diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index 02415b157935..6984fb86fcd5 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -3398,6 +3398,133 @@ zpool_do_checkpoint(int argc, char **argv)
 
 #define	CHECKPOINT_OPT	1024
 
+/*
+ * User-friendly strings for spa_load_state_t
+ */
+static char *load_state_names[] = {
+	[SPA_LOAD_NONE] = "Import Complete",
+	[SPA_LOAD_OPEN] = "Importing",
+	[SPA_LOAD_IMPORT] = "Importing",
+	[SPA_LOAD_TRYIMPORT] = "Verifying Configuration",
+	[SPA_LOAD_RECOVER] = "Recovering Pool",
+	[SPA_LOAD_ERROR] = "Import Error",
+	[SPA_LOAD_CREATE] = "Importing"
+};
+
+typedef struct import_progress_args {
+	boolean_t import_done;
+} import_progress_args_t;
+
+/*
+ * SILENT_SECS is amount of time we think user will wait before
+ * thinking something is broken.  SLEEP_USEC is time between
+ * checks to see if import is done or state changed.
+ */
+#define	IMPORT_PROGRESS_SILENT_SECS	2
+#define	IMPORT_PROGRESS_PERIOD_SECS	1
+#define	IMPORT_PROGRESS_SLEEP_USEC	100*1000
+
+static void *
+report_import_progress_thread(void *arg)
+{
+	char path[] = "/proc/spl/kstat/zfs/import_progress";
+	import_progress_args_t *pa = arg;
+	time_t start_time = time(NULL);
+	time_t last_report = 0;
+	unsigned long long last_pool_guid = 0;
+	unsigned long long last_multihost_secs_time = 0;
+	unsigned long long last_max_txg = 0;
+
+	ASSERT(arg);
+
+	while (pa->import_done == B_FALSE) {
+		FILE *import_kstat;
+		char *pool_name;
+		int count;
+		unsigned long long load_state;
+		unsigned long long pool_guid;
+		unsigned long long multihost_secs;
+		unsigned long long max_txg;
+		char mmp_status_buf[100];
+		char pool_rewind_buf[100];
+
+		if ((time(NULL) - start_time) < IMPORT_PROGRESS_SILENT_SECS)
+			continue;
+
+		if ((time(NULL) - last_report) < IMPORT_PROGRESS_PERIOD_SECS)
+			continue;
+
+		last_report = time(NULL);
+
+		import_kstat = fopen(path, "r");
+		if (import_kstat == NULL) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s is not available to monitor the "
+			    "progress of the import.  However the import is "
+			    "continuing.\n", path);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/* Skip header line */
+		for (int c = fgetc(import_kstat); c != EOF && c != '\n';
+		    c = fgetc(import_kstat))
+			;
+
+		count = fscanf(import_kstat, "%llu %llu %llu %llu %ms\n",
+		    &pool_guid, &load_state, &multihost_secs,
+		    &max_txg, &pool_name);
+
+		if (count == 5) {
+			time_t multihost_secs_time = time(NULL) +
+			    multihost_secs;
+
+			mmp_status_buf[0] = '\0';
+			pool_rewind_buf[0] = '\0';
+
+			if (pool_guid != last_pool_guid ||
+			    multihost_secs_time != last_multihost_secs_time)
+				snprintf(mmp_status_buf,
+				    sizeof (mmp_status_buf), "Multihost is "
+				    "checking for a remote import.\nCheck will "
+				    "complete by %s",
+				    ctime(&multihost_secs_time));
+
+			if ((pool_guid != last_pool_guid ||
+			    max_txg != last_max_txg) &&
+			    max_txg != 0)  {
+				snprintf(pool_rewind_buf,
+				    sizeof (pool_rewind_buf), "%s rewind txg "
+				    "%llu\n", load_state_names[load_state],
+				    max_txg);
+			}
+
+			if (mmp_status_buf[0] != '\0' ||
+			    pool_rewind_buf[0] != '\0') {
+				printf("Pool %s (guid %llu):\n%s%s\n",
+				    pool_name, pool_guid, mmp_status_buf,
+				    pool_rewind_buf);
+			}
+
+			last_pool_guid = pool_guid;
+			last_multihost_secs_time = multihost_secs_time;
+			last_max_txg = max_txg;
+
+			if (pool_name)
+				free(pool_name);
+		} else {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Unable to parse %s to monitor the "
+			    "progress of the import.  However the import is "
+			    "continuing.\n", path);
+			//fclose(import_kstat);
+			//break;
+		}
+
+		fclose(import_kstat);
+		usleep(IMPORT_PROGRESS_SLEEP_USEC);
+	}
+
+	return (NULL);
+}
+
 /*
  * zpool import [-d dir] [-D]
  *       import [-o mntopts] [-o prop=value] ... [-R root] [-D] [-l]
@@ -3450,6 +3577,9 @@ zpool_do_checkpoint(int argc, char **argv)
  *	--rewind-to-checkpoint
  *		Import the pool and revert back to the checkpoint.
  *
+ *       -v	Report import progress periodically, for slow imports.
+ *
+ *
  * The import command scans for pools to import, and import pools based on pool
  * name and GUID.  The pool can also be renamed as part of the import process.
  */
@@ -3476,6 +3606,7 @@ zpool_do_import(int argc, char **argv)
 	boolean_t do_rewind = B_FALSE;
 	boolean_t xtreme_rewind = B_FALSE;
 	boolean_t do_scan = B_FALSE;
+	boolean_t do_verbose = B_FALSE;
 	boolean_t pool_exists = B_FALSE;
 	boolean_t pool_specified = B_FALSE;
 	uint64_t txg = -1ULL;
@@ -3483,13 +3614,16 @@ zpool_do_import(int argc, char **argv)
 	importargs_t idata = { 0 };
 	char *endptr;
 
