diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index f7a22ba809..9c53ba9f0e 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
         USE_PYTHON3: true
         FORCE_CONFIG_DRIVE: true
         ENABLE_VOLUME_MULTIATTACH: true
+        GLANCE_USE_IMPORT_WORKFLOW: True
       devstack_services:
         s-account: false
         s-container: false
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@
         USE_PYTHON3: true
         FORCE_CONFIG_DRIVE: true
         ENABLE_VOLUME_MULTIATTACH: true
+        GLANCE_USE_IMPORT_WORKFLOW: True
 
 - job:
     name: tempest-integrated-object-storage
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/image_import_testing_support-22ba4bcb9f2fb848.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/image_import_testing_support-22ba4bcb9f2fb848.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0180ccd9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/image_import_testing_support-22ba4bcb9f2fb848.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add glance image import APIs function to v2
+    images_client library.
+
+    * stage_image_file
+    * info_import
+    * info_stores
+    * image_import
+other:
+  - |
+    New configuration options
+    ``CONF.glance.image_feature_enabled.image_import`` has been introduced
+    to enable the image import tests. If your glance deployement support
+    image import functionality then you can enable the image import tests
+    via this flag. Default value of this new config option is false.
diff --git a/tempest/api/image/v2/test_images.py b/tempest/api/image/v2/test_images.py
index c4a3e0e93f..3e72b3432b 100644
--- a/tempest/api/image/v2/test_images.py
+++ b/tempest/api/image/v2/test_images.py
@@ -29,6 +29,64 @@ CONF = config.CONF
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+class ImportImagesTest(base.BaseV2ImageTest):
+    """Here we test the import operations for image"""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ImportImagesTest, cls).skip_checks()
+        if not CONF.image_feature_enabled.import_image:
+            skip_msg = (
+                "%s skipped as image import is not available" % cls.__name__)
+            raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
+
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('32ca0c20-e16f-44ac-8590-07869c9b4cc2')
+    def test_image_import(self):
+        """Here we test these functionalities
+
+        Create image, stage image data, import image and verify
+        that import succeeded.
+        """
+
+        body = self.client.info_import()
+        if 'glance-direct' not in body['import-methods']['value']:
+            raise self.skipException('Server does not support '
+                                     'glance-direct import method')
+
+        # Create image
+        uuid = '00000000-1111-2222-3333-444455556666'
+        image_name = data_utils.rand_name('image')
+        container_format = CONF.image.container_formats[0]
+        disk_format = CONF.image.disk_formats[0]
+        image = self.create_image(name=image_name,
+                                  container_format=container_format,
+                                  disk_format=disk_format,
+                                  visibility='private',
+                                  ramdisk_id=uuid)
+        self.assertIn('name', image)
+        self.assertEqual(image_name, image['name'])
+        self.assertIn('visibility', image)
+        self.assertEqual('private', image['visibility'])
+        self.assertIn('status', image)
+        self.assertEqual('queued', image['status'])
+
+        # Stage image data
+        file_content = data_utils.random_bytes()
+        image_file = six.BytesIO(file_content)
+        self.client.stage_image_file(image['id'], image_file)
+
+        # Now try to get image details
+        body = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
+        self.assertEqual(image['id'], body['id'])
+        self.assertEqual(image_name, body['name'])
+        self.assertEqual(uuid, body['ramdisk_id'])
+        self.assertEqual('uploading', body['status'])
+
+        # import image from staging to backend
+        self.client.image_import(image['id'])
+        self.client.wait_for_resource_activation(image['id'])
+
+
 class BasicOperationsImagesTest(base.BaseV2ImageTest):
     """Here we test the basic operations of images"""
 
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 11f9426f3b..cd5194c504 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -658,6 +658,12 @@ ImageFeaturesGroup = [
                                   'are current one. In future, Tempest will '
                                   'test v2 APIs only so this config option '
                                   'will be removed.'),
+    # Image import feature is setup in devstack victoria onwards.
+    # Once all stable branches setup the same via glance standalone
+    # mode or with uwsgi, we can remove this config option.
+    cfg.BoolOpt('import_image',
+                default=False,
+                help="Is image import feature enabled"),
 ]
 
 network_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='network',
diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py b/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
index 1d524f0037..0513e90133 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
@@ -914,12 +914,44 @@ class RestClient(object):
                 raise exceptions.TimeoutException(message)
             time.sleep(self.build_interval)
 
