ATTENDEE";
     public static String CATEGORIES = "CATEGORIES";
+    public static String RRULE = "RRULE"; // Recurrence rule, example: FREQ=WEEKLY;COUNT=10;BYDAY=MO
 
     // Stores the -arity of the attributes that this component can have
     private static HashMap<String, Integer> sPropertyList = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
@@ -66,10 +67,10 @@ public class VEvent {
         sPropertyList.put(DTSTAMP,1);
         sPropertyList.put(SUMMARY,1);
         sPropertyList.put(DESCRIPTION,1);
-
         sPropertyList.put(ATTENDEE, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
         sPropertyList.put(CATEGORIES, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
         sPropertyList.put(CATEGORIES, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+        sPropertyList.put(RRULE, 1);
     }
 
     // Stores attributes and their corresponding values belonging to the Event component