diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/android/calendar/ImportActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/android/calendar/ImportActivity.java
index fa89b44579..c55f31c6fc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/android/calendar/ImportActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/android/calendar/ImportActivity.java
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ private void parseCalFile() {
                 IcalendarUtils.uncleanseString(firstEvent.getProperty(VEvent.URL)));
         calIntent.putExtra(CalendarContract.Events.ORGANIZER,
                 IcalendarUtils.uncleanseString(firstEvent.getProperty(VEvent.ORGANIZER)));
+        calIntent.putExtra(CalendarContract.Events.RRULE,
+                IcalendarUtils.uncleanseString(firstEvent.getProperty(VEvent.RRULE)));
 
         if (firstEvent.mAttendees.size() > 0) {
             StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/android/calendar/icalendar/VEvent.java b/app/src/main/java/com/android/calendar/icalendar/VEvent.java
index 6027a5b76b..09d3b7f92e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/android/calendar/icalendar/VEvent.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/android/calendar/icalendar/VEvent.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class VEvent {
     public static String DESCRIPTION = "DESCRIPTION";
     public static String ATTENDEE = "ATTENDEE";
     public static String CATEGORIES = "CATEGORIES";
+    public static String RRULE = "RRULE";
 
     // Stores the -arity of the attributes that this component can have
     private static HashMap<String, Integer> sPropertyList = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ public class VEvent {
         sPropertyList.put(DTSTAMP,1);
         sPropertyList.put(SUMMARY,1);
         sPropertyList.put(DESCRIPTION,1);
+        sPropertyList.put(RRULE, 1);
 
         sPropertyList.put(ATTENDEE, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
         sPropertyList.put(CATEGORIES, Integer.MAX_VALUE);