diff --git a/drillsrs/cmd/import_.py b/drillsrs/cmd/import_.py
index d65da96..2f5762c 100644
--- a/drillsrs/cmd/import_.py
+++ b/drillsrs/cmd/import_.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import argparse
 import json
 import sys
+import io
 from typing import IO, Any, Optional
 
 from dateutil.parser import parse as parse_date
@@ -9,6 +10,41 @@
 from drillsrs.cmd.command_base import CommandBase
 
 
+def apkg_to_json(filepath: str) -> str:
+    try:
+        from anki_export import ApkgReader
+    except ImportError:
+        print("must install anki_export package")
+        exit()
+    try:
+        from lxml import etree
+    except ImportError:
+        print("must install lxml package")
+        exit()
+    with ApkgReader(filepath) as apkg:
+        temp = apkg.export()
+    temp = temp[list(temp)[0]]
+    ret = {"name": temp[1][3], "description": None, "tags": [], "cards": []}
+    for counter, anki_card in enumerate(temp[1:], start=1):
+        card = {
+            "active": False,
+            "activation_date": None,
+            "tags": [],
+            "user_answers": [],
+        }
+        card["id"] = counter
+        question = etree.HTML(anki_card[0])
+        card["question"] = etree.tostring(question, encoding="unicode", method="text")
+        answer = etree.HTML(anki_card[1])
+        card["answers"] = (
+            [" "]
+            if answer is None
+            else [etree.tostring(answer, encoding="unicode", method="text")]
+        )
+        ret["cards"].append(card)
+    return json.dumps(ret)
+
+
 def _import(handle: IO[Any]) -> None:
     with db.session_scope() as session:
         deck_obj = json.load(handle)
@@ -48,9 +84,7 @@ def _import(handle: IO[Any]) -> None:
                 card.user_answers.append(user_answer)
             if "activation_date" in card_obj:
                 if card_obj["activation_date"]:
-                    card.activation_date = parse_date(
-                        card_obj["activation_date"]
-                    )
+                    card.activation_date = parse_date(card_obj["activation_date"])
             elif card.user_answers:
                 card.activation_date = sorted(
                     card.user_answers, key=lambda ua: ua.date
@@ -70,11 +104,21 @@ def decorate_arg_parser(self, parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
             nargs="?",
             help="path to import from; if omitted, standard input is used",
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--anki",
+            action="store_true",
+            help="import anki deck",
+        )
 
     def run(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         path: Optional[str] = args.path
+        anki: Optional[bool] = args.anki
         if path:
-            with open(path, "r") as handle:
+            if anki:
+                handle = io.StringIO(apkg_to_json(path))
                 _import(handle)
+            else:
+                with open(path, "r") as handle:
+                    _import(handle)
         else:
             _import(sys.stdin)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 55e90dd..2a2d4f5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
     url="https://github.com/rr-/drill",
     packages=find_packages(),
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["drill-srs = drillsrs.__main__:main"]},
-    install_requires=["xdg", "python-dateutil", "sqlalchemy", "jinja2",],
+    install_requires=["xdg", "python-dateutil", "sqlalchemy", "jinja2"],
+    extras_require={
+        "anki": ["lxml", "anki-export"],
+    },
     package_dir={"drillsrs": "drillsrs"},
     package_data={"drillsrs": ["data/*.*"]},
     classifiers=[