diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8f4e849a5f..27dc854f35 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
         "winter/wn-backend-module": "dev-develop",
         "winter/wn-cms-module": "dev-develop",
         "laravel/framework": "^9.1",
-        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "~2.1.0"
+        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "~2.1.0",
+        "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet": "^2.1|^3.6"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5.8",
diff --git a/modules/backend/behaviors/ImportExportController.php b/modules/backend/behaviors/ImportExportController.php
index 057a0758a3..a94e9c67fd 100644
--- a/modules/backend/behaviors/ImportExportController.php
+++ b/modules/backend/behaviors/ImportExportController.php
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 <?php namespace Backend\Behaviors;
 
-use Str;
-use Lang;
-use View;
-use Response;
-use Backend;
-use BackendAuth;
-use Backend\Classes\ControllerBehavior;
+use ApplicationException;
+use Backend\Facades\Backend;
+use Backend\Facades\BackendAuth;
 use Backend\Behaviors\ImportExportController\TranscodeFilter;
+use Backend\Classes\ControllerBehavior;
+use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\MassAssignmentException;
-use League\Csv\Reader as CsvReader;
-use League\Csv\Writer as CsvWriter;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Lang;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
 use League\Csv\EscapeFormula as CsvEscapeFormula;
+use League\Csv\Reader as CsvReader;
 use League\Csv\Statement as CsvStatement;
-use ApplicationException;
+use League\Csv\Writer as CsvWriter;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader;
 use SplTempFileObject;
-use Exception;
+use Winter\Storm\Support\Str;
 
 /**
  * Adds features for importing and exporting data.
@@ -324,6 +326,17 @@ protected function getImportFileColumns()
             return null;
         }
 
+        $fileFormat = post('format_preset');
+
+        return match ($fileFormat) {
+            'standard', 'custom' => $this->getImportFileColumnsFromCsv($path),
+            'excel' => $this->getImportFileColumnsFromSpreadsheet($path),
+            default => throw new ApplicationException('Unsupported file format'),
+        };
+    }
+
+    protected function getImportFileColumnsFromCsv(string $path)
+    {
         $reader = $this->createCsvReader($path);
         $firstRow = $reader->fetchOne(0);
 
@@ -343,6 +356,20 @@ protected function getImportFileColumns()
         return $firstRow;
     }
 
+    protected function getImportFileColumnsFromSpreadsheet(string $path)
+    {
+        $spreadsheet = IOFactory::load($path, IReader::READ_DATA_ONLY, [
+            IOFactory::READER_XLSX,
+            IOFactory::READER_XLS,
+            IOFactory::READER_ODS,
+        ]);
+
+        $sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+        $data = $sheet->toArray();
+
+        return $data[0];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the index offset to add to the reported row number in status messages
      *
diff --git a/modules/backend/behaviors/importexportcontroller/partials/fields_import.yaml b/modules/backend/behaviors/importexportcontroller/partials/fields_import.yaml
index 139a368cb3..e0377512dd 100644
--- a/modules/backend/behaviors/importexportcontroller/partials/fields_import.yaml
+++ b/modules/backend/behaviors/importexportcontroller/partials/fields_import.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fields:
         type: fileupload
         mode: file
         span: left
-        fileTypes: csv
+        fileTypes: csv, xls, xlsx, ods
         useCaption: false
 
     format_preset:
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ fields:
         options:
             standard: backend::lang.import_export.standard_format
             custom: backend::lang.import_export.custom_format
+            excel: backend::lang.import_export.excel_format
         span: right
 
     format_delimiter:
@@ -92,4 +93,4 @@ fields:
 
     step3_section:
         label: backend::lang.import_export.set_import_options
-        type: section
\ No newline at end of file
+        type: section
diff --git a/modules/backend/lang/en/lang.php b/modules/backend/lang/en/lang.php
index 5c1a96f55b..dfafe63912 100644
--- a/modules/backend/lang/en/lang.php
+++ b/modules/backend/lang/en/lang.php
@@ -529,8 +529,9 @@
         'set_import_options' => '3. Set import options',
         'export_output_format' => '1. Export output format',
         'file_format' => 'File format',
-        'standard_format' => 'Standard format',
-        'custom_format' => 'Custom format',
+        'standard_format' => 'CSV Standard',
+        'custom_format' => 'CSV Custom',
+        'excel_format' => 'Excel (xls, xlsx, ods)',
         'delimiter_char' => 'Delimiter character',
         'enclosure_char' => 'Enclosure character',
         'escape_char' => 'Escape character',
diff --git a/modules/backend/models/ImportModel.php b/modules/backend/models/ImportModel.php
index 8552d08b4d..ca0fc1d3ec 100644
--- a/modules/backend/models/ImportModel.php
+++ b/modules/backend/models/ImportModel.php
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 <?php namespace Backend\Models;
 
 use Backend\Behaviors\ImportExportController\TranscodeFilter;
-use Str;
-use Lang;
-use Model;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Lang;
 use League\Csv\Reader as CsvReader;
 use League\Csv\Statement as CsvStatement;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReader;
+use Winter\Storm\Database\Model;
+use Winter\Storm\Support\Facades\File;
+use Winter\Storm\Support\Str;
 
 /**
  * Model used for importing data
@@ -104,6 +107,17 @@ protected function processImportData($filePath, $matches, $options)
 
         $options = array_merge($defaultOptions, $options);
 
+        $fileFormat = post('format_preset');
+
+        return match ($fileFormat) {
+            'standard', 'custom' => $this->processImportDataAsCsv($filePath, $matches, $options),
+            'excel' => $this->processImportDataFromSpreadsheet($filePath, $matches, $options),
+            default => throw new ApplicationException('Unsupported file format'),
+        };
+    }
+
+    protected function processImportDataAsCsv(string $filePath, array $matches, array $options): array
+    {
         /*
          * Read CSV
          */
@@ -153,6 +167,29 @@ protected function processImportData($filePath, $matches, $options)
         return $result;
     }
 
+    protected function processImportDataFromSpreadsheet(string $filePath, array $matches, array $options): array
+    {
+        $spreadsheet = IOFactory::load($filePath, IReader::READ_DATA_ONLY, [
+            IOFactory::READER_XLSX,
+            IOFactory::READER_XLS,
+            IOFactory::READER_ODS,
+        ]);
+
+        $sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+
+        $sheetData = $sheet->toArray();
+        if ($options['firstRowTitles']) {
+            $sheetData = array_slice($sheetData, 1);
+        }
+
+        $result = [];
+        foreach ($sheetData as $rowData) {
+            $result[] = $this->processImportRow($rowData, $matches);
+        }
+
+        return $result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Converts a single row of CSV data to the column map.
      * @return array