diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/AssetPackage.pm b/lib/WebGUI/AssetPackage.pm
index abeac83d4..eb718386a 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/AssetPackage.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/AssetPackage.pm
@@ -357,7 +357,10 @@ sub www_importPackage {
 
 	my $error = "";
 	if ($storage->getFileExtension($storage->getFiles->[0]) eq "wgpkg") {
-		$error = $self->importPackage($storage, {inheritPermissions => $inheritPermissions});
+		$error = $self->importPackage($storage, {
+			inheritPermissions => $inheritPermissions,
+			clearPackageFlag   => $self->session->form->process('clearPackageFlag'),
+		});
 	}
 	if (!blessed $error) {
 		my $i18n = WebGUI::International->new($self->session, "Asset");
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Content/AssetManager.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Content/AssetManager.pm
index 5b94b66c6..d2e9c2a90 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Content/AssetManager.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Content/AssetManager.pm
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ EOHTML
         . WebGUI::Form::hidden($session, {name=>"func", value=>"importPackage"})
         . '<div><input type="file" name="packageFile" size="30" style="font-size: 10px;" /></div>'
         . '<div style="font-size: 10px">'
+        . WebGUI::Form::checkbox($session, { label => $i18n->get('clear package flag'), checked => 0, name => 'clearPackageFlag', value => 1 })
+        . '<br />'
         . WebGUI::Form::checkbox($session, { label => $i18n->get('inherit parent permissions'), checked => 1, name => 'inheritPermissions', value => 1 })
         . ' &nbsp; ' .  WebGUI::Form::submit($session, { value=>$i18n->get("import"), 'extras' => ' ' })
         . '</div>'
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset.pm b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset.pm
index 184bfaa04..7325b7630 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset.pm
@@ -1271,6 +1271,12 @@ Couldn't open %-s because %-s <br />
         context     => q{Error message in Asset.pm},
     },
 
+    'clear package flag' => {
+        message     => q{Clear package flag},
+        lastUpdate  => 1275419384,
+        context     => q{Package import option in admin console},
+    },
+
     'need a userId parameter' => {
         message     => q{need a userId parameter},
         lastUpdated => 0,