diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index efc4f2c9e..43efe650c 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -4788,7 +4788,7 @@
                 </div>
                 <div id="rm_character_import" class="right_menu" style="display: none;">
                     <form id="form_import" action="javascript:void(null);" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
-                        <input multiple type="file" id="character_import_file" accept=".json, image/png, .yaml, .yml" name="avatar">
+                        <input multiple type="file" id="character_import_file" accept=".json, image/png, .yaml, .yml, .charx" name="avatar">
                         <input id="character_import_file_type" name="file_type" class="text_pole" maxlength="999" size="2" value="" autocomplete="off">
                     </form>
                     <input type="file" id="character_replace_file" accept="image/png" name="replace_avatar" hidden>
diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 712752d44..f7a4f8080 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -8288,8 +8288,13 @@ export async function processDroppedFiles(files, preserveFileNames = false) {
         'text/x-yaml',
     ];
 
+    const allowedExtensions = [
+        'charx',
+    ];
+
     for (const file of files) {
-        if (allowedMimeTypes.includes(file.type)) {
+        const extension = file.name.split('.').pop().toLowerCase();
+        if (allowedMimeTypes.includes(file.type) || allowedExtensions.includes(extension)) {
             await importCharacter(file, preserveFileNames);
         } else {
             toastr.warning('Unsupported file type: ' + file.name);
@@ -8310,7 +8315,7 @@ async function importCharacter(file, preserveFileName = false) {
     }
 
     const ext = file.name.match(/\.(\w+)$/);
-    if (!ext || !(['json', 'png', 'yaml', 'yml'].includes(ext[1].toLowerCase()))) {
+    if (!ext || !(['json', 'png', 'yaml', 'yml', 'charx'].includes(ext[1].toLowerCase()))) {
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/endpoints/characters.js b/src/endpoints/characters.js
index 4ad99029d..0577183bf 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/characters.js
+++ b/src/endpoints/characters.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const jimp = require('jimp');
 
 const { UPLOADS_PATH, AVATAR_WIDTH, AVATAR_HEIGHT } = require('../constants');
 const { jsonParser, urlencodedParser } = require('../express-common');
-const { deepMerge, humanizedISO8601DateTime, tryParse } = require('../util');
+const { deepMerge, humanizedISO8601DateTime, tryParse, extractFileFromZipBuffer } = require('../util');
 const { TavernCardValidator } = require('../validator/TavernCardValidator');
 const characterCardParser = require('../character-card-parser.js');
 const { readWorldInfoFile } = require('./worldinfo');
@@ -486,6 +486,37 @@ async function importFromYaml(uploadPath, context) {
     return result ? fileName : '';
 }
 
+/**
+ * Imports a character card from CharX (ZIP) file.
+ * @param {string} uploadPath
+ * @param {object} params
+ * @param {import('express').Request} params.request
+ * @returns {Promise<string>} Internal name of the character
+ */
+async function importFromCharX(uploadPath, { request }) {
+    const data = fs.readFileSync(uploadPath);
+    fs.rmSync(uploadPath);
+    console.log('Importing from CharX');
+    const cardBuffer = await extractFileFromZipBuffer(data, 'card.json');
+
+    if (!cardBuffer) {
+        throw new Error('Failed to extract card.json from CharX file');
+    }
+
+    const card = readFromV2(JSON.parse(cardBuffer.toString()));
+
+    if (card.spec === undefined) {
+        throw new Error('Invalid CharX card file: missing spec field');
+    }
+
+    unsetFavFlag(card);
+    card['create_date'] = humanizedISO8601DateTime();
+    card.name = sanitize(card.name);
+    const fileName = getPngName(card.name, request.user.directories);
+    const result = await writeCharacterData(defaultAvatarPath, JSON.stringify(card), fileName, request);
+    return result ? fileName : '';
+}
+
 /**
  * Import a character from a JSON file.
  * @param {string} uploadPath Path to the uploaded file
@@ -1016,6 +1047,7 @@ router.post('/import', urlencodedParser, async function (request, response) {
         'yml': importFromYaml,
         'json': importFromJson,
         'png': importFromPng,
+        'charx': importFromCharX,
     };
 
     try {
diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index 5a44933f5..8ccc7851c 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ async function extractFileFromZipBuffer(archiveBuffer, fileExtension) {
 
         zipfile.readEntry();
         zipfile.on('entry', (entry) => {
-            if (entry.fileName.endsWith(fileExtension)) {
+            if (entry.fileName.endsWith(fileExtension) && !entry.fileName.startsWith('__MACOSX')) {
                 console.log(`Extracting ${entry.fileName}`);
                 zipfile.openReadStream(entry, (err, readStream) => {
                     if (err) {