diff --git a/pkg/cmd/restore.go b/pkg/cmd/restore.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4026d2853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/restore.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2020 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/log"
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/modules/dump"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(restoreCmd)
+}
+
+var restoreCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "restore [filename]",
+	Short: "Restores all vikunja data from a vikunja dump.",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+	PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fullInit()
+	},
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		if err := dump.Restore(args[0]); err != nil {
+			log.Critical(err.Error())
+		}
+	},
+}
diff --git a/pkg/modules/dump/restore.go b/pkg/modules/dump/restore.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c23a29fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/modules/dump/restore.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2020 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package dump
+
+// Restore takes a zip file name and restores it
+func Restore(filename string) error {
+	return nil
+}