diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 2e289a3..54fc025 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@
   revision = "b5e8006cbee93ec955a89ab31e0e3ce3204f3736"
   version = "v1.0.2"
 
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/vetinari/ldif"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "2a83f6d395431fb91033fc94648b51d61eb8a51d"
+
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
   name = "golang.org/x/sys"
@@ -127,6 +133,6 @@
 [solve-meta]
   analyzer-name = "dep"
   analyzer-version = 1
-  inputs-digest = "f8e69db90fe3209c5c8054779e7a7719beee8090ee5d5c690d8f1bb96ff940c3"
+  inputs-digest = "1ec167dd8928fc2b65331156073a8bf55130cb0524f594653a9a10f633458e46"
   solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
   solver-version = 1
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index 52dbdff..c6d6edd 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -40,3 +40,7 @@
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/spf13/viper"
   version = "1.0.2"
+
+[[constraint]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/vetinari/ldif"
diff --git a/cmd/ldif/init.go b/cmd/ldif/init.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e042a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/ldif/init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package ldif
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	ldif "github.com/vetinari/ldif"
+	ldap "gopkg.in/ldap.v2"
+)
+
+var (
+	// ldif subcommand arguments
+	flagLdifFilePath string
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// define ldif command flags
+	LdifCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&flagLdifFilePath, "file_path", "f", "", "LDIF file to import")
+}
+
+// define ldif subcommand
+var LdifCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "ldif",
+	Short: "Import an LDIF file",
+	Long:  `Import an LDIF file to your directory.`,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		// create new LDAP connection
+		l, err := ldap.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", viper.GetString("host"), viper.GetInt("port")))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		defer l.Close()
+
+		// bind as the admin user
+		err = l.Bind(viper.GetString("bind_dn"), viper.GetString("bind_pw"))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		// read LDIF file to bytes
+		ldifBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(flagLdifFilePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		// convert bytes to string
+		ldifText := string(ldifBytes)
+
+		// parse ldif text
+		ldifParse, err := ldif.Parse(ldifText)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		// let the user know how many entries we found in the LDIF
+		fmt.Printf("I found %d entries in the LDIF file.\n", len(ldifParse.Entries))
+
+		// loop through each entry
+		for _, entryWrap := range ldifParse.Entries {
+			// grab the entry
+			entry := entryWrap.Entry
+
+			// grab the entry DN
+			entryDn := entry.DN
+
+			// create a new LDAP add request
+			addRequest := ldap.NewAddRequest(entryDn)
+
+			// loop through and add the entry attributes
+			for _, entryAttr := range entry.Attributes {
+				addRequest.Attribute(entryAttr.Name, entryAttr.Values)
+			}
+
+			// let the user know what is currently being added
+			fmt.Printf("I am adding %s right now.\n", entryDn)
+
+			// perform the add operation
+			err = l.Add(addRequest)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		}
+	},
+}
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 3bd534f..4b9c089 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
 	"git.metaunix.net/metaunix.net/muldap/cmd/group"
+	"git.metaunix.net/metaunix.net/muldap/cmd/ldif"
 	"git.metaunix.net/metaunix.net/muldap/cmd/user"
 )
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ func init() {
 	viper.BindPFlag("port", rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("port"))
 
 	// register commands
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(group.GroupCmd, user.UserCmd, searchCmd, setupCmd, versionCmd)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(group.GroupCmd, ldif.LdifCmd, user.UserCmd, searchCmd, setupCmd, versionCmd)
 }
 
 // define root command