diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95e41ac6752..3f38594c7b5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 ### Added
 
+- [#7555](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/issues/7555): Added `--as-default` to `forest-wallet import`.
 - [#7414](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/issues/7414): New `drand_http_fetch_total` metric, counting the drand rounds that had to be fetched over HTTP rather than served from the in-memory cache.
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/scripts/devnet-forest-miner/docker-compose.yml b/scripts/devnet-forest-miner/docker-compose.yml
index 70f2bf95839..9684d02a779 100644
--- a/scripts/devnet-forest-miner/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/scripts/devnet-forest-miner/docker-compose.yml
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ services:
         set -euxo pipefail
         export TOKEN=$$(cat ${FOREST_DATA_DIR}/token.jwt)
         export FULLNODE_API_INFO=$$TOKEN:/dns/forest/tcp/${FOREST_RPC_PORT}/http
-        ADDR=$$(forest-wallet --remote-wallet import ${LOTUS_DATA_DIR}/genesis-sectors/pre-seal-${MINER_ACTOR_ADDRESS}.key)
-        forest-wallet --remote-wallet set-default "$$ADDR"
+        forest-wallet --remote-wallet import --as-default ${LOTUS_DATA_DIR}/genesis-sectors/pre-seal-${MINER_ACTOR_ADDRESS}.key
 
   # Lotus Miner: the block producer. Its full-node API points at FOREST, so it
   # drives block production through Forest's RPC (this is the swap vs ../devnet).
diff --git a/scripts/devnet/docker-compose.yml b/scripts/devnet/docker-compose.yml
index 3fe711a5ba2..b5c9302e279 100644
--- a/scripts/devnet/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/scripts/devnet/docker-compose.yml
@@ -292,8 +292,7 @@ services:
         set -euxo pipefail
         export TOKEN=$$(cat ${FOREST_DATA_DIR}/token.jwt)
         export FULLNODE_API_INFO=$$TOKEN:/dns/forest/tcp/${FOREST_RPC_PORT}/http
-        ADDR=$$(forest-wallet --remote-wallet import ${LOTUS_DATA_DIR}/genesis-sectors/pre-seal-${MINER_ACTOR_ADDRESS}.key)
-        forest-wallet --remote-wallet set-default "$$ADDR"
+        forest-wallet --remote-wallet import --as-default ${LOTUS_DATA_DIR}/genesis-sectors/pre-seal-${MINER_ACTOR_ADDRESS}.key
 
 volumes:
   # Shared proof parameter files. It is re-used by both Lotus and Forest.
diff --git a/src/dev/subcommands/tests_cmd/wallet.rs b/src/dev/subcommands/tests_cmd/wallet.rs
index 654670e6180..0b5d491915c 100644
--- a/src/dev/subcommands/tests_cmd/wallet.rs
+++ b/src/dev/subcommands/tests_cmd/wallet.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ fn tests() -> Vec<Trial> {
             block_on(export_import_roundtrip(Backend::Remote));
             Ok(())
         }),
+        Trial::test("import_as_default_local", || {
+            block_on(import_as_default(Backend::Local));
+            Ok(())
+        }),
+        Trial::test("import_as_default_remote", || {
+            block_on(import_as_default(Backend::Remote));
+            Ok(())
+        }),
         Trial::test("market_add_balance_message_on_chain", || {
             block_on(market_add_balance_message_on_chain());
             Ok(())
@@ -91,6 +99,27 @@ async fn export_import_roundtrip(backend: Backend) {
     );
 }
 
+async fn import_as_default(backend: Backend) {
+    let addr = wallet(backend, &["new"]).unwrap();
+    let exported = export_to_temp_file(&addr, backend).unwrap();
+    let path = exported
+        .path()
+        .to_str()
+        .expect("temp path is not valid UTF-8");
+
+    let deleted = wallet(backend, &["delete", &addr]).unwrap();
+    eprintln!("delete output ({}): {deleted}", backend.label());
+
+    let imported = wallet(backend, &["import", "--as-default", path]).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        imported,
+        addr,
+        "round-trip mismatch on {} backend: {imported} != {addr}",
+        backend.label(),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(wallet(backend, &["default"]).unwrap(), imported);
+}
+
 async fn market_add_balance_message_on_chain() {
     const ATTO_FIL: &str = "23";
     let result = rpc_call_with_retry(
diff --git a/src/wallet/subcommands/wallet_cmd.rs b/src/wallet/subcommands/wallet_cmd.rs
index ffbbc98f984..745156aaef6 100644
--- a/src/wallet/subcommands/wallet_cmd.rs
+++ b/src/wallet/subcommands/wallet_cmd.rs
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ pub enum WalletCommands {
     Import {
         /// The path to the private key
         path: Option<String>,
+        /// Set the imported address as default
+        #[arg(long)]
+        as_default: bool,
     },
     /// List addresses of the wallet
     List {
@@ -374,7 +377,7 @@ impl WalletCommands {
                 println!("deleted {address}.");
                 Ok(())
             }
-            Self::Import { path } => {
+            Self::Import { path, as_default } => {
                 let key = match path {
                     Some(path) => std::fs::read_to_string(path)?,
                     _ => {
@@ -405,6 +408,9 @@ impl WalletCommands {
                     .context("invalid key format")?;
 
                 let key = backend.wallet_import(key_info).await?;
+                if as_default {
+                    backend.wallet_set_default(Address::from_str(&key)?).await?;
+                }
 
                 println!("{key}");
                 Ok(())