diff --git a/anki/importing/__init__.py b/anki/importing/__init__.py
index a2259c592..4ac509448 100644
--- a/anki/importing/__init__.py
+++ b/anki/importing/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from anki.importing.anki2 import Anki2Importer
 from anki.importing.anki1 import Anki1Importer
 from anki.importing.supermemo_xml import SupermemoXmlImporter
 from anki.importing.mnemo import MnemosyneImporter
+from anki.importing.pauker import PaukerImporter
 from anki.lang import _
 
 Importers = (
@@ -16,4 +17,5 @@ Importers = (
     (_("Anki 1.2 Deck (*.anki)"), Anki1Importer),
     (_("Mnemosyne 2.0 Deck (*.db)"), MnemosyneImporter),
     (_("Supermemo XML export (*.xml)"), SupermemoXmlImporter),
+    (_("Pauker 1.8 Lesson (*.pau.gz)"), PaukerImporter),
     )
diff --git a/anki/importing/pauker.py b/anki/importing/pauker.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5f7d45f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/anki/importing/pauker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright: Andreas Klauer <Andreas.Klauer@metamorpher.de>
+# License: BSD-3
+
+import gzip, math, random, time, cgi
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+from anki.importing.noteimp import NoteImporter, ForeignNote, ForeignCard
+from anki.stdmodels import addForwardReverse
+
+ONE_DAY = 60*60*24
+
+class PaukerImporter(NoteImporter):
+    '''Import Pauker 1.8 Lesson (*.pau.gz)'''
+
+    needMapper = False
+    allowHTML = True
+
+    def run(self):
+        model = addForwardReverse(self.col)
+        model['name'] = "Pauker"
+        self.col.models.save(model)
+        self.col.models.setCurrent(model)
+        self.model = model
+        self.initMapping()
+        NoteImporter.run(self)
+
+    def fields(self):
+        '''Pauker is Front/Back'''
+        return 2
+
+    def foreignNotes(self):
+        '''Build and return a list of notes.'''
+        notes = []
+
+        try:
+            f = gzip.open(self.file)
+            tree = ET.parse(f)
+            lesson = tree.getroot()
+            assert lesson.tag == "Lesson"
+        finally:
+            f.close()
+
+        index = -4
+
+        for batch in lesson.findall('./Batch'):
+            index += 1
+
+            for card in batch.findall('./Card'):
+                # Create a note for this card.
+                front = card.findtext('./FrontSide/Text')
+                back = card.findtext('./ReverseSide/Text')
+                note = ForeignNote()
+                note.fields = [cgi.escape(x.strip()).replace('\n','<br>').replace('  ',' &nbsp;') for x in [front,back]]
+                notes.append(note)
+
+                # Determine due date for cards.
+                frontdue = card.find('./FrontSide[@LearnedTimestamp]')
+                backdue = card.find('./ReverseSide[@Batch][@LearnedTimestamp]')
+
+                if frontdue is not None:
+                    note.cards[0] = self._learnedCard(index, int(frontdue.attrib['LearnedTimestamp']))
+
+                if backdue is not None:
+                    note.cards[1] = self._learnedCard(int(backdue.attrib['Batch']), int(backdue.attrib['LearnedTimestamp']))
+
+        return notes
+
+    def _learnedCard(self, batch, timestamp):
+        ivl = math.exp(batch)
+        now = time.time()
+        due = ivl - (now - timestamp/1000.0)/ONE_DAY
+        fc = ForeignCard()
+        fc.due = self.col.sched.today + int(due+0.5)
+        fc.ivl = random.randint(int(ivl*0.90), int(ivl+0.5))
+        fc.factor = random.randint(1500,2500)
+        return fc
diff --git a/aqt/importing.py b/aqt/importing.py
index 2e7d6d0cc..3410f4c63 100644
--- a/aqt/importing.py
+++ b/aqt/importing.py
@@ -255,14 +255,13 @@ def onImport(mw):
     importFile(mw, file)
 
 def importFile(mw, file):
-    ext = os.path.splitext(file)[1]
     importer = None
     done = False
     for i in importing.Importers:
         if done:
             break
         for mext in re.findall("[( ]?\*\.(.+?)[) ]", i[0]):
-            if ext == "." + mext:
+            if file.endswith("." + mext):
                 importer = i[1]
                 done = True
                 break