diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b5f288a..0a337874 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Changelog #
 
-
 ## 2.1.0 Ursus Americanus (2016-05-03)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/taiga/export_import/api.py b/taiga/export_import/api.py
index a8a1dddd..d8453ad5 100644
--- a/taiga/export_import/api.py
+++ b/taiga/export_import/api.py
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ class ProjectImporterViewSet(mixins.ImportThrottlingPolicyMixin, CreateModelMixi
         if not dump:
             raise exc.WrongArguments(_("Needed dump file"))
 
+        if dump.content_type == "application/gzip":
+            dump = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=dump)
+
         reader = codecs.getreader("utf-8")
 
         try: