diff --git a/rattail/commands/__init__.py b/rattail/commands/__init__.py
index c4a2d32c..d5560837 100644
--- a/rattail/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/rattail/commands/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
 #  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
-#  Copyright © 2010-2017 Lance Edgar
+#  Copyright © 2010-2018 Lance Edgar
 #
 #  This file is part of Rattail.
 #
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ Console Commands
 from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
 
 from .core import main, Command, Subcommand, Dump, date_argument, list_argument
-from .importing import ImportSubcommand
+from .importing import ImportSubcommand, ImportFromCSV
diff --git a/rattail/commands/importing.py b/rattail/commands/importing.py
index ce3c9f8d..32b61ba9 100644
--- a/rattail/commands/importing.py
+++ b/rattail/commands/importing.py
@@ -241,6 +241,18 @@ class ImportSubcommand(Subcommand):
             log.info("transaction was committed")
 
 
+class ImportFromCSV(ImportSubcommand):
+    """
+    Generic base class for commands which import from a CSV file.
+    """
+
+    def add_parser_args(self, parser):
+        super(ImportFromCSV, self).add_parser_args(parser)
+
+        parser.add_argument('--source-csv', metavar='PATH', required=True,
+                            help="Path to CSV file to be used as data source.")
+
+
 class ExportRattail(ImportSubcommand):
     """
     Export data to another Rattail database
diff --git a/rattail/importing/__init__.py b/rattail/importing/__init__.py
index 313c68fd..860e0e4a 100644
--- a/rattail/importing/__init__.py
+++ b/rattail/importing/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
 ################################################################################
 #
 #  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
-#  Copyright © 2010-2017 Lance Edgar
+#  Copyright © 2010-2018 Lance Edgar
 #
 #  This file is part of Rattail.
 #
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Data Importing Framework
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
 
-from .importers import Importer, FromQuery, FromDjango, BatchImporter, BulkImporter
+from .importers import Importer, FromCSV, FromQuery, FromDjango, BatchImporter, BulkImporter
 from .sqlalchemy import FromSQLAlchemy, ToSQLAlchemy
 from .postgresql import BulkToPostgreSQL
 from .handlers import ImportHandler, BulkImportHandler, FromSQLAlchemyHandler, ToSQLAlchemyHandler
diff --git a/rattail/importing/importers.py b/rattail/importing/importers.py
index f7eeeeb8..a1f1a095 100644
--- a/rattail/importing/importers.py
+++ b/rattail/importing/importers.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from rattail.db import cache
 from rattail.db.util import QuerySequence
 from rattail.time import make_utc
 from rattail.util import data_diffs, progress_loop, OrderedDict
+from rattail.csvutil import UnicodeDictReader
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -144,6 +145,11 @@ class Importer(object):
         Perform any setup necessary, e.g. cache lookups for existing data.
         """
 
+    def datasync_setup(self):
+        """
+        Perform any setup necessary, in the context of a datasync job.
+        """
+
     def teardown(self):
         """
         Perform any cleanup after import, if necessary.
@@ -563,6 +569,29 @@ class Importer(object):
                 data[field], data[field2] = data[field2], None
 
 
+class FromCSV(Importer):
+    """
+    Generic base class for importers whose data source is a CSV file.
+    """
+
+    def setup(self):
+        if not hasattr(self, 'source_csv_path'):
+            if hasattr(self, 'args') and hasattr(self.args, 'source_csv'):
+                self.source_csv_path = self.args.source_csv
+
+    def get_host_objects(self):
+        if six.PY3:
+            source_csv_file = open(self.source_csv_path, 'rt', encoding='latin_1')
+            reader = UnicodeDictReader(source_csv_file)
+        else:
+            source_csv_file = open(self.source_csv_path, 'rb')
+            reader = UnicodeDictReader(source_csv_file, 'latin_1')
+
+        objects = list(reader)
+        source_csv_file.close()
+        return objects
+
+
 class FromQuery(Importer):
     """
     Generic base class for importers whose raw external data source is a