diff --git a/src/profiles.rs b/src/profiles.rs
index ac55397..bf0f43a 100644
--- a/src/profiles.rs
+++ b/src/profiles.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
 use nostr_sdk::prelude::*;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use zeroize::Zeroizing;
@@ -99,6 +101,74 @@ pub fn create_profile(
     })
 }
 
+/// Add an existing profile from a hex or bech32 secret key.
+pub fn import_profile(
+    vault: &mut Vault,
+    label: String,
+    secret: &str,
+    key: Option<&VaultKey>,
+    settings: &Settings,
+) -> Result<ProfileSummary, AppError> {
+    if vault.is_encrypted() && key.is_none() {
+        return Err(AppError::vault_locked());
+    }
+
+    let secret_key = SecretKey::from_bech32(secret.trim())
+        .or_else(|_| parse_secret_key(secret.trim()))
+        .map_err(|e| AppError::invalid_secret(format!("Could not import that secret key: {e}")))?;
+    let keys = Keys::new(secret_key);
+    let public_key = keys
+        .public_key()
+        .to_bech32()
+        .map_err(|e| AppError::internal(format!("Could not encode the public key: {e}")))?;
+    if vault
+        .profiles
+        .iter()
+        .any(|profile| profile.public_key == public_key)
+    {
+        return Err(AppError::config("This account is already added."));
+    }
+
+    let secret_hex = Zeroizing::new(hex::encode(keys.secret_key().to_secret_bytes()));
+    let stored_secret = match &vault.crypto {
+        Some(_) => crate::crypto::encrypt_secret(key.expect("guarded above"), &secret_hex)?,
+        None => secret_hex.to_string(),
+    };
+    let created_at = unix_timestamp()?;
+    let metadata = fetch_profile_metadata(&public_key, &relays::enabled_urls(settings));
+    let is_active = vault.active_profile.is_none();
+    if is_active {
+        vault.active_profile = Some(public_key.clone());
+    }
+    vault.profiles.push(StoredProfile {
+        label: label.clone(),
+        public_key: public_key.clone(),
+        secret_key: stored_secret,
+        created_at,
+        picture: metadata.as_ref().and_then(|m| m.picture.clone()),
+        nip05: metadata.as_ref().and_then(|m| m.nip05.clone()),
+    });
+
+    let relay_urls = relays::enabled_urls(settings);
+    if !relay_urls.is_empty() {
+        publish_metadata_blocking(
+            &keys,
+            &label,
+            metadata.as_ref().and_then(|m| m.picture.clone()),
+            metadata.as_ref().and_then(|m| m.nip05.clone()),
+            relay_urls,
+        );
+    }
+    Ok(ProfileSummary {
+        label,
+        npub: public_key,
+        created_at,
+        is_active,
+        picture: metadata.as_ref().and_then(|m| m.picture.clone()),
+        nip05: metadata.and_then(|m| m.nip05),
+    })
+}
+
 /// The per-relay outcome of publishing a profile metadata event.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
 pub struct MetadataPublishReport {
@@ -414,6 +484,42 @@ fn publish_metadata_blocking(
     .expect("metadata publish thread panicked")
 }
 
+/// Best-effort lookup of the account's latest kind-0 metadata. Import must
+/// still succeed when relays are unavailable, so lookup failures are ignored.
+fn fetch_profile_metadata(npub: &str, relay_urls: &[String]) -> Option<Metadata> {
+    if relay_urls.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let public_key = PublicKey::from_bech32(npub).ok()?;
+    let relay_urls = relay_urls.to_vec();
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().ok()?.block_on(async move {
+            let client =
+                relays::open_pool(Keys::generate(), &relay_urls, Some(Duration::from_secs(10)))
+                    .await
+                    .ok()?;
+            let events = client
+                .fetch_events(
+                    Filter::new()
+                        .kind(Kind::Metadata)
+                        .author(public_key)
+                        .limit(1),
+                )
+                .timeout(Duration::from_secs(10))
+                .await
+                .ok()?;
+            client.disconnect().await;
+            events
+                .into_iter()
+                .max_by_key(|event| event.created_at)
+                .and_then(|event| serde_json::from_str::<Metadata>(&event.content).ok())
+        })
+    })
+    .join()
+    .ok()
+    .flatten()
+}
+
 async fn publish_metadata_async(
     keys: &Keys,
     label: &str,