diff --git a/application/forms/IcingaHostForm.php b/application/forms/IcingaHostForm.php
index 05042360..706a7362 100644
--- a/application/forms/IcingaHostForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/IcingaHostForm.php
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ class IcingaHostForm extends DirectorObjectForm
             'description' => $this->translate('One or more comma separated hostgroup names')
         ));
 
+        $this->addElement('text', 'imports', array(
+            'label' => $this->translate('Imports'),
+            'description' => $this->translate('The inherited host template names')
+        ));
+
         $this->addElement('select', 'zone_id', array(
             'label' => $this->translate('Cluster Zone'),
             'description' => $this->translate('Check this host in this specific Icinga cluster zone')
diff --git a/library/Director/Objects/IcingaHost.php b/library/Director/Objects/IcingaHost.php
index 6235199c..feae5587 100644
--- a/library/Director/Objects/IcingaHost.php
+++ b/library/Director/Objects/IcingaHost.php
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ class IcingaHost extends IcingaObject
 
     protected $supportsGroups = true;
 
+    protected $supportsImports = true;
+
     protected function renderCheck_command_id()
     {
         return $this->renderCommandProperty($this->check_command_id);
diff --git a/library/Director/Objects/IcingaObject.php b/library/Director/Objects/IcingaObject.php
index ccd3042b..13f6195b 100644
--- a/library/Director/Objects/IcingaObject.php
+++ b/library/Director/Objects/IcingaObject.php
@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@ abstract class IcingaObject extends DbObject implements IcingaConfigRenderer
 
     protected $supportsGroups = false;
 
+    protected $supportsImports = false;
+
     private $type;
 
     private $vars;
 
     private $groups;
 
+    private $imports;
+
     public function supportsCustomVars()
     {
         return $this->supportsCustomVars;
@@ -35,6 +39,11 @@ abstract class IcingaObject extends DbObject implements IcingaConfigRenderer
         return $this->supportsGroups;
     }
 
+    public function supportsImports()
+    {
+        return $this->supportsImports;
+    }
+
     public function hasBeenModified()
     {
         if ($this->supportsCustomVars() && $this->vars !== null && $this->vars()->hasBeenModified()) {
@@ -45,6 +54,10 @@ abstract class IcingaObject extends DbObject implements IcingaConfigRenderer
             return true;
         }
 
+        if ($this->supportsImports() && $this->imports !== null && $this->imports()->hasBeenModified()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         return parent::hasBeenModified();
     }
 
@@ -62,6 +75,20 @@ abstract class IcingaObject extends DbObject implements IcingaConfigRenderer
         return $this->groups;
     }
 
+    public function imports()
+    {
+        $this->assertImportsSupport();
+        if ($this->imports === null) {
+            if ($this->hasBeenLoadedFromDb()) {
+                $this->imports = IcingaObjectImports::loadForStoredObject($this);
+            } else {
+                $this->imports = new IcingaObjectImports($this);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $this->imports;
+    }
+
     protected function assertCustomVarsSupport()
     {
         if (! $this->supportsCustomVars()) {
@@ -86,6 +113,18 @@ abstract class IcingaObject extends DbObject implements IcingaConfigRenderer
         return $this;
     }
 
+    protected function assertImportsSupport()
+    {
+        if (! $this->supportsImports()) {
+            throw new ProgrammingError(
+                'Objects of type "%s" have no imports',
+                $this->getType()
+            );
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     public function vars()
     {
         $this->assertCustomVarsSupport();
@@ -166,7 +205,11 @@ abstract class IcingaObject extends DbObject implements IcingaConfigRenderer
     protected function renderImports()
     {
         // TODO: parent_host ORDERed by weigth...
-        return '';
+        if ($this->supportsImports()) {
+            return $this->imports()->toConfigString();
+        } else {
+            return '';
+        }
     }
 
