diff --git a/src/python/location-importer.in b/src/python/location-importer.in
index aa3b8f7..2a9bf33 100644
--- a/src/python/location-importer.in
+++ b/src/python/location-importer.in
@@ -505,6 +505,9 @@ class CLI(object):
 						for line in f:
 							self._parse_line(line, source_key, validcountries)
 
+		# Download and import (technical) AS names from ARIN
+		self._import_as_names_from_arin()
+
 	def _check_parsed_network(self, network):
 		"""
 			Assistive function to detect and subsequently sort out parsed
@@ -775,6 +778,64 @@ class CLI(object):
 			"%s" % network, country, [country], source_key,
 		)
 
+	def _import_as_names_from_arin(self):
+		downloader = location.importer.Downloader()
+
+		# XXX: Download AS names file from ARIN (note that these names appear to be quite
+		# technical, not intended for human consumption, as description fields in
+		# organisation handles for other RIRs are - however, this is what we have got,
+		# and in some cases, it might be still better than nothing)
+		try:
+			with downloader.request("https://ftp.arin.net/info/asn.txt", return_blocks=False) as f:
+				arin_as_names_file = f.body
+		except Exception as e:
+			log.error("failed to download and preprocess AS name file from ARIN: %s" % e)
+			return
+
+		# Split downloaded body into lines and parse each of them...
+		for sline in arin_as_names_file.readlines():
+
+			# ... valid lines start with a space, followed by the number of the Autonomous System ...
+			if not sline.startswith(b" "):
+				continue
+
+			# Split line and check if there is a valid ASN in it...
+			scontents = sline.split()
+			try:
+				asn = int(scontents[0])
+			except ValueError:
+				log.debug("Skipping ARIN AS names line not containing an integer for ASN")
+				continue
+
+			if not ((1 <= asn and asn <= 23455) or (23457 <= asn and asn <= 64495) or (131072 <= asn and asn <= 4199999999)):
+				log.debug("Skipping ARIN AS names line not containing a valid ASN: %s" % asn)
+				continue
+
+			# Skip any AS name that appears to be a placeholder for a different RIR or entity...
+			as_name = scontents[1].decode("ascii")
+
+			if re.match(r"^(ASN-BLK|)(AFCONC|AFRINIC|APNIC|ASNBLK|DNIC|LACNIC|RIPE|IANA)\d{0,1}-*", as_name):
+				continue
+
+			# Bail out in case the AS name contains anything we do not expect here...
+			if re.search(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9-_]", as_name):
+				log.debug("Skipping ARIN AS name for %s containing invalid characters: %s" % \
+						(asn, as_name))
+
+			# Things look good here, run INSERT statement and skip this one if we already have
+			# a (better?) name for this Autonomous System...
+			self.db.execute("""
+				INSERT INTO autnums(
+					number,
+					name,
+					source
+				) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)
+				ON CONFLICT (number) DO NOTHING""",
+				asn,
+				as_name,
+				"ARIN",
+			)
+
 	def handle_update_announcements(self, ns):
 		server = ns.server[0]