diff --git a/src/cmd-build-with-buildah b/src/cmd-build-with-buildah
index 7e7abbfc26..1953aa51dd 100755
--- a/src/cmd-build-with-buildah
+++ b/src/cmd-build-with-buildah
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ DIRECT=
 AUTOLOCK_VERSION=
 SKIP_PRUNE=
 STRICT=
+PARENT_BUILD=
 rc=0
 options=$(getopt --options h,d --longoptions help,version:,versionary,direct,autolock:,skip-prune,parent-build:,force,strict -- "$@") || rc=$?
 [ $rc -eq 0 ] || {
@@ -231,22 +232,10 @@ build_with_buildah() {
     fi
 
     if [ -z "${skip_import:-}" ]; then
-        /usr/lib/coreos-assembler/cmd-import "${final_ref}" ${SKIP_PRUNE:+--skip-prune}
+        /usr/lib/coreos-assembler/cmd-import "${final_ref}" \
+            ${PARENT_BUILD:+--parent-build=${PARENT_BUILD}} ${SKIP_PRUNE:+--skip-prune}
     fi
 
-    # For the logs, print the RPM diff
-    /usr/lib/coreos-assembler/cmd-diff \
-        --rpms ${PARENT_BUILD:+--from=$PARENT_BUILD}
-
-    # For meta.json let's record the RPM diff and advisory diff information
-    /usr/lib/coreos-assembler/cmd-diff \
-        --rpms-json ${PARENT_BUILD:+--from=$PARENT_BUILD} |
-        jq '{"pkgdiff": .pkgdiff, "advisories-diff": .advisories}' > "${tempdir}/diff.json"
-    /usr/lib/coreos-assembler/cmd-meta --build="${VERSION}" \
-        --skip-validation --artifact-json "${tempdir}/diff.json"
-    # Run a 'dump' now to perform schema validation since we skipped it above.
-    /usr/lib/coreos-assembler/cmd-meta --dump --build="${VERSION}" > /dev/null
-
     rm -rf "${tempdir}"
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cmd-import b/src/cmd-import
index bdf556f1e8..f2d3bec1ab 100755
--- a/src/cmd-import
+++ b/src/cmd-import
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from cosalib.cmdlib import (
     get_basearch,
     sha256sum_file,
     import_oci_archive)
+from cosalib.meta import GenericBuildMeta
 
 
 def main():
@@ -63,6 +64,14 @@ def main():
         # move into official location
         finalize_build(builds, build_meta, tmp_oci_archive, tmp_oci_manifest, tmp_lockfile, tmp_commitmeta)
 
+    # Now that the build has been created (i.e. files put into the
+    # right places) let's use `cosa diff` to insert package and
+    # advisory diffs into the meta.json and log the RPM diff, but
+    # only if we have something to diff against.
+    if args.parent_build or len(builds.get_builds()) > 1:
+        starting_buildid = args.parent_build if args.parent_build else builds.get_previous()
+        calculate_and_log_diffs(builds, buildid, arch, starting_buildid)
+
     if not args.skip_prune:
         subprocess.check_call(['/usr/lib/coreos-assembler/cmd-prune'])
 
@@ -73,6 +82,8 @@ def parse_args():
                         help="image to import (containers-transports(5) format)")
     parser.add_argument("--skip-prune", action='store_true',
                         help="Skip prunning previous builds")
+    parser.add_argument("--parent-build",
+                        help="The parent build to diff against")
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
@@ -228,6 +239,28 @@ def finalize_build(builds, build_meta, tmp_oci_archive, tmp_oci_manifest, tmp_lo
     print(f'Imported OCI image as build {buildid}')
 
 
+def calculate_and_log_diffs(builds, buildid, arch, starting_buildid):
+    # Get the RPM/Advisory diff info
+    diff_cmd_json = ['/usr/lib/coreos-assembler/cmd-diff', '--rpms-json',
+                     '--from', starting_buildid, '--to', buildid]
+    diff_json_str = subprocess.check_output(diff_cmd_json)
+    diff_data = json.loads(diff_json_str)
+
+    # Update the meta.json file with the RPM/Advisory diff info. Yes we
+    # just created this file, but let's use the library now for access.
+    meta = GenericBuildMeta(workdir=os.getcwd(), build=buildid, basearch=arch)
+    meta.update({
+        'pkgdiff': diff_data.get('pkgdiff'),
+        'advisories-diff': diff_data.get('advisories')
+    })
+    meta.write()
+
+    # For the logs let's output the RPM diff
+    diff_cmd_log = ['/usr/lib/coreos-assembler/cmd-diff', '--rpms',
+                    '--from', starting_buildid, '--to', buildid]
+    subprocess.check_call(diff_cmd_log)
+
+
 def skopeo_inspect(image):
     return json.loads(subprocess.check_output(['skopeo', 'inspect', '-n', image]))