diff --git a/lib/vagrant/actions/import.rb b/lib/vagrant/actions/import.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6406e56c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/actions/import.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module Vagrant
+  module Actions
+    class Import < Base
+      def execute!
+        logger.info "Importing base VM (#{Vagrant.config[:vm][:base]})..."
+        @vm.vm = VirtualBox::VM.import(File.expand_path(Vagrant.config[:vm][:base]))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index ffe38f2fe..000a60413 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ require 'contest'
 require 'mocha'
 
 class Test::Unit::TestCase
+  # Clears the previous config and sets up the new config
   def mock_config
     Vagrant::Config.instance_variable_set(:@config_runners, nil)
     Vagrant::Config.instance_variable_set(:@config, nil)
@@ -45,4 +46,15 @@ class Test::Unit::TestCase
 
     Vagrant::Config.execute!
   end
+
+  # Sets up the mocks and instantiates an action for testing
+  def mock_action(action_klass)
+    @vm = mock("vboxvm")
+    @mock_vm = mock("vm")
+    @mock_vm.stubs(:vm).returns(@vm)
+    @mock_vm.stubs(:vm=)
+    @action = action_klass.new(@mock_vm)
+
+    [@mock_vm, @vm, @action]
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/actions/import_test.rb b/test/vagrant/actions/import_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff1dab465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vagrant/actions/import_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'test_helper')
+
+class ImportActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  setup do
+    @mock_vm, @vm, @import = mock_action(Vagrant::Actions::Import)
+
+    VirtualBox::VM.stubs(:import)
+  end
+
+  should "call import on VirtualBox::VM with the proper base" do
+    VirtualBox::VM.expects(:import).once
+    @import.execute!
+  end
+
+  should "set the resulting VM as the VM of the Vagrant VM object" do
+    new_vm = mock("new_vm")
+    @mock_vm.expects(:vm=).with(new_vm).once
+    VirtualBox::VM.expects(:import).returns(new_vm)
+    @import.execute!
+  end
+end