diff --git ucs-school-import/modules/ucsschool/importer/mass_import/sisopi_user_import.py ucs-school-import/modules/ucsschool/importer/mass_import/sisopi_user_import.py
index 148a69d20..ee05e5627 100644
--- ucs-school-import/modules/ucsschool/importer/mass_import/sisopi_user_import.py
+++ ucs-school-import/modules/ucsschool/importer/mass_import/sisopi_user_import.py
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ class SingleSourcePartialUserImport(UserImport):
 		:return: whether the deletion worked
 		:rtype: bool
 		"""
+		deletion_grace = max(0, int(self.config.get('deletion_grace_period', {}).get('deletion', 0)))
 		modified = False
 
 		self.logger.info('Removing %r from school %r...', user, self.config['school'])
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ class SingleSourcePartialUserImport(UserImport):
 			imported_user.school_classes = {}
 			user = self.school_move(imported_user, user)
 			user.update(imported_user)  # user is freshly fetched from LDAP, readd import data
+			modified |= self.set_deletion_grace(user, deletion_grace)
 			modified |= self.deactivate_user_now(user)
 
 		if self.dry_run: