diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b7309454..7335e198 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.24.0 (unrelease)
 
  * Add information about designated revocation keys.  [T7118]
 
+ * New context flag "import-options".  [#7152]
+
  * cpp: Provide information about designated revocation keys for a Key.
    [T7118]
 
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.24.0 (unrelease)
  GPGME_SIG_MODE_FILE                     NEW.
  gpgme_key_t                             EXTENDED: New field 'revkeys'.
  gpgme_revocation_key_t                  NEW.
+ gpgme_set_ctx_flag                      EXTENDED: New flag 'import-options'.
  cpp: Context::EncryptFile               NEW.
  cpp: SignatureMode::SignFile            NEW.
  cpp: RevocationKey                      NEW.
diff --git a/doc/gpgme.texi b/doc/gpgme.texi
index 45dc9e9b..b2bf6f8c 100644
--- a/doc/gpgme.texi
+++ b/doc/gpgme.texi
@@ -3279,6 +3279,12 @@ The string given in @var{value} is passed to the GnuPG engine to use as
 filter when importing keys.  Valid values are documented in the GnuPG
 manual and the gpg man page under the option @option{--import-filter}.
 
+@item "import-options"
+@since{1.24.0}
+The string given in @var{value} is passed to the GnuPG engine to use as
+options when importing keys.  Valid values are documented in the GnuPG
+manual and the gpg man page under the option @option{--import-options}.
+
 @item "no-auto-check-trustdb"
 @since{1.19.0}
 Setting the @var{value} to "1" forces the GPG backend to disable the
diff --git a/src/context.h b/src/context.h
index 7a1b9ada..454625e7 100644
--- a/src/context.h
+++ b/src/context.h
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ struct gpgme_context
   /* The optional import filter.  */
   char *import_filter;
 
+  /* The optional import options.  */
+  char *import_options;
+
   /* The operation data hooked into the context.  */
   ctx_op_data_t op_data;
 
diff --git a/src/engine-backend.h b/src/engine-backend.h
index 850ffaa9..8c98e5a3 100644
--- a/src/engine-backend.h
+++ b/src/engine-backend.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct engine_ops
                            gpgme_key_t *keyarray,
                            const char *keyids[],
                            const char *import_filter,
+                           const char *import_options,
                            const char *key_origin);
   gpgme_error_t (*keylist) (void *engine, const char *pattern,
 			    int secret_only, gpgme_keylist_mode_t mode);
diff --git a/src/engine-gpg.c b/src/engine-gpg.c
index fd7064b5..376dad0a 100644
--- a/src/engine-gpg.c
+++ b/src/engine-gpg.c
@@ -3075,7 +3075,7 @@ string_from_data (gpgme_data_t data, int delim,
 static gpgme_error_t
 gpg_import (void *engine, gpgme_data_t keydata, gpgme_key_t *keyarray,
             const char *keyids[], const char *import_filter,
-            const char *key_origin)
+            const char *import_options, const char *key_origin)
 {
   engine_gpg_t gpg = engine;
   gpgme_error_t err;
@@ -3090,6 +3090,12 @@ gpg_import (void *engine, gpgme_data_t keydata, gpgme_key_t *keyarray,
   if (keyids)
     {
       err = add_arg (gpg, "--recv-keys");
+      if (!err && import_options)
+        {
+          err = add_arg (gpg, "--import-options");
+          if (!err)
+            err = add_arg (gpg, import_options);
+        }
       if (!err && import_filter && have_gpg_version (gpg, "2.1.14"))
         {
           err = add_arg (gpg, "--import-filter");
@@ -3104,6 +3110,12 @@ gpg_import (void *engine, gpgme_data_t keydata, gpgme_key_t *keyarray,
   else if (keyarray)
     {
       err = add_arg (gpg, "--recv-keys");
+      if (!err && import_options)
+        {
+          err = add_arg (gpg, "--import-options");
+          if (!err)
+            err = add_arg (gpg, import_options);
+        }
       if (!err && import_filter && have_gpg_version (gpg, "2.1.14"))
         {
           err = add_arg (gpg, "--import-filter");
@@ -3141,6 +3153,12 @@ gpg_import (void *engine, gpgme_data_t keydata, gpgme_key_t *keyarray,
          should use an option to gpg to modify such commands (ala
          --multifile).  */
       err = add_arg (gpg, "--fetch-keys");
+      if (!err && import_options)
+        {
+          err = add_arg (gpg, "--import-options");
+          if (!err)
+            err = add_arg (gpg, import_options);
+        }
       if (!err && import_filter && have_gpg_version (gpg, "2.1.14"))
         {
           err = add_arg (gpg, "--import-filter");
@@ -3165,6 +3183,12 @@ gpg_import (void *engine, gpgme_data_t keydata, gpgme_key_t *keyarray,
   else
     {
       err = add_arg (gpg, "--import");
+      if (!err && import_options)
+        {
+          err = add_arg (gpg, "--import-options");
+          if (!err)
+            err = add_arg (gpg, import_options);
+        }
       if (!err && import_filter && have_gpg_version (gpg, "2.1.14"))
         {
           err = add_arg (gpg, "--import-filter");
diff --git a/src/engine-gpgsm.c b/src/engine-gpgsm.c
index fa89ae3f..8ee29de8 100644
--- a/src/engine-gpgsm.c
+++ b/src/engine-gpgsm.c
@@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@ gpgsm_genkey (void *engine,
 static gpgme_error_t
 gpgsm_import (void *engine, gpgme_data_t keydata, gpgme_key_t *keyarray,
               const char *keyids[], const char *import_filter,
-              const char *key_origin)
+              const char *import_options, const char *key_origin)
 {
   engine_gpgsm_t gpgsm = engine;
   gpgme_error_t err;
@@ -1803,6 +1803,7 @@ gpgsm_import (void *engine, gpgme_data_t keydata, gpgme_key_t *keyarray,
   int idx;
 
