diff --git a/src/rm/RequestManagerVirtualMachine.cc b/src/rm/RequestManagerVirtualMachine.cc
index 279b885838..5e968a37d8 100644
--- a/src/rm/RequestManagerVirtualMachine.cc
+++ b/src/rm/RequestManagerVirtualMachine.cc
@@ -481,6 +481,8 @@ void VirtualMachineAction::request_execute(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& paramList,
     AuthRequest::Operation op = auth_op;
     History::VMAction action;
 
+    VirtualMachine * vm;
+
     // Compatibility with 3.8
     if (action_st == "cancel")
     {
@@ -515,6 +517,29 @@ void VirtualMachineAction::request_execute(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& paramList,
         return;
     }
 
+    if ((vm = get_vm(id, att)) == 0)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (vm->isImported() && (
+        action == History::DELETE_RECREATE_ACTION ||
+        action == History::UNDEPLOY_ACTION ||
+        action == History::UNDEPLOY_HARD_ACTION ||
+        action == History::STOP_ACTION))
+    {
+        oss << "Action \"" << action_st << "\" is not supported for imported VMs";
+
+        failure_response(ACTION,
+                request_error(oss.str(),""),
+                att);
+
+        vm->unlock();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    vm->unlock();
+
     switch (action)
     {
         case History::SHUTDOWN_ACTION:
@@ -901,6 +926,16 @@ void VirtualMachineMigrate::request_execute(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& paramList
         return;
     }
 
+    if (vm->isImported())
+    {
+        failure_response(ACTION,
+                request_error("Migration is not supported for imported VMs",""),
+                att);
+
+        vm->unlock();
+        return;
+    }
+
     // Check we are not migrating to the same host
 
     c_hid = vm->get_hid();