diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/ImportCollectionLocation/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/ImportCollectionLocation/index.js
index 967c8edce..0e295e055 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/ImportCollectionLocation/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/ImportCollectionLocation/index.js
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ const ImportCollectionLocation = ({ onClose, handleSubmit, rawData, format }) =>
   const inputRef = useRef();
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const [groupingType, setGroupingType] = useState('tags');
+  const [collectionFormat, setCollectionFormat] = useState('bru');
   const dropdownTippyRef = useRef();
   const isOpenApi = format === 'openapi';
 
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ const ImportCollectionLocation = ({ onClose, handleSubmit, rawData, format }) =>
     }),
     onSubmit: async (values) => {
       const convertedCollection = await convertCollection(format, rawData, groupingType);
-      handleSubmit(convertedCollection, values.collectionLocation);
+      handleSubmit(convertedCollection, values.collectionLocation, { format: collectionFormat });
     }
   });
 
@@ -209,6 +210,31 @@ const ImportCollectionLocation = ({ onClose, handleSubmit, rawData, format }) =>
                 Browse
               </span>
             </div>
+
+            <div className="mt-4">
+              <label htmlFor="format" className="flex items-center font-medium">
+                File Format
+                <Help width="300">
+                  <p>Choose the file format for storing requests in this collection.</p>
+                  <p className="mt-2">
+                    <strong>OpenCollection (YAML):</strong> Industry-standard YAML format (.yml files)
+                  </p>
+                  <p className="mt-1">
+                    <strong>BRU:</strong> Bruno's native file format (.bru files)
+                  </p>
+                </Help>
+              </label>
+              <select
+                id="format"
+                name="format"
+                className="block textbox mt-2 w-full"
+                value={collectionFormat}
+                onChange={(e) => setCollectionFormat(e.target.value)}
+              >
+                <option value="yml">OpenCollection (YAML)</option>
+                <option value="bru">BRU Format (.bru)</option>
+              </select>
+            </div>
           </div>
 
           {isOpenApi && (
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Sections/CollectionsSection/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Sections/CollectionsSection/index.js
index ce812931b..2749157aa 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Sections/CollectionsSection/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Sections/CollectionsSection/index.js
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ const CollectionsSection = () => {
     setImportCollectionLocationModalOpen(true);
   };
 
-  const handleImportCollectionLocation = (convertedCollection, collectionLocation) => {
-    dispatch(importCollection(convertedCollection, collectionLocation))
+  const handleImportCollectionLocation = (convertedCollection, collectionLocation, options = {}) => {
+    dispatch(importCollection(convertedCollection, collectionLocation, options))
       .then(() => {
         setImportCollectionLocationModalOpen(false);
         setImportData(null);
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/actions.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/actions.js
index b328009d1..050594686 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/actions.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/actions.js
@@ -2389,7 +2389,7 @@ export const importCollection = (collection, collectionLocation, options = {}) =
       const state = getState();
       const activeWorkspace = state.workspaces.workspaces.find((w) => w.uid === state.workspaces.activeWorkspaceUid);
 
-      const collectionPath = await ipcRenderer.invoke('renderer:import-collection', collection, collectionLocation);
+      const collectionPath = await ipcRenderer.invoke('renderer:import-collection', collection, collectionLocation, options.format || 'bru');
 
       if (activeWorkspace && activeWorkspace.pathname && activeWorkspace.type !== 'default') {
         const workspaceCollection = {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js
index 768556354..e41ed3ead 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js
@@ -851,11 +851,22 @@ const registerRendererEventHandlers = (mainWindow, watcher) => {
         throw new Error(`collection: ${collectionPath} already exists`);
       }
 
+      const getFilenameWithFormat = (item, format) => {
+        if (item?.filename) {
+          const ext = path.extname(item.filename);
+          if (ext === '.bru' || ext === '.yml') {
+            return item.filename.replace(ext, `.${format}`);
+          }
+          return item.filename;
+        }
+        return `${item.name}.${format}`;
+      };
+
       // Recursive function to parse the collection items and create files/folders
       const parseCollectionItems = async (items = [], currentPath) => {
         await Promise.all(items.map(async (item) => {
           if (['http-request', 'graphql-request', 'grpc-request', 'ws-request'].includes(item.type)) {
-            let sanitizedFilename = sanitizeName(item?.filename || `${item.name}.${format}`);
+            let sanitizedFilename = sanitizeName(getFilenameWithFormat(item, format));
             const content = await stringifyRequestViaWorker(item, { format });
             const filePath = path.join(currentPath, sanitizedFilename);
             safeWriteFileSync(filePath, content);