diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
index 1427739390..a8901dadc1 100644
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -2157,6 +2157,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'PhabricatorCalendarImportUpdateLogType' => 'applications/calendar/importlog/PhabricatorCalendarImportUpdateLogType.php',
     'PhabricatorCalendarImportViewController' => 'applications/calendar/controller/PhabricatorCalendarImportViewController.php',
     'PhabricatorCalendarManagementNotifyWorkflow' => 'applications/calendar/management/PhabricatorCalendarManagementNotifyWorkflow.php',
+    'PhabricatorCalendarManagementReloadWorkflow' => 'applications/calendar/management/PhabricatorCalendarManagementReloadWorkflow.php',
     'PhabricatorCalendarManagementWorkflow' => 'applications/calendar/management/PhabricatorCalendarManagementWorkflow.php',
     'PhabricatorCalendarNotification' => 'applications/calendar/storage/PhabricatorCalendarNotification.php',
     'PhabricatorCalendarNotificationEngine' => 'applications/calendar/notifications/PhabricatorCalendarNotificationEngine.php',
@@ -7025,6 +7026,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'PhabricatorCalendarImportUpdateLogType' => 'PhabricatorCalendarImportLogType',
     'PhabricatorCalendarImportViewController' => 'PhabricatorCalendarController',
     'PhabricatorCalendarManagementNotifyWorkflow' => 'PhabricatorCalendarManagementWorkflow',
+    'PhabricatorCalendarManagementReloadWorkflow' => 'PhabricatorCalendarManagementWorkflow',
     'PhabricatorCalendarManagementWorkflow' => 'PhabricatorManagementWorkflow',
     'PhabricatorCalendarNotification' => 'PhabricatorCalendarDAO',
     'PhabricatorCalendarNotificationEngine' => 'Phobject',
diff --git a/src/applications/calendar/import/PhabricatorCalendarImportEngine.php b/src/applications/calendar/import/PhabricatorCalendarImportEngine.php
index ca1885a4af..35e94634fe 100644
--- a/src/applications/calendar/import/PhabricatorCalendarImportEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/calendar/import/PhabricatorCalendarImportEngine.php
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ abstract class PhabricatorCalendarImportEngine
     if ($node_map) {
       $events = id(new PhabricatorCalendarEventQuery())
         ->setViewer($viewer)
-        ->withImportAuthorPHIDs(array($viewer->getPHID()))
+        ->withImportAuthorPHIDs(array($import->getAuthorPHID()))
         ->withImportUIDs(array_keys($node_map))
         ->execute();
       $events = mpull($events, null, 'getImportUID');
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ abstract class PhabricatorCalendarImportEngine
       }
 
       $event
-        ->setImportAuthorPHID($viewer->getPHID())
+        ->setImportAuthorPHID($import->getAuthorPHID())
         ->setImportSourcePHID($import->getPHID())
         ->setImportUID($full_uid)
         ->attachImportSource($import);
diff --git a/src/applications/calendar/management/PhabricatorCalendarManagementReloadWorkflow.php b/src/applications/calendar/management/PhabricatorCalendarManagementReloadWorkflow.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1020c9e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/calendar/management/PhabricatorCalendarManagementReloadWorkflow.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+
+final class PhabricatorCalendarManagementReloadWorkflow
+  extends PhabricatorCalendarManagementWorkflow {
+
+  protected function didConstruct() {
+    $this
+      ->setName('reload')
+      ->setExamples('**reload** [options] __id__ ...')
+      ->setSynopsis(
+        pht(
+          'Reload event imports from the command line. Useful for '.
+          'testing and debugging importers.'))
+      ->setArguments(
+        array(
+          array(
+            'name' => 'ids',
+            'wildcard' => true,
+            'help' => pht('List of import IDs to reload.'),
+          ),
+        ));
+  }
+
+  public function execute(PhutilArgumentParser $args) {
+    $viewer = $this->getViewer();
+
+    $ids = $args->getArg('ids');
+    if (!$ids) {
+      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
+        pht('Specify at least one import ID to reload.'));
+    }
+
+    $imports = id(new PhabricatorCalendarImportQuery())
+      ->setViewer($viewer)
+      ->withIDs($ids)
+      ->execute();
+    $imports = mpull($imports, null, 'getID');
+    foreach ($ids as $id) {
+      if (empty($imports[$id])) {
+        throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
+          pht(
+            'Unable to load Calendar import with ID "%s".',
+            $id));
+      }
+    }
+
+    $imports = array_select_keys($imports, $ids);
+
+    foreach ($imports as $import) {
+      echo tsprintf(
+        "%s\n",
+        pht(
+          'Importing "%s"...',
+          $import->getDisplayName()));
+
+      $engine = $import->getEngine();
+
+      $engine->importEventsFromSource($viewer, $import, false);
+    }
+
+    echo tsprintf(
+      "%s\n",
+      pht('Done.'));
+
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/calendar/storage/PhabricatorCalendarEvent.php b/src/applications/calendar/storage/PhabricatorCalendarEvent.php
index b36ff628d4..2834228ec9 100644
--- a/src/applications/calendar/storage/PhabricatorCalendarEvent.php
+++ b/src/applications/calendar/storage/PhabricatorCalendarEvent.php
@@ -75,9 +75,16 @@ final class PhabricatorCalendarEvent extends PhabricatorCalendarDAO
       $now);
     list($datetime_start, $datetime_end) = $datetime_defaults;
 
+    // When importing events from a context like "bin/calendar reload", we may
+    // be acting as the omnipotent user.
+    $host_phid = $actor->getPHID();
+    if (!$host_phid) {
+      $host_phid = $app->getPHID();
+    }
+
     return id(new PhabricatorCalendarEvent())
       ->setDescription('')
-      ->setHostPHID($actor->getPHID())
+      ->setHostPHID($host_phid)
       ->setIsCancelled(0)
       ->setIsAllDay(0)
       ->setIsStub(0)