diff --git a/src/basic_api.cc b/src/basic_api.cc
index 46ef3d8..d640f5e 100644
--- a/src/basic_api.cc
+++ b/src/basic_api.cc
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ namespace pEp {
             _throw_status(status);
         }
         
-        void key_reset_trust(Identity ident) {
+        void key_reset_trust(Identity ident)
+        {
             if (ident.fpr() == "")
                 throw invalid_argument("address needed");
             if (ident.address() == "")
@@ -94,6 +95,25 @@ namespace pEp {
             PEP_STATUS status = key_reset_trust(adapter.session(), ident);
             _throw_status(status);
         }
+
+        boost::python::list import_key(string key_data)
+        {
+            ::identity_list *private_keys = NULL;
+            PEP_STATUS status = ::import_key(adapter.session(), key_data.c_str(), key_data.size(), &private_keys);
+            if (status && status != PEP_KEY_IMPORTED)
+                _throw_status(status);
+
+            auto result = boost::python::list();
+            for (::identity_list *il = private_keys; il && il->ident; il=il->next) {
+                ::pEp_identity *ident = ::identity_dup(il->ident);
+                if (!ident)
+                    throw bad_alloc();
+                result.append(Identity(ident));
+                il = il->next;
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/basic_api.hh b/src/basic_api.hh
index e5281b7..57cd94c 100644
--- a/src/basic_api.hh
+++ b/src/basic_api.hh
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ namespace pEp {
         void unset_identity_flags(Identity ident, identity_flags_t flags);
 
         void key_reset_trust(Identity ident);
+
+        boost::python::list import_key(string key_data);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pEpmodule.cc b/src/pEpmodule.cc
index 2d6c26d..f9b6d3c 100644
--- a/src/pEpmodule.cc
+++ b/src/pEpmodule.cc
@@ -393,6 +393,12 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(pEp)
             "its accompanying key/user_id pair\n"
         );
 
+    def("import_key", &pEp::PythonAdapter::import_key,
+            "private_key_list = import_key(key_data)\n"
+            "\n"
+            "import key(s) from key_data\n"
+        );
+
     // message API
 
     enum_<PEP_rating>("PEP_rating")