diff --git a/lib/client/gnt_backup.py b/lib/client/gnt_backup.py
index 5999e3267c5ddcdad493517097b2efc0d7825bdb..dcde5d74dba3582aa9f7063ac1039f9086ea7ebd 100644
--- a/lib/client/gnt_backup.py
+++ b/lib/client/gnt_backup.py
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ import_opts = [
   IDENTIFY_DEFAULTS_OPT,
   SRC_DIR_OPT,
   SRC_NODE_OPT,
+  IGNORE_IPOLICY_OPT,
   ]
 
 
diff --git a/man/gnt-backup.rst b/man/gnt-backup.rst
index ff01d6343da6ae6f39879b3d25e7e07960fc3643..58e9cb9f821d295c0a0d2e80a7626fba73a64d3d 100644
--- a/man/gnt-backup.rst
+++ b/man/gnt-backup.rst
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ IMPORT
 | [--src-node=*source-node*] [--src-dir=*source-dir*]
 | [-t [diskless | plain | drbd | file]]
 | [--identify-defaults]
+| [--ignore-ipolicy]
 | {*instance*}
 
 Imports a new instance from an export residing on *source-node* in
@@ -191,6 +192,9 @@ template and specifies the remote node.
 The ``--src-dir`` option allows importing instances from a directory
 below ``@CUSTOM_EXPORT_DIR@``.
 
+If ``--ignore-ipolicy`` is given any instance policy violations occuring
+during this operation are ignored.
+
 Since many of the parameters are by default read from the exported
 instance information and used as such, the new instance will have
 all parameters explicitly specified, the opposite of a newly added