diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 10c680786..efa8b1f81 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ gem 'rails',        '4.2.4' # when update, all initializers eis_custom files nee
 gem 'iso8601',      '0.8.6' # for dates and times
 gem 'hashie-forbidden_attributes', '0.1.1'
 gem 'SyslogLogger', '2.0', require: 'syslog/logger'
+gem 'parallel'
 
 # load env
 gem 'figaro', '1.1.1'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b92d6dc1b..4b7c74561 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ GEM
     nprogress-rails (0.1.6.7)
     open4 (1.3.4)
     orm_adapter (0.5.0)
+    parallel (1.6.1)
     parser (2.2.2.6)
       ast (>= 1.1, < 3.0)
     pdfkit (0.6.2)
@@ -603,6 +604,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   nokogiri (= 1.6.6.2)
   nprogress-rails (= 0.1.6.7)
   paper_trail!
+  parallel
   pdfkit (= 0.6.2)
   pg (= 0.18.2)
   phantomjs (= 1.9.8.0)
diff --git a/lib/tasks/import_history.rake b/lib/tasks/import_history.rake
index 0f41d0a5c..5b6e80230 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/import_history.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/import_history.rake
@@ -5,10 +5,39 @@ namespace :import do
     Rake::Task['import:history_domains'].invoke
   end
 
+  def parallel_import all_ids
+    thread_pool = (Parallel.processor_count rescue 4) - 1
+    threads     = []
+
+    all_ids.each_with_index do |one_id, i|
+      process = Process.fork do
+        begin
+          yield(one_id, i)
+        rescue => e
+          Rails.logger.error("[EXCEPTION] #{Process.pid}")
+          Rails.logger.error("#{Process.pid} #{e.message}" )
+          Rails.logger.error("#{Process.pid} #{e.backtrace.join("\n")}")
+        ensure
+          ActiveRecord::Base.remove_connection
+          Process.exit!
+        end
+      end
+
+      threads << process
+      if threads.count >= thread_pool
+        threads.delete(Process.wait(0))
+      end
+    end
+
+    Process.waitall
+  end
+
 
   desc 'Import contact history'
   task history_contacts: :environment do
-    Legacy::ContactHistory.uniq.pluck(:id).each do |legacy_contact_id|
+    old_ids  = Legacy::ContactHistory.uniq.pluck(:id)
+    old_size = old_ids.size
+    parallel_import(old_ids) do |legacy_contact_id, process_idx|
       start = Time.now.to_f
       Contact.transaction do
         data      = []
@@ -76,7 +105,7 @@ namespace :import do
         end
         ContactVersion.import_without_validations_or_callbacks data.first.keys, data.map(&:values) if data.any?
       end
-      puts "Legacy Contact id #{legacy_contact_id} finished in #{Time.now.to_f - start}"
+      puts "[PID: #{Process.pid}] Legacy Contact #{legacy_contact_id} (#{process_idx}/#{old_size}) finished in #{Time.now.to_f - start}"
     end
   end
 
@@ -84,8 +113,8 @@ namespace :import do
 
   desc 'Import domain history'
   task history_domains: :environment do
-    Domain.transaction do
-      Legacy::DomainHistory.uniq.pluck(:id).each do |legacy_domain_id|
+    parallel_import(Legacy::DomainHistory.uniq.pluck(:id)) do |legacy_domain_id|
+      Domain.transaction do
         domain   = Domain.find_by(legacy_id: legacy_domain_id)
         version_domain = DomainVersion.where("object->>'legacy_id' = '#{legacy_domain_id}'").select(:item_id).first
         domain ||= Domain.new(id: version_domain.item_id, legacy_id: legacy_domain_id) if version_domain