     protected function renderProperties()
diff --git a/library/Director/Objects/IcingaObjectImports.php b/library/Director/Objects/IcingaObjectImports.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43bc8c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Director/Objects/IcingaObjectImports.php
@@ -0,0 +1,298 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Director\Objects;
+
+use Icinga\Exception\ProgrammingError;
+use Iterator;
+use Countable;
+use Icinga\Module\Director\IcingaConfig\IcingaConfigRenderer;
+use Icinga\Module\Director\IcingaConfig\IcingaConfigHelper as c;
+
+class IcingaObjectImports implements Iterator, Countable, IcingaConfigRenderer
+{
+    protected $storedImports = array();
+
+    protected $imports = array();
+
+    protected $modified = false;
+
+    protected $object;
+
+    private $position = 0;
+
+    protected $idx = array();
+
+    public function __construct(IcingaObject $object)
+    {
+        $this->object = $object;
+    }
+
+    public function count()
+    {
+        return count($this->imports);
+    }
+
+    public function rewind()
+    {
+        $this->position = 0;
+    }
+
+    public function hasBeenModified()
+    {
+        return $this->modified;
+    }
+
+    public function current()
+    {
+        if (! $this->valid()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return $this->imports[$this->idx[$this->position]];
+    }
+
+    public function key()
+    {
+        return $this->idx[$this->position];
+    }
+
+    public function next()
+    {
+        ++$this->position;
+    }
+
+    public function valid()
+    {
+        return array_key_exists($this->position, $this->idx);
+    }
+
+    public function get($key)
+    {
+        if (array_key_exists($key, $this->imports)) {
+            return $this->imports[$key];
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public function set($import)
+    {
+        $existing = array_keys($this->imports);
+        $new = array();
+        $class = $this->getImportClass();
+        foreach ($import as $i) {
+
+            if ($i instanceof $class) {
+                $new[] = $i->object_name;
+            } else {
+                $new[] = $i;
+            }
+        }
+        sort($existing);
+        sort($new);
+        if ($existing === $new) {
+            return $this;
+        }
+
+        $this->imports = array();
+        return $this->add($import);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Magic isset check
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function __isset($import)
+    {
+        return array_key_exists($import, $this->imports);
+    }
+
+    public function remove($import)
+    {
+        if (array_key_exists($import, $this->imports)) {
+            unset($this->imports[$import]);
+        }
+
+        $this->modified = true;
+        $this->refreshIndex();
+    }
+
+    protected function refreshIndex()
+    {
+        ksort($this->imports);
+        $this->idx = array_keys($this->imports);
+    }
+
+    public function add($import)
+    {
+        // TODO: only one query when adding array
+        if (is_array($import)) {
+            foreach ($import as $i) {
+                $this->add($i);
+            }
+            return $this;
+        }
+
+        if (array_key_exists($import, $this->imports)) {
+            return $this;
+        }
+
+        $class = $this->getImportClass();
+        $connection = $this->object->getConnection();
+
+        if ($import instanceof $class) {
+            $this->imports[$import->object_name] = $import;
+        } elseif (is_string($import)) {
+            $query = $this->object->getDb()->select()->from(
+                $this->object->getTableName()
+            )->where('object_name = ?', $import);
+            $imports = $class::loadAll($connection, $query, 'object_name');
+        }
+        if (! array_key_exists($import, $imports)) {
+            throw new ProgrammingError(
+                'The import "%s" doesn\'t exists.',
+                $import
+            );
+        }
+
+        var_dump($imports);die;
+        $this->imports[$import] = $imports[$import];
+
+        $this->modified = true;
+        $this->refreshIndex();
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    protected function getImportTableName()
+    {
+        return $this->object->getTableName() . '_inheritance';
+    }
+
+    public function listImportNames()
+    {
+        return array_keys($this->imports);
+    }
+
+    public function getType()
+    {
+        return $this->object->getShortTableName();
+    }
+
+    protected function loadFromDb()
+    {
+        $db = $this->object->getDb();
+        $connection = $this->object->getConnection();
+
+        $type = $this->getType();
