diff --git a/cmd/lotus-shed/import-car.go b/cmd/lotus-shed/import-car.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51a828dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/lotus-shed/import-car.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-car"
+	blockstore "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore"
+	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
+	"gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v2"
+
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/node/repo"
+)
+
+var importCarCmd = &cli.Command{
+	Name:        "import-car",
+	Description: "Import a car file into node chain blockstore",
+	Action: func(cctx *cli.Context) error {
+		r, err := repo.NewFS(cctx.String("repo"))
+		if err != nil {
+			return xerrors.Errorf("opening fs repo: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		exists, err := r.Exists()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if !exists {
+			return xerrors.Errorf("lotus repo doesn't exist")
+		}
+
+		lr, err := r.Lock(repo.FullNode)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer lr.Close()
+
+		cf := cctx.Args().Get(0)
+		f, err := os.OpenFile(cf, os.O_RDONLY, 0664)
+		if err != nil {
+			return xerrors.Errorf("opening the car file: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		ds, err := lr.Datastore("/blocks")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		bs := blockstore.NewBlockstore(ds)
+		bs = blockstore.NewIdStore(bs)
+
+		cr, err := car.NewCarReader(f)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for {
+			blk, err := cr.Next()
+			switch err {
+			case io.EOF:
+				if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				fmt.Println()
+				return ds.Close()
+			default:
+				fmt.Println()
+				return err
+			case nil:
+				fmt.Printf("\r%s", blk.Cid())
+				if err := bs.Put(blk); err != nil {
+					return xerrors.Errorf("put %s: %w", blk.Cid(), err)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	},
+}
diff --git a/cmd/lotus-shed/main.go b/cmd/lotus-shed/main.go
index 8b58dae38..d31151184 100644
--- a/cmd/lotus-shed/main.go
+++ b/cmd/lotus-shed/main.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func main() {
 		noncefix,
 		bigIntParseCmd,
 		staterootStatsCmd,
+		importCarCmd,
 	}
 
 	app := &cli.App{