diff --git a/.hgsubstate b/.hgsubstate
index a2c0e96e6..56ba1bfea 100644
--- a/.hgsubstate
+++ b/.hgsubstate
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ ce578373f907c0a55fd91229a344f0755f290174 src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.TaskLea
 a7c7f06ac79d4db2f4295a2a1473417647e6889c src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tokens
 88a640948e19a1a9dd79b859856375e292d53f2f src/orchard.web/Modules/Orchard.Alias
 86cb87517264e94d8fe9a3049d6425a1deb5b613 src/orchard.web/Modules/Orchard.Projections
-94fad0aca65eb41ccd7fe5fa3f6b8e952d36c34b src/orchard.web/modules/Orchard.Fields
+3d079e6db8e595272b1ccd77966f60d07e0c4112 src/orchard.web/modules/Orchard.Fields
diff --git a/src/Orchard/ContentManagement/Handlers/ImportContentContext.cs b/src/Orchard/ContentManagement/Handlers/ImportContentContext.cs
index e592447dc..73f4fa8e5 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/ContentManagement/Handlers/ImportContentContext.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/ContentManagement/Handlers/ImportContentContext.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 
 namespace Orchard.ContentManagement.Handlers {
@@ -21,6 +22,25 @@ namespace Orchard.ContentManagement.Handlers {
             return null;
         }
 
+        public void ImportAttribute(string elementName, string attributeName, Action<string> value) {
+            ImportAttribute(elementName, attributeName, value, () => { });
+        }
+
+        public void ImportAttribute(string elementName, string attributeName, Action<string> value, Action empty) {
+            var importedText = Attribute(elementName, attributeName);
+            if (importedText != null) {
+                try {
+                    value(importedText);
+                }
+                catch {
+                    empty();
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                empty();
+            }
+        }
+
         public ContentItem GetItemFromSession(string id) {
             return Session.Get(id);
         }