+    def wait_for_resource_activation(self, id):
+        """Waits for a resource to become active
+
+        This method will loop over is_resource_active until either
+        is_resource_active returns True or the build timeout is reached. This
+        depends on is_resource_active being implemented
+
+        :param str id: The id of the resource to check
+        :raises TimeoutException: If the build_timeout has elapsed and the
+                                  resource still hasn't been active
+        """
+        start_time = int(time.time())
+        while True:
+            if self.is_resource_active(id):
+                return
+            if int(time.time()) - start_time >= self.build_timeout:
+                message = ('Failed to reach active state %(resource_type)s '
+                           '%(id)s within the required time (%(timeout)s s).' %
+                           {'resource_type': self.resource_type, 'id': id,
+                            'timeout': self.build_timeout})
+                caller = test_utils.find_test_caller()
+                if caller:
+                    message = '(%s) %s' % (caller, message)
+                raise exceptions.TimeoutException(message)
+            time.sleep(self.build_interval)
+
     def is_resource_deleted(self, id):
         """Subclasses override with specific deletion detection."""
         message = ('"%s" does not implement is_resource_deleted'
                    % self.__class__.__name__)
         raise NotImplementedError(message)
 
+    def is_resource_active(self, id):
+        """Subclasses override with specific active detection."""
+        message = ('"%s" does not implement is_resource_active'
+                   % self.__class__.__name__)
+        raise NotImplementedError(message)
+
     @property
     def resource_type(self):
         """Returns the primary type of resource this client works with."""
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/image/v2/images_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/image/v2/images_client.py
index 90778da31a..b9c5776655 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/image/v2/images_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/image/v2/images_client.py
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ class ImagesClient(rest_client.RestClient):
             return True
         return False
 
+    def is_resource_active(self, id):
+        try:
+            image = self.show_image(id)
+            if image['status'] != 'active':
+                return False
+        except lib_exc.NotFound:
+            return False
+        return True
+
     @property
     def resource_type(self):
         """Returns the primary type of resource this client works with."""
@@ -152,6 +161,80 @@ class ImagesClient(rest_client.RestClient):
         self.expected_success(204, resp.status)
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
+    def stage_image_file(self, image_id, data):
+        """Upload binary image data to staging area.
+
+        For a full list of available parameters, please refer to the official
+        API reference (stage API:
+        https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/image/v2/#interoperable-image-import
+        """
+        url = 'images/%s/stage' % image_id
+
+        # We are going to do chunked transfer, so split the input data
+        # info fixed-sized chunks.
+        headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream'}
+        data = iter(functools.partial(data.read, CHUNKSIZE), b'')
+
+        resp, body = self.request('PUT', url, headers=headers,
+                                  body=data, chunked=True)
+        self.expected_success(204, resp.status)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+
+    def info_import(self):
+        """Return information about server-supported import methods."""
+        url = 'info/import'
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
+
+        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+
+    def info_stores(self):
+        """Return information about server-supported stores."""
+        url = 'info/stores'
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+
+    def image_import(self, image_id, method='glance-direct',
+                     all_stores_must_succeed=None, all_stores=True,
+                     stores=None):
+        """Import data from staging area to glance store.
+
+        For a full list of available parameters, please refer to the official
+        API reference (stage API:
+        https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/image/v2/#interoperable-image-import
+
+        :param method: The import method (i.e. glance-direct) to use
+        :param all_stores_must_succeed: Boolean indicating if all store imports
+                                        must succeed for the import to be
+                                        considered successful. Must be None if
+                                        server does not support multistore.
+        :param all_stores: Boolean indicating if image should be imported to
+                           all available stores (incompatible with stores)
+        :param stores: A list of destination store names for the import. Must
+                       be None if server does not support multistore.
+        """
+        url = 'images/%s/import' % image_id
+        data = {
+            "method": {
+                "name": method
+            },
+        }
+        if stores is not None:
+            data["stores"] = stores
+        else:
+            data["all_stores"] = all_stores
+
+        if all_stores_must_succeed is not None:
+            data['all_stores_must_succeed'] = all_stores_must_succeed
+        data = json.dumps(data)
+        headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
+        resp, _ = self.post(url, data, headers=headers)
+
+        self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp)
+
     def show_image_file(self, image_id):
         """Download binary image data.