   (void)import_filter;
+  (void)import_options;
   (void)key_origin;
 
   if (!gpgsm)
diff --git a/src/engine.c b/src/engine.c
index 252d8805..f1efdf34 100644
--- a/src/engine.c
+++ b/src/engine.c
@@ -858,7 +858,8 @@ _gpgme_engine_op_tofu_policy (engine_t engine,
 gpgme_error_t
 _gpgme_engine_op_import (engine_t engine, gpgme_data_t keydata,
                          gpgme_key_t *keyarray, const char *keyids[],
-                         const char *import_filter, const char *key_origin)
+                         const char *import_filter, const char *import_options,
+                         const char *key_origin)
 {
   if (!engine)
     return gpg_error (GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE);
@@ -867,7 +868,7 @@ _gpgme_engine_op_import (engine_t engine, gpgme_data_t keydata,
     return gpg_error (GPG_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
 
   return (*engine->ops->import) (engine->engine, keydata, keyarray, keyids,
-                                 import_filter, key_origin);
+                                 import_filter, import_options, key_origin);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/engine.h b/src/engine.h
index 654deddf..ae57cbed 100644
--- a/src/engine.h
+++ b/src/engine.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ gpgme_error_t _gpgme_engine_op_import (engine_t engine,
                                        gpgme_key_t *keyarray,
                                        const char *keyids[],
                                        const char *import_filter,
+                                       const char *import_options,
                                        const char *key_origin);
 gpgme_error_t _gpgme_engine_op_keylist (engine_t engine,
 					const char *pattern,
diff --git a/src/gpgme.c b/src/gpgme.c
index 135a75a7..f6d7f38d 100644
--- a/src/gpgme.c
+++ b/src/gpgme.c
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ gpgme_release (gpgme_ctx_t ctx)
   free (ctx->cert_expire);
   free (ctx->key_origin);
   free (ctx->import_filter);
+  free (ctx->import_options);
   _gpgme_engine_info_release (ctx->engine_info);
   ctx->engine_info = NULL;
   DESTROY_LOCK (ctx->lock);
@@ -607,6 +608,13 @@ gpgme_set_ctx_flag (gpgme_ctx_t ctx, const char *name, const char *value)
       if (!ctx->import_filter)
         err = gpg_error_from_syserror ();
     }
+  else if (!strcmp (name, "import-options"))
+    {
+      free (ctx->import_options);
+      ctx->import_options = strdup (value);
+      if (!ctx->import_options)
+        err = gpg_error_from_syserror ();
+    }
   else if (!strcmp (name, "no-auto-check-trustdb"))
     {
       ctx->no_auto_check_trustdb = abool;
@@ -692,6 +700,10 @@ gpgme_get_ctx_flag (gpgme_ctx_t ctx, const char *name)
     {
       return ctx->import_filter? ctx->import_filter : "";
     }
+  else if (!strcmp (name, "import-options"))
+    {
+      return ctx->import_options? ctx->import_options : "";
+    }
   else if (!strcmp (name, "no-auto-check-trustdb"))
     {
       return ctx->no_auto_check_trustdb? "1":"";
