diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 2f6be49504a89d5c4744c83d17285e645d2b9249..579add5601cb9353e52c81e37cf5b2163d179de4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 // $Id$
 
+Feeds 6.x 1.X XXXX
+------------------
+
+- #647222 cglusky, jeffschuler: Specify input format for feed items.
+
 Feeds 6.x 1.0 Beta 2, 2010-07-10
 --------------------------------
 
diff --git a/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc b/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc
index d3e8c080ef09b2ae3804830b607f98c39fda8cf7..8ef67bcd98a3b13056c0af7d23af63d2baebd69a 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ class FeedsNodeProcessor extends FeedsProcessor {
     $type = isset($types['story']) ? 'story' : key($types);
     return array(
       'content_type' => $type,
+      'input_format' => FILTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT,
       'update_existing' => FEEDS_NODE_SKIP_EXISTING,
       'expire' => FEEDS_EXPIRE_NEVER,
       'mappings' => array(),
@@ -167,6 +168,18 @@ class FeedsNodeProcessor extends FeedsProcessor {
       '#options' => $types,
       '#default_value' => $this->config['content_type'],
     );
+    $format_options = array(FILTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT => t('Default format'));
+    $formats = filter_formats();
+      foreach ($formats as $format) {
+        $format_options[$format->format] = $format->name;
+      }
+    $form['input_format'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'select',
+      '#title' => t('Input format'),
+      '#description' => t('Choose the input format of the body field of created nodes.'),
+      '#options' => $format_options,
+      '#default_value' => $this->config['input_format'],
+    );
     $author = user_load(array('uid' => $this->config['author']));
     $form['author'] = array(
       '#type' => 'textfield',
@@ -318,6 +331,7 @@ class FeedsNodeProcessor extends FeedsProcessor {
     if ($populate) {
       $node->type = $this->config['content_type'];
       $node->changed = FEEDS_REQUEST_TIME;
+      $node->format = $this->config['input_format'];
       $node->feeds_node_item = new stdClass();
       $node->feeds_node_item->id = $this->id;
       $node->feeds_node_item->imported = FEEDS_REQUEST_TIME;
diff --git a/tests/feeds.test b/tests/feeds.test
index 2b40c5b2bb718e7070ebcd67c9361ddb951bd546..3adae982c3eb83e2a682e89ba520eac0d9ff7d62 100644
--- a/tests/feeds.test
+++ b/tests/feeds.test
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ class FeedsRSStoNodesTest extends FeedsWebTestCase {
     $count = db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {feeds_node_item}"));
     $this->assertEqual($count, 10, 'Accurate number of items in database.');
 
+    // Assert default input format on first imported feed node.
+    $format = db_result(db_query_range("SELECT nr.format FROM {feeds_node_item} fi JOIN {node} n ON fi.nid = n.nid JOIN {node_revisions} nr ON n.vid = nr.vid", 0, 1));
+    $this->assertEqual($format, FILTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT, 'Using default Input format.');
+
     // Import again.
     $this->drupalPost('node/'. $nid .'/import', array(), 'Import');
     $this->assertText('There is no new content.');
@@ -173,9 +177,14 @@ class FeedsRSStoNodesTest extends FeedsWebTestCase {
     $count = db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {feeds_node_item}"));
     $this->assertEqual($count, 0, 'Accurate number of items in database.');
 
-    // Change author, import again.
+    // Change author.
     $author = $this->drupalCreateUser();
     $this->setSettings('syndication', 'FeedsNodeProcessor', array('author' => $author->name));
+
+    // Change input format.
+    $this->setSettings('syndication', 'FeedsNodeProcessor', array('input_format' => FILTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT + 1));
+
+    // Import again.
     $this->drupalPost('node/'. $nid .'/import', array(), 'Import');
     $this->assertText('Created 10 Story nodes.');
 
@@ -185,6 +194,10 @@ class FeedsRSStoNodesTest extends FeedsWebTestCase {
     $count = db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {feeds_node_item} fi JOIN {node} n ON fi.nid = n.nid WHERE n.uid = %d", $author->uid));
     $this->assertEqual($count, 10, 'Accurate number of items in database.');
 
+    // Assert input format.
+    $format = db_result(db_query_range("SELECT nr.format FROM {feeds_node_item} fi JOIN {node} n ON fi.nid = n.nid JOIN {node_revisions} nr ON n.vid = nr.vid", 0, 1));
+    $this->assertEqual($format, FILTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT + 1, 'Set non-default Input format.');
+
     // Set to update existing, remove authorship of above nodes and import again.
     $this->setSettings('syndication', 'FeedsNodeProcessor', array('update_existing' => 2));
     db_query("UPDATE {node} n JOIN {feeds_node_item} fi ON n.nid = fi.nid SET n.uid = 0, fi.hash=''");