diff --git a/e107_admin/image.php b/e107_admin/image.php
index 570ae6943..df7ee65f0 100644
--- a/e107_admin/image.php
+++ b/e107_admin/image.php
@@ -937,6 +937,8 @@ class media_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 		$mes->addDebug("For:".$cat);
 		$mes->addDebug("Bbcode: ".$this->getQuery('bbcode'));
 
+
+
 		
 		if($file)
 		{
@@ -976,12 +978,26 @@ class media_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 	function uploadPage()
 	{
 		if(!ADMIN){ exit; } //TODO check for upload-access in perms. 
+		
+
+		
 
 		// if 'for' has no value, files are placed in /temp and not added to the db. 
 		$text = '<div id="uploader" rel="'.e_JS.'plupload/upload.php?for='.$this->getQuery('for').'">
 	        <p>No HTML5 support.</p>
 		</div>';
 	    
+	    $frm = e107::getForm();
+	    
+	    $text .= $frm->open('upload-url-form','post');
+		$text .= '<div class="plupload_header_content">';
+		$text .= "<div class='plupload_header_text form-inline' style='padding:20px'>Or upload a remote image or file ";
+		$text .= "<input type='text' name='upload_url' size='255' style='width:70%' placeholder='eg. http://website.com/some-image.jpg' />";
+		$text .= $frm->admin_button('upload_remote_url',1,'create','Start Upload');
+	    $text .= "</div>";
+		
+		$text .= "</div>";
+	   
 		return $text;
 	}
 
@@ -1588,7 +1604,16 @@ class media_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 		$frm = e107::getForm();
 		$mes = e107::getMessage();
 		$fl = e107::getFile();
-
+		
+		if(vartrue($_POST['upload_remote_url']))
+		{
+			if(!$fl->getRemoteFile($_POST['upload_url'], basename($_POST['upload_url']), 'import'))
+			{
+				$mes->addError("There was a problem grabbing the file");
+			}
+		}
+		
+		
 		$fl->setFileInfo('all');
 		$rejectArray = array('^\.ftpquota$','^index\.html$','^null\.txt$','\.bak$','^.tmp','.*\.xml$','^\.$','^\.\.$','^\/$','^CVS$','thumbs\.db','.*\._$','^\.htaccess$','index\.html','null\.txt');
 		$fl->setFileFilter($rejectArray);
diff --git a/e107_handlers/file_class.php b/e107_handlers/file_class.php
index 95ee7fbe2..12e322979 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/file_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/file_class.php
@@ -318,7 +318,9 @@ class e_file
 
 	/**
 	 *	 Grab a remote file and save it in the /temp directory. requires CURL
-	 *
+	 *	@param $remote_url
+	 *	@param $local_file
+	 *	@param $type  media, temp, or import
 	 *	@return boolean TRUE on success, FALSE on failure (which includes absence of CURL functions)
 	 */
 	function getRemoteFile($remote_url, $local_file, $type='temp')
@@ -335,6 +337,11 @@ class e_file
 
 		$path = ($type == 'media') ? e_MEDIA : e_TEMP; 
 		
+		if($type == 'import')
+		{
+			$path = e_IMPORT;
+		}
+		
         $fp = fopen($path.$local_file, 'w'); // media-directory is the root. 
        
         $cp = curl_init($remote_url);