diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 644f40fb..479f3cf1 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1037,6 +1037,23 @@
 		<echo>Completed SWAMID import flow.</echo>
 	</target>
     
+    <!--
+        *********************************************
+        ***                                       ***
+        ***   S W I T C H   F E D E R A T I O N   ***
+        ***                                       ***
+        *********************************************
+    -->
+    
+    <property name="switch.dir" value="${mdx.dir}/switch"/>
+    
+    <target name="flow.switch.import">
+        <echo>Running SWITCH import flow.</echo>
+        <MDA config="${switch.dir}/switch-import.xml" out="${switch.dir}/imported.xml"/>
+        <CHECK.imported i="${switch.dir}/imported.xml"/>
+        <echo>Completed SWITCH import flow.</echo>
+    </target>
+    
 	<!--
 	    *************************************************
 	    ***                                           ***
diff --git a/mdx/switch/metadata.crt b/mdx/switch/metadata.crt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a125fd71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mdx/switch/metadata.crt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/mdx/switch/switch-beans.xml b/mdx/switch/switch-beans.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..383a2673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mdx/switch/switch-beans.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    Common beans for SWITCH operations.
+-->
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd"> 
+
+    <!--
+        Fetch the SWITCH metadata aggregate.  For the moment, use the production aggregate in lieu
+        of a designated export aggregate.
+    -->
+    <bean id="fetchSwitchExportAggregate" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.stage.DomHttpSourceStage">
+        <property name="id" value="fetchSwitchExportAggregate"/>
+        <property name="parserPool" ref="parserPool"/>
+        <property name="sourceUrl" value="http://switch.ch/aai/federation/SWITCHaai/metadata.switchaai_signed.xml"/>        
+    </bean>
+    
+    <!--
+        SWITCH federation signing certificate.
+    -->
+    <bean id="switchSigningCertificate" class="net.shibboleth.ext.spring.factory.X509CertificateFactoryBean">
+        <property name="certificateFile">
+            <bean class="java.io.File">
+                <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/mdx/switch/metadata.crt"/>
+            </bean>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    
+    <bean id="checkSwitchSignature" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.stage.XMLSignatureValidationStage">
+        <property name="id" value="checkSwitchSignature"/>
+        <property name="verificationCertificate" ref="switchSigningCertificate"/>
+        <property name="postProcessFilter">
+            <bean class="uk.org.ukfederation.mda.ErrorAnnouncingFilteringStrategy"/>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    
+</beans>
diff --git a/mdx/switch/switch-import.xml b/mdx/switch/switch-import.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f0a67b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mdx/switch/switch-import.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    Import pipeline for metadata from SWITCH.
+-->
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd"> 
+
+    <!--
+        Import commonly used beans.
+    -->
+    <import resource="../common-beans.xml"/>
+        
+    <!--
+        Import SWITCH-specific beans.
+    -->
+    <import resource="switch-beans.xml"/>
+    
+    <bean id="pipeline" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.pipeline.SimplePipeline">
+        <property name="id" value="pipeline"/>
+        <property name="stages">
+            <list>
+                <ref bean="fetchSwitchExportAggregate"/>
+                <ref bean="checkSwitchSignature"/>
+                <ref bean="cleanImport"/>
+                <ref bean="disassemble"/>
+                <ref bean="checkSchemas"/>
+                <ref bean="assemble"/>
+            </list>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    
+    <bean id="serializer" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.DomMetadataSerializer"/>
+
+</beans>