diff --git a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/bulkfilesystemimport/ui.get.html.ftl b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/bulkfilesystemimport/ui.get.html.ftl
index c56de0568b..659ef4c20a 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/bulkfilesystemimport/ui.get.html.ftl
+++ b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/bulkfilesystemimport/ui.get.html.ftl
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
         <tr>
           <td colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td><label for="disableRules">Disable rules:</label></td><td><input type="checkbox" id="disableRules" name="disableRules" value="disableRules" unchecked/> (unchecked means rules are enabled during the import)</td><td></td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td><label for="replaceExisting">Replace existing files:</label></td><td><input type="checkbox" id="replaceExisting" name="replaceExisting" value="replaceExisting" unchecked/> (unchecked means skip files that already exist in the repository)</td><td></td>
         </tr>
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bulkimport/AbstractBulkFileSystemImportWebScript.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bulkimport/AbstractBulkFileSystemImportWebScript.java
index 05fac888b1..371c940483 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bulkimport/AbstractBulkFileSystemImportWebScript.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bulkimport/AbstractBulkFileSystemImportWebScript.java
@@ -30,11 +30,14 @@ import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Date;
 
+import org.alfresco.repo.bulkimport.BulkFilesystemImporter;
 import org.alfresco.repo.model.Repository;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.model.FileFolderService;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.model.FileInfo;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.model.FileNotFoundException;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript;
 import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptException;
 
@@ -43,6 +46,8 @@ import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptException;
  */
 public class AbstractBulkFileSystemImportWebScript extends DeclarativeWebScript
 {
+    protected static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(BulkFilesystemImporter.class);
+    
     protected static final String WEB_SCRIPT_URI_BULK_FILESYSTEM_IMPORT_STATUS = "/bulk/import/filesystem/status";
     
 	protected static final String PARAMETER_TARGET_NODEREF = "targetNodeRef";
@@ -55,13 +60,15 @@ public class AbstractBulkFileSystemImportWebScript extends DeclarativeWebScript
 	protected static final String PARAMETER_REPLACE_EXISTING        = "replaceExisting";
 	protected static final String PARAMETER_VALUE_REPLACE_EXISTING 	= "replaceExisting";
 	protected static final String PARAMETER_SOURCE_DIRECTORY       	= "sourceDirectory";
-	
+	protected static final String PARAMETER_DISABLE_RULES		    = "disableRules";
+	protected static final String PARAMETER_VALUE_DISABLE_RULES		= "disableRules";
+
 	protected static final String IMPORT_ALREADY_IN_PROGRESS_MODEL_KEY = "importInProgress";
 	protected static final String IMPORT_ALREADY_IN_PROGRESS_ERROR_KEY ="bfsit.error.importAlreadyInProgress";
 
 	protected static final String PARAMETER_BATCH_SIZE              = "batchSize";
 	protected static final String PARAMETER_NUM_THREADS             = "numThreads";
-
+	
 	protected FileFolderService fileFolderService;
 	protected Repository repository;
 	   
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bulkimport/copy/BulkFilesystemImportWebScript.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bulkimport/copy/BulkFilesystemImportWebScript.java
index 6ab39babf4..5d5a90942c 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bulkimport/copy/BulkFilesystemImportWebScript.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bulkimport/copy/BulkFilesystemImportWebScript.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ import org.alfresco.repo.bulkimport.impl.StreamingNodeImporterFactory;
 import org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.bulkimport.AbstractBulkFileSystemImportWebScript;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.model.FileNotFoundException;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.extensions.surf.util.I18NUtil;
 import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Cache;
 import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Status;
@@ -51,8 +49,6 @@ import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptRequest;
  */
 public class BulkFilesystemImportWebScript extends AbstractBulkFileSystemImportWebScript
 {
-    private final static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(BulkFilesystemImportWebScript.class);
-    
     private MultiThreadedBulkFilesystemImporter bulkImporter;
 	private StreamingNodeImporterFactory nodeImporterFactory;
 
@@ -79,6 +75,7 @@ public class BulkFilesystemImportWebScript extends AbstractBulkFileSystemImportW
         String replaceExistingStr = null;
         String batchSizeStr = null;
         String numThreadsStr = null;
+        String disableRulesStr = null;
 
         cache.setNeverCache(true);
         
@@ -91,6 +88,7 @@ public class BulkFilesystemImportWebScript extends AbstractBulkFileSystemImportW
                 boolean replaceExisting = false;
                 int batchSize = bulkImporter.getDefaultBatchSize();
                 int numThreads = bulkImporter.getDefaultNumThreads();
+                boolean disableRules = false;
                 
                 // Retrieve, validate and convert parameters
                 targetNodeRefStr = request.getParameter(PARAMETER_TARGET_NODEREF);
@@ -99,6 +97,7 @@ public class BulkFilesystemImportWebScript extends AbstractBulkFileSystemImportW
                 replaceExistingStr = request.getParameter(PARAMETER_REPLACE_EXISTING);
                 batchSizeStr = request.getParameter(PARAMETER_BATCH_SIZE);
                 numThreadsStr = request.getParameter(PARAMETER_NUM_THREADS);
+                disableRulesStr = request.getParameter(PARAMETER_DISABLE_RULES);
 
                 targetNodeRef = getTargetNodeRef(targetNodeRefStr, targetPath);
                 
@@ -114,9 +113,13 @@ public class BulkFilesystemImportWebScript extends AbstractBulkFileSystemImportW
                     replaceExisting = PARAMETER_VALUE_REPLACE_EXISTING.equals(replaceExistingStr);
                 }
 
+                if (disableRulesStr != null && disableRulesStr.trim().length() > 0)
+                {
+                    disableRules = PARAMETER_VALUE_DISABLE_RULES.equals(disableRulesStr);
+                }
+
                 // Initiate the import
                 NodeImporter nodeImporter = nodeImporterFactory.getNodeImporter(sourceDirectory);
-                //bulkImporter.asyncBulkImport(targetNodeRef, nodeImporter, replaceExisting);
                 BulkImportParameters bulkImportParameters = new BulkImportParameters();
                 
                 if (numThreadsStr != null && numThreadsStr.trim().length() > 0)
@@ -155,6 +158,7 @@ public class BulkFilesystemImportWebScript extends AbstractBulkFileSystemImportW
 
                 bulkImportParameters.setReplaceExisting(replaceExisting);
                 bulkImportParameters.setTarget(targetNodeRef);
+                bulkImportParameters.setDisableRulesService(disableRules);
 
                 bulkImporter.asyncBulkImport(bulkImportParameters, nodeImporter);