diff --git a/lib/Subscribers/ImportExport/Import/Import.php b/lib/Subscribers/ImportExport/Import/Import.php
index 5e8766a419..0c1d01a728 100644
--- a/lib/Subscribers/ImportExport/Import/Import.php
+++ b/lib/Subscribers/ImportExport/Import/Import.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use MailPoet\Models\SubscriberSegment;
 use MailPoet\Subscribers\ImportExport\ImportExportFactory;
 use MailPoet\Subscribers\Source;
 use MailPoet\Util\Helpers;
+use MailPoet\Util\Security;
 use function MailPoet\Util\array_column;
 
 class Import {
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ class Import {
         // add, if required, missing required fields to new subscribers
         $new_subscribers = $this->addMissingRequiredFields($new_subscribers);
         $new_subscribers = $this->setSubscriptionStatusToSubscribed($new_subscribers);
-        $new_subscribers = $this->setSource($new_subscribers);
+        $new_subscribers = $this->setSourceAndLinkToken($new_subscribers);
         $created_subscribers =
           $this->createOrUpdateSubscribers(
             'create',
@@ -297,14 +298,20 @@ class Import {
     return $subscribers_data;
   }
 
-  function setSource($subscribers_data) {
+  private function setSourceAndLinkToken($subscribers_data) {
     $subscribers_count = count($subscribers_data['data'][key($subscribers_data['data'])]);
     $subscribers_data['fields'][] = 'source';
+    $subscribers_data['fields'][] = 'link_token';
     $subscribers_data['data']['source'] = array_fill(
       0,
       $subscribers_count,
       Source::IMPORTED
     );
+    $subscribers_data['data']['link_token'] = array_map(
+      function () {
+        return Security::generateRandomString(Subscriber::LINK_TOKEN_LENGTH);
+      }, array_fill(0, $subscribers_count, null)
+    );
     return $subscribers_data;
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/Subscribers/ImportExport/Import/ImportTest.php b/tests/integration/Subscribers/ImportExport/Import/ImportTest.php
index b856f9bae4..1a6e847b1e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Subscribers/ImportExport/Import/ImportTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Subscribers/ImportExport/Import/ImportTest.php
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ class ImportTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     expect($updated_subscriber->status)->equals('unsubscribed');
   }
 
-  function testItImportsNewsSubscribersWithSubscribedStatusAndLastSubscribedAt() {
+  function testItImportsNewsSubscribersWithAllAdditionalParameters() {
     $data = $this->test_data;
     $data['columns']['status'] = ['index' => 4];
     $data['subscribers'][0][] = 'unsubscribed';
@@ -453,6 +453,8 @@ class ImportTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     expect($new_subscribers[1]->status)->equals('subscribed');
     expect($new_subscribers[0]->source)->equals('imported');
     expect($new_subscribers[1]->source)->equals('imported');
+    expect(strlen($new_subscribers[0]->link_token))->equals(Subscriber::LINK_TOKEN_LENGTH);
+    expect(strlen($new_subscribers[1]->link_token))->equals(Subscriber::LINK_TOKEN_LENGTH);
     $test_time = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $this->test_data['timestamp']);
     expect($new_subscribers[0]->last_subscribed_at)->equals($test_time);
     expect($new_subscribers[1]->last_subscribed_at)->equals($test_time);