diff --git a/hgext3rd/p4fastimport/p4.py b/hgext3rd/p4fastimport/p4.py
--- a/hgext3rd/p4fastimport/p4.py
+++ b/hgext3rd/p4fastimport/p4.py
@@ -408,8 +408,9 @@
 ACTION_EDIT = ['edit', 'integrate']
 ACTION_ADD = ['add', 'branch', 'move/add']
 ACTION_DELETE = ['delete', 'move/delete']
+ACTION_PURGE = ['purge']
 ACTION_ARCHIVE = ['archive']
-SUPPORTED_ACTIONS = ACTION_EDIT + ACTION_ADD + ACTION_DELETE
+SUPPORTED_ACTIONS = ACTION_EDIT + ACTION_ADD + ACTION_DELETE + ACTION_PURGE
 
 class P4Changelist(object):
     def __init__(self, origclnum, clnum, user, commit_time_diff):
@@ -483,7 +484,13 @@
         """
         a, m, r = [], [], []
         for fname, info in self.parsed['files'].iteritems():
-            if info['action'] in ACTION_EDIT:
+            if info['action'] in ACTION_EDIT + ACTION_PURGE:
+                # A changelist reports a file as "purged" when the file data no
+                # longer exists due to the +S filetype attribute. However, on
+                # the Hg side, we do want to record that the file is part of
+                # the changeset. For one thing, we already imported the
+                # filelog, and now we need a changeset for that revision in the
+                # index file to link to.
                 m.append(fname)
             elif info['action'] in ACTION_ADD:
                 a.append(fname)
diff --git a/tests/test-p4fastimport-import.t b/tests/test-p4fastimport-import.t
--- a/tests/test-p4fastimport-import.t
+++ b/tests/test-p4fastimport-import.t
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
   $ p4 archive -t -D archive //depot/Main/d
   Archiving //depot/Main/d#2 to //archive/depot/Main/d.
   Archiving //depot/Main/d#1 to //archive/depot/Main/d.
+  $ p4 filelog //depot/Main/d | cut -d ' ' -f 2-
+  //depot/Main/d
+  #2 change 2 archive on * by *@hg-p4-import (text) 'second' (glob)
+  #1 change 1 archive on * by *@hg-p4-import (text) 'initial' (glob)
 
 Test keyword extension
   $ cat >test.c <<EOF
@@ -88,15 +92,39 @@
   $Revision: #2 $
   $Author: * $ (glob)
 
+Test auto-purge files
+
+  $ echo rev1 > tmpattrib.txt
+  $ p4 add -t +S tmpattrib.txt
+  //depot/tmpattrib.txt#1 - opened for add
+  $ p4 submit -d "tmpattrib 1"
+  Submitting change 5.
+  Locking 1 files ...
+  add //depot/tmpattrib.txt#1
+  Change 5 submitted.
+  $ p4 edit tmpattrib.txt
+  //depot/tmpattrib.txt#1 - opened for edit
+  $ echo rev2 > tmpattrib.txt
+  $ p4 submit -d "tmpattrib 2"
+  Submitting change 6.
+  Locking 1 files ...
+  edit //depot/tmpattrib.txt#2
+  Change 6 submitted.
+  $ p4 filelog //depot/tmpattrib.txt | cut -d ' ' -f 2-
+  //depot/tmpattrib.txt
+  #2 change 6 edit on * by *@hg-p4-import (text+S) 'tmpattrib 2' (glob)
+  #1 change 5 purge on * by *@hg-p4-import (text+S) 'tmpattrib 1' (glob)
+
 Simple import
 
   $ cd $hgwd
   $ hg init --config 'format.usefncache=False'
   $ hg p4fastimport --bookmark master --debug -P $P4ROOT hg-p4-import
   loading changelist numbers.
-  4 changelists to import.
+  6 changelists to import.
   loading list of files.
-  3 files to import.
+  4 files to import.
+  reading filelog * (glob)
   reading filelog * (glob)
   reading filelog * (glob)
   reading filelog * (glob)
@@ -107,6 +135,8 @@
   writing filelog: b11e10a88bfa, p1 149da44f2a4e, linkrev 1, 4 bytes, src: *, path: Main/b/c (glob)
   writing filelog: 7083c74fbb1d, p1 000000000000, linkrev 2, 68 bytes, src: *, path: test.c (glob)
   writing filelog: 67de97119b9e, p1 7083c74fbb1d, linkrev 3, 68 bytes, src: *, path: test.c (glob)
+  writing filelog: b80de5d13875, p1 000000000000, linkrev 4, 0 bytes, src: *, path: tmpattrib.txt (glob)
+  writing filelog: e866cbe6aaa7, p1 b80de5d13875, linkrev 5, 5 bytes, src: *, path: tmpattrib.txt (glob)
   changelist 1: writing manifest. node: a9ab65129a6d p1: 000000000000 p2: 000000000000 linkrev: 0
   changelist 1: writing changelog: initial
   changelist 2: writing manifest. node: aff99eae550e p1: a9ab65129a6d p2: 000000000000 linkrev: 1
@@ -115,9 +145,13 @@
   changelist 3: writing changelog: before_expand
   changelist 4: writing manifest. node: 6bd331e4b9db p1: 25805ee52828 p2: 000000000000 linkrev: 3
   changelist 4: writing changelog: after_expand
+  changelist 5: writing manifest. node: dfcbd947663f p1: 6bd331e4b9db p2: 000000000000 linkrev: 4
+  changelist 5: writing changelog: tmpattrib 1
+  changelist 6: writing manifest. node: 1861e05e6835 p1: dfcbd947663f p2: 000000000000 linkrev: 5
+  changelist 6: writing changelog: tmpattrib 2
   writing bookmark
   updating the branch cache
-  4 revision(s), 3 file(s) imported.
+  6 revision(s), 4 file(s) imported.
   $ hg cat -r tip test.c
   $Id$
   $Header$
@@ -135,16 +169,17 @@
   checking manifests
   crosschecking files in changesets and manifests
   checking files
-  3 files, 4 changesets, 6 total revisions
+  4 files, 6 changesets, 8 total revisions
 
   $ hg update master
-  3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+  4 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
   (activating bookmark master)
 
   $ hg manifest -r master
   Main/a
   Main/b/c
   test.c
+  tmpattrib.txt
 
 End Test