diff --git a/disk.py b/disk.py
index c3080c8..bd45b70 100644
--- a/disk.py
+++ b/disk.py
@@ -266,26 +266,22 @@ class Disk(object):
                 raise Exception("Invalid file format. Only qcow and "
                                 "iso files are allowed. Image from: %s" % url)
 
-    def import_disk(self, task, url, parent_id):
-        r = requests.get(url, stream=True)
-        clen = int(r.headers.get('content-length'))
-        downloaded_file = os.path.join(self.dir, url.split('/')[-1])
-        percent = 0
+    def import_disk(self, task, url, port=None):
+        downloaded_file = os.path.join(self.dir, re.split('[:/]', url)[-1])
+        cmdline = ['scp', '-B']
+        if port is not None:
+            cmdline.extend(['-P', str(port)])
+        cmdline.extend([downloaded_file, url])
+
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmdline)
         try:
-            with open(downloaded_file, 'wb') as f:
-                for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=256 * 1024):
-                    f.write(chunk)
-                    current_size = f.tell()
-                    new_percent = current_size * 100 / clen
-                    if new_percent > percent:
-                        if task.is_aborted():
-                            raise AbortException()
-                        percent = new_percent
-                        task.update_state(
-                            task_id=parent_id,
-                            state=task.AsyncResult(parent_id).state,
-                            meta={'size': current_size, 'percent': percent}
-                        )
+            while proc.poll() is None:
+                if task.is_aborted():
+                    raise AbortException()
+                sleep(1)
+
+            if task.is_aborted():
+                raise AbortException()
 
             with magic.Magic() as m:
                 ftype = m.id_filename(downloaded_file)
diff --git a/storagedriver.py b/storagedriver.py
index f06e8f2..d1913e3 100644
--- a/storagedriver.py
+++ b/storagedriver.py
@@ -48,9 +48,12 @@ class import_disk(AbortableTask):
     def run(self, **kwargs):
         disk_desc = kwargs["disk_desc"]
         url = kwargs["url"]
-        parent_id = kwargs["task"]
+        if "port" in kwargs:
+            port = kwargs["port"]
+        else:
+            port = None
         disk = Disk.deserialize(disk_desc)
-        disk.import_disk(self, url, parent_id)
+        disk.import_disk(self, url, port)
         return {
             "size": disk.size,
             "checksum": disk.checksum