+	pthread_t tid;
+	import_progress_args_t pa = { B_FALSE };
+
 	struct option long_options[] = {
 		{"rewind-to-checkpoint", no_argument, NULL, CHECKPOINT_OPT},
 		{0, 0, 0, 0}
 	};
 
 	/* check options */
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":aCc:d:DEfFlmnNo:R:stT:VX",
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":aCc:d:DEfFlmnNo:R:stT:vVX",
 	    long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'a':
@@ -3563,6 +3697,9 @@ zpool_do_import(int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 			rewind_policy = ZPOOL_DO_REWIND | ZPOOL_EXTREME_REWIND;
 			break;
+		case 'v':
+			do_verbose = B_TRUE;
+			break;
 		case 'V':
 			flags |= ZFS_IMPORT_VERBATIM;
 			break;
@@ -3711,6 +3848,15 @@ zpool_do_import(int argc, char **argv)
 	idata.scan = do_scan;
 	idata.policy = policy;
 
+	if (do_verbose) {
+		int pthread_err;
+		pthread_err = pthread_create(&tid, NULL,
+		    report_import_progress_thread, &pa);
+		if (err)
+			fprintf(stderr, "Unable to report progress: "
+			    "err %d.  Import will continue.\n", pthread_err);
+	}
+
 	pools = zpool_search_import(g_zfs, &idata, &libzfs_config_ops);
 
 	if (pools != NULL && pool_exists &&
@@ -3773,6 +3919,20 @@ zpool_do_import(int argc, char **argv)
 		    do_all, &idata);
 	}
 
+	if (do_verbose) {
+		pa.import_done = B_TRUE;
+		(void) pthread_cancel(tid);
+		(void) pthread_join(tid, NULL);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If we were just looking for pools, report an error if none were
+	 * found.
+	 */
+	if (argc == 0)
+		(void) fprintf(stderr,
+		    gettext("no pools available to import\n"));
+
 error:
 	nvlist_free(props);
 	nvlist_free(pools);
diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp.kshlib b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp.kshlib
index 661cbf3a52e7..a02aa0403036 100644
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp.kshlib
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp.kshlib
@@ -221,14 +221,20 @@ check (${SECONDS}s gt $max_duration)"
 	return $rc
 }
 
-function import_activity_check # pool opts act_test_duration
+function import_activity_check # pool opts verbosity act_test_duration
 {
 	typeset pool=$1
 	typeset opts=$2
-	typeset min_duration=${3:-$MMP_TEST_DURATION_DEFAULT}
+	typeset verbose=$3
+	typeset min_duration=${4:-$MMP_TEST_DURATION_DEFAULT}
+	typeset tmpfile=$(mktemp)
+
+	if [[ $verbose = "verbose" ]]; then
+		opts="$opts -v"
+	fi
 
 	SECONDS=0
-	zpool import $opts $pool
+	zpool import $opts $pool | tee $tmpfile
 	typeset rc=$?
 
 	if [[ $SECONDS -le $min_duration ]]; then
@@ -236,6 +242,14 @@ function import_activity_check # pool opts act_test_duration
 (${SECONDS}s le min_duration $min_duration)"
 	fi
 
+	if [[ $verbose = "verbose" ]]; then
+		if ! grep "Multihost is checking" $tmpfile; then
+			log_fail "ERROR: import_activity_check expected \
+activity check completion time"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	rm $tmpfile
 	return $rc
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp_active_import.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp_active_import.ksh
index c4ed894826ad..781520c5d2b5 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp_active_import.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp_active_import.ksh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ MMP_IMPORTED_MSG="pool was previously in use from another system."
 log_must try_pool_import $MMP_POOL "-d $MMP_DIR" "$MMP_IMPORTED_MSG"
 
 # 7. Verify 'zpool import -f $MMP_POOL' can now import the pool.
-log_must import_activity_check $MMP_POOL "-f -d $MMP_DIR"
+log_must import_activity_check $MMP_POOL "-f -d $MMP_DIR" "not_verbose"
 
 # 8 Verify pool may be exported/imported without -f argument.
 log_must zpool export $MMP_POOL
diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp_inactive_import.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp_inactive_import.ksh
index 6e7bb637548d..b1793b245dc5 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp_inactive_import.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/mmp/mmp_inactive_import.ksh
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ done
 log_must zpool export -F $TESTPOOL
 log_must mmp_clear_hostid
 log_must mmp_set_hostid $HOSTID2
-log_mustnot import_activity_check $TESTPOOL ""
-log_must import_activity_check $TESTPOOL "-f"
+log_mustnot import_activity_check $TESTPOOL "" not_verbose
+log_must import_activity_check $TESTPOOL "-f" verbose
 
 # 7. Verify mmp_write and mmp_fail are set correctly
 log_must zpool export -F $TESTPOOL
@@ -106,6 +106,6 @@ log_mustnot import_no_activity_check $TESTPOOL "-f"
 log_must set_tunable64 MULTIHOST_INTERVAL $MMP_INTERVAL_MIN
 log_must mmp_clear_hostid
 log_must mmp_set_hostid $HOSTID1
-log_must import_activity_check $TESTPOOL "-f" $MMP_TEST_DURATION_DEFAULT
+log_must import_activity_check $TESTPOOL "-f" not_verbose $MMP_TEST_DURATION_DEFAULT
 
 log_pass "multihost=on|off inactive pool activity checks passed"