diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
index 5c8a9faa9..80ac4ada6 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.txt
+++ b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ Pi R
 Alnoman Kamil - noman [at] kamil [dot] gr - https://kamil.gr
 Leonardo Taccari - iamleot [at] gmail [dot] com
 Jorenar - dev [at] jorenar [dot] com - https://jorenar.com
+John Wassilak - john [at] wassilak [dot] com
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index b126567ed..bed684aa9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ Package maintainers and users who have to manually update their installation
 may want to subscribe to `GitHub's tag feed
 <https://github.com/geier/khal/tags.atom>`_.
 
+0.14.2
+======
+unreleased
+* FIX ``khal import --format``/``-f`` was accepted and then ignored, always
+  falling back to ``view.event_format``
+
 0.14.1
 ======
 2026-08-21
diff --git a/khal/cli.py b/khal/cli.py
index 9570a1e98..e207535a7 100644
--- a/khal/cli.py
+++ b/khal/cli.py
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ def isatty(_file):
                 ics=ics_str,
                 batch=batch,
                 random_uid=random_uid,
+                format=format,
                 env={"calendars": ctx.obj["conf"]["calendars"]},
             )
         except FatalError as error:
diff --git a/tests/cli_test.py b/tests/cli_test.py
index cc5baf9ce..0f7cbe335 100644
--- a/tests/cli_test.py
+++ b/tests/cli_test.py
@@ -644,6 +644,30 @@ def test_import_proper(runner):
     assert result.output == "09.04.-09.04. An Event\n"
 
 
+def test_import_format(runner):
+    """`--format` should be honored, not silently replaced by view.event_format."""
+    runner = runner()
+    result = runner.invoke(
+        main_khal,
+        ["import", "--format", "{title}", _get_ics_filepath("cal_d")],
+        input="0\ny\n",
+    )
+    assert not result.exception
+    assert result.output.startswith("An Event")
+
+
+def test_import_format_repeat_pattern(runner):
+    """The recurrence rule is available on import, like anywhere else."""
+    runner = runner()
+    result = runner.invoke(
+        main_khal,
+        ["import", "-f", "{title} {repeat-pattern}", _get_ics_filepath("event_r_past")],
+        input="0\ny\n",
+    )
+    assert not result.exception
+    assert result.output.startswith("Dummy's Birthday (1965) FREQ=YEARLY")
+
+
 def test_import_proper_invalid_timezone(runner):
     runner = runner()
     result = runner.invoke(