diff --git a/MANUAL.md b/MANUAL.md
index 1dc00fbbf..ecb9bf161 100644
--- a/MANUAL.md
+++ b/MANUAL.md
@@ -561,9 +561,13 @@ Notes:
 -   Definitions must come first, one per line, all in one
     paragraph. Each is a name and a value separated by whitespace.
     Supported names are: base-account, date-field, date-format, status-field,
-    code-field, description-field, amount-field, currency-field,
+    code-field, description-field, amount-field, currency-field, account-field,
     currency. All are optional and will use defaults if not specified.
 
+-   If your file contains data corresponding to several accounts (for example - bulk
+    export from other accounting software), you can use account-field to override
+    value of base-account. When account-field value is empty, base-account will be used.
+
 -   The date-format field contains the expected format for the input dates:
     this is the same as that accepted by the Haskell
     [formatTime](http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/time/latest/doc/html/Data-Time-Format.html#v:formatTime)
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Convert.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Convert.hs
index 1599e3b74..c40d88ceb 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Convert.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Convert.hs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ data CsvRules = CsvRules {
       amountField :: Maybe FieldPosition,
       currencyField :: Maybe FieldPosition,
       baseCurrency :: Maybe String,
+      accountField :: Maybe FieldPosition,
       baseAccount :: AccountName,
       accountRules :: [AccountRule]
 } deriving (Show, Eq)
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ nullrules = CsvRules {
       amountField=Nothing,
       currencyField=Nothing,
       baseCurrency=Nothing,
+      accountField=Nothing,
       baseAccount="unknown",
       accountRules=[]
 }
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ definitions = do
    ,descriptionfield
    ,amountfield
    ,currencyfield
+   ,accountfield
    ,basecurrency
    ,baseaccount
    ,commentline
@@ -229,6 +232,14 @@ currencyfield = do
   r <- getState
   setState r{currencyField=readMay v}
 
+accountfield = do
+  string "account-field"
+  many1 spacenonewline
+  v <- restofline
+  r <- getState
+  setState r{accountField=readMay v}
+
+
 basecurrency = do
   string "currency"
   many1 spacenonewline
@@ -288,6 +299,7 @@ transactionFromCsvRecord rules fields =
       desc = maybe "" (atDef "" fields) (descriptionField rules)
       comment = ""
       precomment = ""
+      baseacc = maybe (baseAccount rules) (atDef "" fields) (accountField rules)
       amountstr = maybe "" (atDef "" fields) (amountField rules)
       amountstr' = strnegate amountstr where strnegate ('-':s) = s
                                              strnegate s = '-':s
@@ -322,7 +334,7 @@ transactionFromCsvRecord rules fields =
                    },
                    Posting {
                      pstatus=False,
-                     paccount=baseAccount rules,
+                     paccount=baseacc,
                      pamount=(-baseamount),
                      pcomment="",
                      ptype=RegularPosting,
@@ -403,4 +415,4 @@ tests_Hledger_Cli_Convert = TestList [
                  --       ]
                  --  })
 
-  ]
\ No newline at end of file
+  ]