diff --git a/osmtm/static/js/project.edit.js b/osmtm/static/js/project.edit.js
index 0645d718..0341bfea 100644
--- a/osmtm/static/js/project.edit.js
+++ b/osmtm/static/js/project.edit.js
@@ -54,6 +54,29 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
   });
 });
 
+// taken from the great GeoJSON.io
+function readAsText(f, callback) {
+  try {
+    var reader = new FileReader();
+    reader.readAsText(f);
+    reader.onload = function(e) {
+      if (e.target && e.target.result) callback(null, e.target.result);
+      else callback({
+        message: droppedFileCouldntBeLoadedI18n
+      });
+    };
+    reader.onerror = function(e) {
+      callback({
+        message: droppedFileWasUnreadableI18n
+      });
+    };
+  } catch (e) {
+    callback({
+      message: droppedFileWasUnreadableI18n
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 function allowedUsersCrtl($scope) {
   $scope.allowed_users = allowed_users;
 
@@ -82,6 +105,51 @@ function allowedUsersCrtl($scope) {
       }
     });
   });
+
+  $('#user_import').click(function() {
+    $('input[name=user_import]').click();
+    return false;
+  });
+
+
+  $('input[name=user_import]').change(function() {
+    function addUserToProject(userToAdd) {
+      $.ajax({
+        url: base_url + 'project/' + project_id + '/user/' + userToAdd,
+        type: 'PUT',
+        success: function(data) {
+          $scope.$apply(function() {
+          allowed_users[data.user.id] = data.user;
+          $scope.allowed_users = allowed_users;
+          });
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    var file = $(this).val();
+    if ((file.substr(-3) == 'txt') || (file.substr(-3) == 'csv')) {
+      readAsText($(this)[0].files[0], function(err, text) {
+        var lines = text.split(/\r\n|\n/);
+        var usersToAdd = [];
+
+        for (var i=0; i<lines.length; i++) {
+          var lineData = lines[i].split(',');
+          for (var j=0; j<lineData.length; j++) {
+            if (lineData[j] != "") {
+              usersToAdd.push(lineData[j]);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        for (var i=0; i<usersToAdd.length; i++) {
+          addUserToProject(usersToAdd[i]);
+        }
+      });
+    } else {
+      alert(pleaseProvideTxtOrCSVFileI18n);
+    }
+    $(this).val('');
+  });
+
 }
 angular.module('allowed_users', []);
 
diff --git a/osmtm/templates/project.edit.mako b/osmtm/templates/project.edit.mako
index 9bcf41b0..8f4c8fcd 100644
--- a/osmtm/templates/project.edit.mako
+++ b/osmtm/templates/project.edit.mako
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 <script type="text/javascript" src="${request.static_url('osmtm:static/js/lib/bootstrap-datepicker.js')}"></script>
 <script>
     var locale_name = "${request.locale_name}";
+    var drawAreaOfInterestI18n = "${_('Draw the area of interest')}";
+    var droppedFileCouldntBeLoadedI18n = "${_('Dropped file could not be loaded')}";
+    var droppedFileWasUnreadableI18n = "${_('Dropped file was unreadable')}";
+    var pleaseProvideTxtOrCSVFileI18n = "${_('Please provide a .txt or a .csv file')}";
 </script>
 
 <%
@@ -394,6 +398,24 @@ geometry = loads(str(project.area.geometry.data))
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col-md-3">
+      <center><h5>${_('or')}</h5></center>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col-md-5">
+      <form id="uploadform" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
+        <input type="file" val="" name="user_import" class="hidden" />
+<%
+      link = '<a id="user_import" data-role="button" class="btn btn-default" rel="tooltip" title="%s">%s</a>' \
+           % (_('Provide a .txt or .csv file of usernames separated by commas or lines.'), _('Import'))
+      text = _('${user_import_link} a <em>txt</em> or <em>csv</em> file of Tasking Manager usernames.', mapping={'user_import_link': link})
+%>
+        ${text|n}
+      </form>
+    </div>
+  </div>
 </div>
 <%
   from osmtm.models import dumps