diff --git a/resources/images/opml.png b/resources/images/opml.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4457d0b51
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/images/opml.png differ
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.py
index 48404f5c03..d06443e3d6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.py
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ from PyQt4.Qt import (QUrl, QAbstractListModel, Qt, QVariant, QFont)
 from calibre.web.feeds.recipes import compile_recipe, custom_recipes
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import AutomaticNewsRecipe
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.user_profiles_ui import Ui_Dialog
+from calibre.gui2.dialogs.message_box import MessageBox
 from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, question_dialog, open_url, \
                          choose_files, ResizableDialog, NONE, open_local_file
 from calibre.gui2.widgets import PythonHighlighter
 from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
 from calibre.utils.icu import sort_key
+from calibre.utils.opml import OPML
 
 class CustomRecipeModel(QAbstractListModel):
 
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ class UserProfiles(ResizableDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         self.remove_profile_button.clicked[(bool)].connect(self.remove_selected_items)
         self.add_feed_button.clicked[(bool)].connect(self.add_feed)
         self.load_button.clicked[()].connect(self.load)
+        self.opml_button.clicked[()].connect(self.opml_import)
         self.builtin_recipe_button.clicked[()].connect(self.add_builtin_recipe)
         self.share_button.clicked[()].connect(self.share)
         self.show_recipe_files_button.clicked.connect(self.show_recipe_files)
@@ -201,15 +204,20 @@ class UserProfiles(ResizableDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         self.feed_title.setText('')
         self.feed_url.setText('')
 
-    def options_to_profile(self):
+    def options_to_profile(self, **kw):
         classname = 'BasicUserRecipe'+str(int(time.time()))
-        title = unicode(self.profile_title.text()).strip()
+        if 'nr' in kw:
+            classname = classname + str(kw['nr'])
+        title = kw['title'] if 'title' in kw else self.profile_title.text()
+        title = unicode(title).strip()
         if not title:
             title = classname
         self.profile_title.setText(title)
-        oldest_article = self.oldest_article.value()
-        max_articles   = self.max_articles.value()
-        feeds = [i.user_data for i in self.added_feeds.items()]
+        oldest_article = kw['oldest_article'] if 'oldest_article' in kw else self.oldest_article.value()
+        max_articles   = kw['max_articles'] if 'max_articles' in kw else self.max_articles.value()
+        feeds = kw['feeds'] \
+            if 'feeds' in kw \
+            else [i.user_data for i in self.added_feeds.items()]
 
         src = '''\
 class %(classname)s(%(base_class)s):
@@ -346,6 +354,50 @@ class %(classname)s(%(base_class)s):
                 self.model.add(title, profile)
             self.clear()
 