+
+        $table = $this->object->getTableName();
+        $query = $db->select()->from(
+            array('o' => $table),
+            array()
+        )->join(
+            array('oi' => $table . '_inheritance'),
+            'oi.' . $type . '_id = o.id',
+            array()
+        )->join(
+            array('i' => $table),
+            'i.id = oi.parent_' . $type . '_id',
+            '*'
+        )->where('o.id = ?', (int) $this->object->id)
+        ->order('oi.weight');
+
+        $class = $this->getImportClass();
+        $this->imports = $class::loadAll($connection, $query, 'object_name');
+        $this->storedImports = $this->imports;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Modification TODO
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function store()
+    {
+        $storedGroups = array_keys($this->storedGroups);
+        $groups = array_keys($this->groups);
+
+        $objectId = $this->object->id;
+        $type = $this->getType();
+
+        $objectCol = $type . '_id';
+        $groupCol = $type . 'group_id';
+
+        $toDelete = array_diff($storedGroups, $groups);
+        foreach ($toDelete as $group) {
+            $where = sprintf(
+                $objectCol . ' = %d AND ' . $groupCol . ' = %d',
+                $objectId,
+                $this->storedGroups[$group]->id
+            );
+
+            $this->object->db->delete(
+                $this->getGroupMemberTableName(),
+                $where
+            );
+        }
+
+        $toAdd = array_diff($groups, $storedGroups);
+        foreach ($toAdd as $group) {
+            $this->object->db->insert(
+                $this->getGroupMemberTableName(),
+                array(
+                    $objectCol => $objectId,
+                    $groupCol => $this->groups[$group]->id
+                )
+            );
+        }
+        $this->storedGroups = $this->groups;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    protected function getImportClass()
+    {
+        return get_class($this->object);
+    }
+
+    public static function loadForStoredObject(IcingaObject $object)
+    {
+        $imports = new static($object);
+        return $imports->loadFromDb();
+    }
+
+    public function toConfigString()
+    {
+        $ret = '';
+
+        foreach ($this->imports as $name => & $o) {
+            $ret .= '    import ' . c::renderString($o->object_name) . "\n";
+        }
+
+        if ($ret !== '') {
+            $ret .= "\n";
+        }
+        return $ret;
+    }
+
+    public function __toString()
+    {
+        try {
+            return $this->toConfigString();
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            trigger_error($e);
+            $previousHandler = set_exception_handler(function () {});
+            restore_error_handler();
+            if ($previousHandler !== null) {
+                call_user_func($previousHandler, $e);
+                die();
+            } else {
+                die($e->getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/library/Director/Web/Form/DirectorObjectForm.php b/library/Director/Web/Form/DirectorObjectForm.php
index e38efac9..d82b61ea 100644
--- a/library/Director/Web/Form/DirectorObjectForm.php
+++ b/library/Director/Web/Form/DirectorObjectForm.php
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ abstract class DirectorObjectForm extends QuickForm
         $handled = array();
 
         if ($object->supportsGroups()) {
-
             if (array_key_exists('groups', $values)) {
                 $object->groups()->set(
                    preg_split('/\s*,\s*/', $values['groups'], -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY)
@@ -57,6 +56,15 @@ abstract class DirectorObjectForm extends QuickForm
             }
         }
 
+        if ($object->supportsImports()) {
+            if (array_key_exists('imports', $values)) {
+                $object->imports()->set(
+                    preg_split('/\s*,\s*/', $values['imports'], -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY)
+                );
+                $handled['imports'] = true;
+            }
+        }
+
         if ($this->object->supportsCustomVars()) {
             $vars = array();
             $newvar = array(
@@ -181,6 +189,12 @@ abstract class DirectorObjectForm extends QuickForm
             );
         }
 
+        if ($this->object->supportsImports()) {
+            $this->getElement('imports')->setValue(
+                implode(', ', $this->object->imports()->listImportNames())
+            );
+        }
+
         if ($this->object->supportsCustomVars()) {
             foreach ($this->object->vars() as $key => $value) {
                 $this->addCustomVar($key, $value);