diff --git a/includes/DateiCalFeedsParser.inc b/includes/DateiCalFeedsParser.inc
index 8048fd9efa1f9548556c30b6d272246f4a0b7f01..991bb29490baafae8f9afa490f5f2fced5824db8 100644
--- a/includes/DateiCalFeedsParser.inc
+++ b/includes/DateiCalFeedsParser.inc
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class DateiCalFeedsParser extends FeedsParser {
     return array(
       'indefinite_count' => $this->config['indefinite_count'],
       'until_not_utc' => $this->config['until_not_utc'],
+      'skip_days' => $this->config['skip_days'],
     );
   }
   
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ class DateiCalFeedsParser extends FeedsParser {
     return array(
       'indefinite_count' => '52',
       'until_not_utc' => FALSE,
+      'skip_days' => NULL,
     );
   }
   
@@ -108,14 +110,35 @@ class DateiCalFeedsParser extends FeedsParser {
     $form['until_not_utc'] = array(
       '#title' => t('RRULE UNTILs are not in UTC'),
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
-      '#description' => t('Enable this setting if you\'re seeing reccuring events lose or gain repeat(s) at the end. ' .
+      '#description' => t('Enable this setting if your reccuring events are not repeating the correct number of times. ' .
           'The iCal spec requires that the UNTIL value in an RRULE be specified in UTC, but some iCal feed creators fail to do this ' .
-          '(the UNTIL values in the feed\'s RRULEs don\'t end is "Z"). This causes the UNTIL value to be off by several hours.'),
+          '(the UNTIL values in those feeds\' RRULEs don\'t end is "Z"). This causes the UNTIL value to be off by several hours, ' .
+          'which can cause the repeat calculator to miss or add repeats.'),
       '#default_value' => $this->config['until_not_utc'],
     );
+    $form['skip_days'] = array(
+      '#title' => t('Skip events more than X days old'),
+      '#type' => 'textfield',
+      '#size' => 5,
+      '#description' => t('Set this value to any positive integer (or 0) to skip events which ended more than that many days before the import. ' .
+        'Leave it blank to import all events.'),
+      '#default_value' => $this->config['skip_days'],
+    );
     return $form;
   }
   
+  /**
+   * Validation handler for configForm.
+   */
+  public function configFormValidate(&$source_config) {
+    if (!preg_match('/^\d+$/', $source_config['skip_days']) && $source_config['skip_days'] !== '') {
+      form_set_error('skip_days', 'You must enter a positive integer.');
+    }
+    if ($source_config['skip_days'] === '') {
+      $source_config['skip_days'] = NULL;
+    }
+  }
+  
   /**
    * Creates the list of mapping sources offered by DateiCalFeedsParser.
    */
diff --git a/libraries/ParserVcalendar.inc b/libraries/ParserVcalendar.inc
index 1ef953f556cf03c94587a6b55f5523d53f2e93b1..b0bb3ae2d00bf3f592bb0e9c0b15065719aac40e 100644
--- a/libraries/ParserVcalendar.inc
+++ b/libraries/ParserVcalendar.inc
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ class ParserVcalendar {
       // Feeds processor.
       drupal_alter('date_ical_import_post_parse', $this->parsed_data, $context2);
       
-      $events[] = $this->parsed_data;
+      // Skip this event if it's earlier than the user's specified skip time.
+      if (!$this->_skip_current_event()) {
+        $events[] = $this->parsed_data;
+      }
       // The indices of the original $raw_components array are preserved in
       // $batch, so using the $ndx value here lets us communicate our progress
       // through the full collection of components.
@@ -474,4 +477,18 @@ class ParserVcalendar {
     }
     return $datetimezone;
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Internal helper function for skipping old events.
+   */
+  protected function _skip_current_event() {
+    // Must use !isset() here, because 0 and NULL mean different things.
+    if (!isset($this->config['skip_days'])) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+    $compare_date = isset($this->parsed_data['DTEND']) ? $this->parsed_data['DTEND'] : $this->parsed_data['DTSTART'];
+    $skip_date = new FeedsDateTime("today -{$this->config['skip_days']} days", $compare_date->getTimezone());
+    $skip = ($skip_date > $compare_date);
+    return $skip;
+  }
 }