diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -4057,6 +4057,8 @@ def identify(ui, repo, source=None, rev=
      _('commit even if some hunks fail')),
     ('', 'exact', None,
      _('apply patch to the nodes from which it was generated')),
+    ('', 'prefix', '',
+     _('apply patch to directory relative to the root'), _('DIR')),
     ('', 'import-branch', None,
      _('use any branch information in patch (implied by --exact)'))] +
     commitopts + commitopts2 + similarityopts,
@@ -4156,6 +4158,8 @@ def import_(ui, repo, patch1=None, *patc
         raise util.Abort(_('cannot use --similarity with --bypass'))
     if opts.get('exact') and opts.get('edit'):
         raise util.Abort(_('cannot use --exact with --edit'))
+    if opts.get('exact') and opts.get('prefix'):
+        raise util.Abort(_('cannot use --exact with --prefix'))
 
     if update:
         cmdutil.checkunfinished(repo)
diff --git a/tests/test-completion.t b/tests/test-completion.t
--- a/tests/test-completion.t
+++ b/tests/test-completion.t
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ Show all commands + options
   heads: rev, topo, active, closed, style, template
   help: extension, command, keyword
   identify: rev, num, id, branch, tags, bookmarks, ssh, remotecmd, insecure
-  import: strip, base, edit, force, no-commit, bypass, partial, exact, import-branch, message, logfile, date, user, similarity
+  import: strip, base, edit, force, no-commit, bypass, partial, exact, prefix, import-branch, message, logfile, date, user, similarity
   incoming: force, newest-first, bundle, rev, bookmarks, branch, patch, git, limit, no-merges, stat, graph, style, template, ssh, remotecmd, insecure, subrepos
   locate: rev, print0, fullpath, include, exclude
   manifest: rev, all, template
diff --git a/tests/test-import-bypass.t b/tests/test-import-bypass.t
--- a/tests/test-import-bypass.t
+++ b/tests/test-import-bypass.t
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ Test unsupported combinations
   $ hg import --bypass --similarity 50 ../test.diff
   abort: cannot use --similarity with --bypass
   [255]
+  $ hg import --exact --prefix dir/ ../test.diff
+  abort: cannot use --exact with --prefix
+  [255]
 
 Test commit editor
 (this also tests that editor is invoked, if the patch doesn't contain