diff --git a/src/import.c b/src/import.c
index f288a811..d8c9adcb 100644
--- a/src/import.c
+++ b/src/import.c
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ _gpgme_op_import_start (gpgme_ctx_t ctx, int synchronous, gpgme_data_t keydata)
                                     ctx);
 
   return _gpgme_engine_op_import (ctx->engine, keydata, NULL, NULL,
-                                  ctx->import_filter, ctx->key_origin);
+                                  ctx->import_filter, ctx->import_options,
+                                  ctx->key_origin);
 }
 
 
@@ -448,7 +449,8 @@ _gpgme_op_import_keys_start (gpgme_ctx_t ctx, int synchronous,
                                     ctx);
 
   return _gpgme_engine_op_import (ctx->engine, NULL, keys, NULL,
-                                  ctx->import_filter, ctx->key_origin);
+                                  ctx->import_filter, ctx->import_options,
+                                  ctx->key_origin);
 }
 
 
@@ -541,7 +543,8 @@ _gpgme_op_receive_keys_start (gpgme_ctx_t ctx, int synchronous, const char *keyi
                                     ctx);
 
   return _gpgme_engine_op_import (ctx->engine, NULL, NULL, keyids,
-                                  ctx->import_filter, ctx->key_origin);
+                                  ctx->import_filter, ctx->import_options,
+                                  ctx->key_origin);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/run-import.c b/tests/run-import.c
index b0320ef8..0e9a300f 100644
--- a/tests/run-import.c
+++ b/tests/run-import.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ show_usage (int ex)
          "  --cms            use the CMS protocol\n"
          "  --offline        use offline mode\n"
          "  --key-origin     use the specified key origin\n"
+         "  --import-options use the specified import options\n"
          "  --url            import from given URLs\n"
          "  -0               URLs are delimited by a nul\n"
          , stderr);
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   gpgme_import_result_t impres;
   gpgme_data_t data;
   gpgme_protocol_t protocol = GPGME_PROTOCOL_OpenPGP;
+  char *import_options = NULL;
   char *import_filter = NULL;
   char *key_origin = NULL;
   int offline = 0;
@@ -106,6 +108,14 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
           protocol = GPGME_PROTOCOL_CMS;
           argc--; argv++;
         }
+      else if (!strcmp (*argv, "--import-options"))
+        {
+          argc--; argv++;
+          if (!argc)
+            show_usage (1);
+          import_options = strdup (*argv);
+          argc--; argv++;
+        }
       else if (!strcmp (*argv, "--import-filter"))
         {
           argc--; argv++;
@@ -143,6 +153,11 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   gpgme_set_offline (ctx, offline);
 
+  if (import_options)
+    {
+      err = gpgme_set_ctx_flag (ctx, "import-options", import_options);
+      fail_if_err (err);
+    }
   if (import_filter)
     {
       err = gpgme_set_ctx_flag (ctx, "import-filter", import_filter);