diff --git a/git-srpmimport b/git-srpmimport
index b538b13..d0767a7 100755
--- a/git-srpmimport
+++ b/git-srpmimport
@@ -240,13 +240,14 @@ import()
 	verbose "Processing $srpm"
 	srpm="$(readlink -ev "$srpm")"
 
-	local header name version buildtime filelist author f
+	local header name version buildtime filelist changelog author message f
 	header="$(od -A n -N 8 -t x1 -- "$srpm")" &&
 	[ -n "$header" -a -z "${header## ed ab ee db ?? ?? 00 01}" ] &&
 	name="$(rpmquery -p --qf '%{NAME}' -- "$srpm")" &&
 	version="$(rpmquery -p --qf '%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}' -- "$srpm")" &&
 	buildtime="$(rpmquery -p --qf '%{BUILDTIME}' -- "$srpm")" &&
-	filelist="$(rpm2cpio "$srpm" |cpio --list --quiet )" ||
+	filelist="$(rpm2cpio "$srpm" |cpio --list --quiet )" &&
+	changelog="$(rpmquery -p --qf '%{CHANGELOGTEXT}' -- "$srpm")" ||
 		fatal "$srpm: Not a valid source rpm package"
 
 	author="$(rpmquery -p --qf '%{CHANGELOGNAME}\n' -- "$srpm" |
@@ -315,8 +316,9 @@ import()
 
 	optimize_rules "$gear_rules"
 
+	message=`printf '%s\n\n%s' "$version" "$changelog"`
 	TZ=UTC faketime -d "1970-01-01 $buildtime seconds" -- \
-		git-commit -a -m "$version" ${author:+--author "$author"}
+		git-commit -a -m "$message" ${author:+--author "$author"}
 	verbose "Committed $name $version"
 	TZ=UTC faketime -d "1970-01-01 $buildtime seconds" -- \
 		git-tag -a -m "$name $version" "$version"