diff --git a/pm4py/objects/log/importer/xes/importer.py b/pm4py/objects/log/importer/xes/importer.py
index 95ba01be4..b43f82bd4 100644
--- a/pm4py/objects/log/importer/xes/importer.py
+++ b/pm4py/objects/log/importer/xes/importer.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import importlib.util
 from enum import Enum
 
-from pm4py.objects.log.importer.xes.variants import iterparse, line_by_line, iterparse_mem_compressed, iterparse_20, chunk_regex
+from pm4py.objects.log.importer.xes.variants import iterparse, line_by_line, iterparse_mem_compressed, iterparse_20, chunk_regex, rustxes
 
 
 class Variants(Enum):
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Variants(Enum):
     ITERPARSE_MEM_COMPRESSED = iterparse_mem_compressed
     ITERPARSE_20 = iterparse_20
     CHUNK_REGEX = chunk_regex
+    RUSTXES = rustxes
 
 
 if importlib.util.find_spec("lxml"):
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ def apply(path, parameters=None, variant=DEFAULT_VARIANT):
         variant = Variants.ITERPARSE_20
     elif variant == "iterparse_mem_compressed":
         variant = Variants.ITERPARSE_MEM_COMPRESSED
+    elif variant == "rustxes":
+        variant = Variants.RUSTXES
 
     log = variant.value.apply(path, parameters=parameters)
 
diff --git a/pm4py/objects/log/importer/xes/variants/rustxes.py b/pm4py/objects/log/importer/xes/variants/rustxes.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15d51e130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pm4py/objects/log/importer/xes/variants/rustxes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from enum import Enum
+from pm4py.util import exec_utils
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Any, Union
+from pm4py.objects.log.obj import EventLog
+from pm4py.objects.conversion.log import converter as log_converter
+import pandas as pd
+from copy import copy
+
+
+class Parameters(Enum):
+    RETURN_LEGACY_LOG_OBJECT = "return_legacy_log_object"
+
+
+def apply(log_path: str, parameters: Optional[Dict[Any, Any]] = None) -> Union[EventLog, pd.DataFrame]:
+    if parameters is None:
+        parameters = {}
+
+    return_legacy_log_object = exec_utils.get_param_value(Parameters.RETURN_LEGACY_LOG_OBJECT, parameters, True)
+
+    import rustxes
+
+    log = rustxes.import_xes(log_path)
+    log = log[0].to_pandas()
+
+    if return_legacy_log_object:
+        this_parameters = copy(parameters)
+        this_parameters["stream_postprocessing"] = True
+
+        log = log_converter.apply(log, variant=log_converter.Variants.TO_EVENT_LOG, parameters=this_parameters)
+
+    return log
diff --git a/pm4py/read.py b/pm4py/read.py
index 80b487253..bba99c07a 100644
--- a/pm4py/read.py
+++ b/pm4py/read.py
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ def read_xes(file_path: str, variant: str = "lxml", return_legacy_log_object: bo
         v = xes_importer.Variants.LINE_BY_LINE
     elif variant == "chunk_regex":
         v = xes_importer.Variants.CHUNK_REGEX
+    elif variant == "rustxes":
+        v = xes_importer.Variants.RUSTXES
 
     from copy import copy
     parameters = copy(kwargs)
diff --git a/requirements_stable.txt b/requirements_stable.txt
index 9620ff5e8..4cc3d3c9e 100644
--- a/requirements_stable.txt
+++ b/requirements_stable.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 colorama==0.4.6
-contourpy==1.1.1
+contourpy==1.2.0
 cycler==0.12.1
 deprecation==2.1.0
 fonttools==4.44.0
diff --git a/tests/xes_impexp_test.py b/tests/xes_impexp_test.py
index 4c104e74b..df08db2b8 100644
--- a/tests/xes_impexp_test.py
+++ b/tests/xes_impexp_test.py
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ def test_importXESfromGZIP_imp2(self):
         log = xes_importer.apply(os.path.join(COMPRESSED_INPUT_DATA, "01_running-example.xes.gz"))
         del log
 
+    def test_rustxes_xes_import(self):
+        log = xes_importer.apply(os.path.join(INPUT_DATA_DIR, "receipt.xes"), variant=xes_importer.Variants.RUSTXES)
+        self.assertEqual(len(log), 1434)
+
+    def test_rustxes_xesgz_import(self):
+        log = xes_importer.apply(os.path.join(INPUT_DATA_DIR, "bpic2012.xes.gz"), variant=xes_importer.Variants.RUSTXES)
+        self.assertEqual(len(log), 13087)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()