diff --git a/g10/import.c b/g10/import.c
index 90fc2d678..441dcca9d 100644
--- a/g10/import.c
+++ b/g10/import.c
@@ -1175,6 +1175,12 @@ import_secret_one( const char *fname, KBNODE keyblock,
       }
     stats->secret_read++;
 
+    if ((options & IMPORT_NO_SECKEY))
+      {
+        log_error (_("importing secret keys not allowed\n"));
+        return 0;
+      }
+
     if( !uidnode )
       {
 	log_error( _("key %s: no user ID\n"), keystr_from_sk(sk));
diff --git a/g10/keyserver.c b/g10/keyserver.c
index 1eadff19f..7bf983064 100644
--- a/g10/keyserver.c
+++ b/g10/keyserver.c
@@ -1503,10 +1503,14 @@ keyserver_spawn(enum ks_action action,STRLIST list,KEYDB_SEARCH_DESC *desc,
 	     It's harmless to ignore them, but ignoring them does make
 	     gpg complain about "no valid OpenPGP data found".  One
 	     way to do this could be to continue parsing this
-	     line-by-line and make a temp iobuf for each key. */
+	     line-by-line and make a temp iobuf for each key.  Note
+	     that we don't allow the import of secret keys from a
+	     keyserver.  Keyservers should never accept or send them
+	     but we better protect against rogue keyservers. */
 
-	  import_keys_stream(spawn->fromchild,stats_handle,fpr,fpr_len,
-			     opt.keyserver_options.import_options);
+	  import_keys_stream (spawn->fromchild, stats_handle, fpr, fpr_len,
+                              (opt.keyserver_options.import_options
+                               | IMPORT_NO_SECKEY));
 
 	  import_print_stats(stats_handle);
 	  import_release_stats_handle(stats_handle);
@@ -2037,8 +2041,9 @@ keyserver_import_cert(const char *name,unsigned char **fpr,size_t *fpr_len)
       /* CERTs are always in binary format */
       opt.no_armor=1;
 
-      rc=import_keys_stream(key,NULL,fpr,fpr_len,
-			    opt.keyserver_options.import_options);
+      rc=import_keys_stream (key, NULL, fpr, fpr_len,
+                             (opt.keyserver_options.import_options
+                              | IMPORT_NO_SECKEY));
 
       opt.no_armor=armor_status;
 
diff --git a/g10/options.h b/g10/options.h
index cac1c4c2c..de4a2e2ac 100644
--- a/g10/options.h
+++ b/g10/options.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #if defined (__riscos__) && !defined (INCLUDED_BY_MAIN_MODULE)
 #define EXTERN_UNLESS_MAIN_MODULE extern
 #else
-#define EXTERN_UNLESS_MAIN_MODULE 
+#define EXTERN_UNLESS_MAIN_MODULE
 #endif
 #endif
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct
   const char *homedir;
 
   char *display;      /* 5 options to be passed to the gpg-agent */
-  char *ttyname;     
+  char *ttyname;
   char *ttytype;
   char *lc_ctype;
   char *lc_messages;
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ struct
 
   /* If > 0, limit the number of card insertion prompts to this
      value. */
-  int limit_card_insert_tries; 
+  int limit_card_insert_tries;
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_CARD_SUPPORT
   const char *ctapi_driver; /* Library to access the ctAPI. */
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ struct {
 #define IMPORT_MERGE_ONLY                (1<<4)
 #define IMPORT_MINIMAL                   (1<<5)
 #define IMPORT_CLEAN                     (1<<6)
+#define IMPORT_NO_SECKEY                 (1<<7)
 
 #define EXPORT_LOCAL_SIGS                (1<<0)
 #define EXPORT_ATTRIBUTES                (1<<1)