diff --git a/build/Makefile.in b/build/Makefile.in
index fb2eba19795..170caf8fa6f 100644
--- a/build/Makefile.in
+++ b/build/Makefile.in
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ BUILTINS_PIR = \
   src/builtins/any-str.pir \
   src/builtins/assign.pir \
   src/builtins/cmp.pir \
+  src/builtins/compiler.pir \
   src/builtins/control.pir \
   src/builtins/eval.pir \
   src/builtins/guts.pir \
diff --git a/src/builtins/compiler.pir b/src/builtins/compiler.pir
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b53221877ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/builtins/compiler.pir
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+## $Id$
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+src/builtins/compiler.pir - various Perl6::Compiler methods
+
+=head1 Methods
+
+=over 4
+
+=cut
+
+.namespace ['Perl6';'Compiler']
+
+.sub 'import' :method
+    .param pmc exportns
+    .param pmc symbols         :slurpy
+    .param pmc options         :slurpy :named
+
+    $P0 = self.'parse_name'(exportns)
+    exportns = get_hll_namespace $P0
+    if null exportns goto end
+
+    .local pmc importns
+    importns = options['import_to']
+    if null importns goto import_caller_ns
+    $P0 = self.'parse_name'(importns)
+    importns = get_hll_namespace $P0
+    goto have_importns
+  import_caller_ns:
+    $P0 = getinterp
+    $P0 = $P0['sub';1]
+    importns = $P0.'get_namespace'()
+  have_importns:
+
+    .local pmc symbols_it
+    symbols_it = iter symbols
+  symbols_loop:
+    unless symbols_it goto symbols_done
+    .local string symtag
+    symtag = shift symbols_it
+    $S0 = substr symtag, 0, 1
+    if $S0 == ':' goto symbols_tag
+    $P0 = exportns[$S0]
+    importns[$S0] = $P0
+    goto symbols_loop
+
+  symbols_tag:
+    symtag = substr symtag, 1
+    .local pmc tagns
+    tagns = exportns.'get_name'()
+    push tagns, 'EXPORT'
+    push tagns, symtag
+    tagns = get_root_namespace tagns
+    if null tagns goto tagns_done
+    .local pmc tagns_it
+    tagns_it = iter tagns
+  tagns_loop:
+    unless tagns_it goto tagns_done
+    $S0 = shift tagns_it
+    $P0 = tagns[$S0]
+    importns[$S0] = $P0
+    goto tagns_loop
+  tagns_done:
+    goto symbols_loop
+  symbols_done:
+  end:
+.end
+
+=back
+
+=cut