+    def opml_import(self):
+        opml_files = choose_files(self, 'OPML chooser dialog',
+                _('Select OPML file'), filters=[(_('OPML'), ['opml'])] )
+
+        if not opml_files:
+            return
+        
+        opml = OPML(self.oldest_article.value(), self.max_articles.value());
+        for opml_file in opml_files:
+            opml.load(opml_file)
+            outlines = opml.parse()
+            nr = 0
+            for outline in outlines:
+                src, title = self.options_to_profile(**{
+                    'nr':nr,
+                    'title':unicode(outline.get('title')),
+                    'feeds':outline.get('xmlUrl'),
+                    'oldest_article':self.oldest_article.value(),
+                    'max_articles':self.max_articles.value(),
+                })
+
+                try:
+                    compile_recipe(src)
+                except Exception as err:
+                    error_dialog(self, _('Invalid input'),
+                            _('<p>Could not create recipe. Error:<br>%s')%str(err)).exec_()
+                    return
+                profile = src
+                if self._model.has_title(title):
+                    if question_dialog(self, _('Replace recipe?'),
+                        _('A custom recipe named %s already exists. Do you want to '
+                            'replace it?')%title):
+                        self._model.replace_by_title(title, profile)
+                    else:
+                        return
+                else:
+                    self.model.add(title, profile)
+                nr+=1
+        self.clear()
+
+        msg_box = MessageBox(MessageBox.INFO, "Finished", "OPML to Recipe conversion complete", parent=self,
+                    show_copy_button=False)
+        msg_box.exec_()
+
     def populate_options(self, profile):
         self.oldest_article.setValue(profile.oldest_article)
         self.max_articles.setValue(profile.max_articles_per_feed)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.ui
index 1e29477e6c..bde6f7e187 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.ui
@@ -135,6 +135,17 @@
                </property>
               </widget>
              </item>
+             <item>
+              <widget class="QPushButton" name="opml_button">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>&amp;Import from OPML files</string>
+               </property>
+               <property name="icon">
+                <iconset resource="../../../../resources/images.qrc">
+                 <normaloff>:/images/opml.png</normaloff>:/images/opml.png</iconset>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
             </layout>
            </widget>
           </item>
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/opml.py b/src/calibre/utils/opml.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12a95cb889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/opml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+__license__ = 'GPL 3'
+__copyright__ = '2014, Kenny Billiau <kennybilliau@gmail.co'
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
+
+import time
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+class OPML(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, oldest_article = 7, max_articles = 100):
+        self.doc = None # xml document
+        self.outlines = None # parsed outline objects
+        self.oldest_article = oldest_article
+        self.max_articles = max_articles
+
+    def load(self, filename):
+        tree = ET.parse(filename)
+        self.doc = tree.getroot()
+
+    def parse(self):
+        self.outlines = self.doc.findall(u"body/outline")
+
+        for outline in self.outlines: # check for groups
+            #if ('type' not in outline.attrib):
+                feeds = [] # title, url
+                for feed in outline.iter('outline'):
+                    if 'type' in feed.attrib:
+                        feeds.append( (feed.get('title'), feed.get('xmlUrl')) )
+                outline.set('xmlUrl', feeds)
+        
+        return self.outlines
+
+    def import_recipes(self, outlines):
+        nr = 0
+        #recipe_model = CustomRecipeModel(RecipeModel())
+        for outline in outlines:
+            src, title = self.options_to_profile(dict(
+                nr=nr,
+                title=unicode(outline.get('title')),
+                feeds=outline.get('xmlUrl'),
+                oldest_article=self.oldest_article,
+                max_articles=self.max_articles,
+                base_class='AutomaticNewsRecipe'
+            ))
+            try:
+                compile_recipe(src)
+                add_custom_recipe(title, src)
+            except Exception as err:
+                # error dialog should be placed somewhere where it can have a parent
+                # Left it here as this way only failing feeds will silently fail
+                error_dialog(None, _('Invalid input'),
+                    _('<p>Could not create recipe. Error:<br>%s')%str(err)).exec_()
+            nr+=1
+
+            #recipe_model.add(title, src)
+
+
+    def options_to_profile(self, recipe):
+        classname = 'BasicUserRecipe'+str(recipe.get('nr'))+str(int(time.time()))
+        title = recipe.get('title').strip()
+        if not title:
+            title = classname
+        oldest_article = self.oldest_article
+        max_articles   = self.max_articles
+        feeds = recipe.get('feeds')
+
+        src = '''\
+class %(classname)s(%(base_class)s):
+    title          = %(title)s
+    oldest_article = %(oldest_article)d
+    max_articles_per_feed = %(max_articles)d
+    auto_cleanup = True
+
+    feeds          = %(feeds)s
+'''%dict(classname=classname, title=repr(title),
+                 feeds=repr(feeds), oldest_article=oldest_article,
+                 max_articles=max_articles,
+                 base_class='AutomaticNewsRecipe')
+        return src, title
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    opml = OPML();
+    opml.load('/media/sf_Kenny/Downloads/feedly.opml')
+    outlines = opml.parse()
+    print(len(opml.outlines))
+    opml.import_recipes(outlines)
+