diff --git a/lib/jekyll/jekyll-import/tumblr.rb b/lib/jekyll/jekyll-import/tumblr.rb
index dc6bd97b..3f933b72 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/jekyll-import/tumblr.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/jekyll-import/tumblr.rb
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ def self.post_to_hash(post, format)
       end
       date = Date.parse(post['date']).to_s
       title = Nokogiri::HTML(title).text
-      slug = title.downcase.strip.gsub(' ', '-').gsub(/[^\w-]/, '')
-      slug = slug.slice(0..200) if slug.length > 200
+      slug = post["slug"]
       {
         :name => "#{date}-#{slug}.#{format}",
         :header => {