diff --git a/dvc/command/imp.py b/dvc/command/imp.py
index 524f28849..d55b98858 100644
--- a/dvc/command/imp.py
+++ b/dvc/command/imp.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class CmdImport(CmdBase):
                 self.args.url,
                 self.args.path,
                 out=self.args.out,
+                fname=self.args.file,
                 rev=self.args.rev,
             )
         except DvcException:
@@ -59,4 +60,9 @@ def add_parser(subparsers, parent_parser):
         help="Git revision (e.g. SHA, branch, tag)",
         metavar="<commit>",
     )
+    import_parser.add_argument(
+        "--file",
+        help="Specify name of the DVC-file this command will generate.",
+        metavar="<filename>",
+    )
     import_parser.set_defaults(func=CmdImport)
diff --git a/dvc/repo/imp.py b/dvc/repo/imp.py
index 8b69841df..0b67ab6bb 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/imp.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/imp.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-def imp(self, url, path, out=None, rev=None):
+def imp(self, url, path, out=None, fname=None, rev=None):
     erepo = {"url": url}
     if rev is not None:
         erepo["rev"] = rev
 
-    return self.imp_url(path, out=out, erepo=erepo, frozen=True)
+    return self.imp_url(path, out=out, fname=fname, erepo=erepo, frozen=True)
diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_imp.py b/tests/unit/command/test_imp.py
index f149ee5dc..bf87e9824 100644
--- a/tests/unit/command/test_imp.py
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_imp.py
@@ -4,7 +4,17 @@ from dvc.command.imp import CmdImport
 
 def test_import(mocker):
     cli_args = parse_args(
-        ["import", "repo_url", "src", "--out", "out", "--rev", "version"]
+        [
+            "import",
+            "repo_url",
+            "src",
+            "--out",
+            "out",
+            "--file",
+            "file",
+            "--rev",
+            "version",
+        ]
     )
     assert cli_args.func == CmdImport
 
@@ -13,4 +23,6 @@ def test_import(mocker):
 
     assert cmd.run() == 0
 
-    m.assert_called_once_with("repo_url", path="src", out="out", rev="version")
+    m.assert_called_once_with(
+        "repo_url", path="src", out="out", fname="file", rev="version"
+    )