diff --git a/tabellio/icalimport/icalimport.py b/tabellio/icalimport/icalimport.py
index 32e3075..75dd184 100644
--- a/tabellio/icalimport/icalimport.py
+++ b/tabellio/icalimport/icalimport.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from Products.CMFCore.WorkflowCore import WorkflowException
 from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
 from Products.Five.browser import BrowserView
 from plone.registry.interfaces import IRegistry
+from plone.app.textfield.value import RichTextValue
 
 from tabellio.config.interfaces import ITabellioSettings
 
@@ -57,10 +58,23 @@ class IcalImport(BrowserView):
             event.title = title
             event.start = date_start
             event.end = date_end
+            description = None
             try:
-                event.description = vevent.description.value
+                description = vevent.description.value
             except:
                 pass
+            if description:
+                event.text = RichTextValue(raw=description,
+                        mimeType='text/plain', outputMimeType='text/x-html-safe')
+            description = None
+            try:
+                description = vevent.x_alt_desc.value
+            except:
+                pass
+            if description:
+                event.text = RichTextValue(raw=description,
+                        mimeType='text/html', outputMimeType='text/x-html-safe')
+
             try:
                 event.location = vevent.location.value
             except: