diff --git a/anki/importing/__init__.py b/anki/importing/__init__.py
index ccec99873..d6dd7ed13 100644
--- a/anki/importing/__init__.py
+++ b/anki/importing/__init__.py
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
 # License: GNU AGPL, version 3 or later; http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html
 
 from anki.importing.csvfile import TextImporter
+from anki.importing.apkg import AnkiPackageImporter
 from anki.importing.anki2 import Anki2Importer
 from anki.importing.anki1 import Anki1Importer
 from anki.importing.supermemo_xml import SupermemoXmlImporter
 from anki.lang import _
 
 Importers = (
-    (_("Text separated by tabs or semicolons (*.txt,*.csv)"), TextImporter),
-    (_("Anki 2.0 Collection (*.anki2)"), Anki2Importer),
+    (_("Text separated by tabs or semicolons (*)"), TextImporter),
+    (_("Packaged Anki Deck (*.apkg)"), AnkiPackageImporter),
     (_("Anki 1.2 Deck (*.anki)"), Anki1Importer),
     (_("Supermemo XML export (*.xml)"), SupermemoXmlImporter),
     )
diff --git a/anki/importing/apkg.py b/anki/importing/apkg.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af0bdd7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/anki/importing/apkg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright: Damien Elmes <anki@ichi2.net>
+# License: GNU AGPL, version 3 or later; http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html
+
+import zipfile
+from anki.utils import tmpfile
+from anki.importing.anki2 import Anki2Importer
+
+class AnkiPackageImporter(Anki2Importer):
+
+    def run(self):
+        # extract the deck from the zip file
+        z = zipfile.ZipFile(self.file)
+        f = z.open("collection.anki2")
+        colpath = tmpfile(suffix=".anki2")
+        open(colpath, "w").write(f.read())
+        # pass it to the anki2 importer
+        self.file = colpath
+        Anki2Importer.run(self)
diff --git a/anki/importing/base.py b/anki/importing/base.py
index 6688e5339..8fd8a44a2 100644
--- a/anki/importing/base.py
+++ b/anki/importing/base.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from anki.utils import intTime, maxID
 class Importer(object):
 
     needMapper = False
+    needDelimiter = False
 
     def __init__(self, col, file):
         self.file = file