diff -Naur moodle.orig/admin/tool/uploaduser/index.php moodle/admin/tool/uploaduser/index.php
--- moodle.orig/admin/tool/uploaduser/index.php	2015-04-03 06:45:27.000000000 +0100
+++ moodle/admin/tool/uploaduser/index.php	2015-04-03 06:46:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
 
 $strcannotassignrole        = get_string('cannotassignrole', 'error');
 
+$strassignedsysrole         = get_string('eventroleassigned', 'role') . ' [System,';
+$strunassignedsysrole       = get_string('eventroleunassigned', 'role') . ' [System,';
+
 $struserauthunsupported     = get_string('userauthunsupported', 'error');
 $stremailduplicate          = get_string('useremailduplicate', 'error');
 
@@ -188,6 +191,7 @@
     $ccache         = array(); // course cache - do not fetch all courses here, we  will not probably use them all anyway!
     $cohorts        = array();
     $rolecache      = uu_allowed_roles_cache(); // roles lookup cache
+    $sysrolecache   = uu_allowed_sysroles_cache(); // roles lookup cache
     $manualcache    = array(); // cache of used manual enrol plugins in each course
     $supportedauths = uu_supported_auths(); // officially supported plugins that are enabled
 
@@ -889,6 +893,44 @@
         // find course enrolments, groups, roles/types and enrol periods
         // this is again a special case, we always do this for any updated or created users
         foreach ($filecolumns as $column) {
+            if (preg_match('/^sysrole\d+$/', $column)) {
+                $i = substr($column, 7);
+
+                if (!empty($user->{'sysrole'.$i})) {
+                    $addrole = $user->{'sysrole'.$i};
+                    if ($addrole[0]=='-')
+                    {
+                        $sub = TRUE;
+                        $addrole = substr($addrole,1);
+                    }
+                    else
+                        $sub = FALSE;
+
+                    if (array_key_exists($addrole, $sysrolecache)) {
+                        $rid = $sysrolecache[$addrole]->id;
+                    } else {
+                        $upt->track('enrolments', get_string('unknownrole', 'error', s($addrole)), 'error');
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if ($sub) {
+                        if (user_has_role_assignment($user->id, $rid, SYSCONTEXTID)) {
+                            role_unassign($rid, $user->id, SYSCONTEXTID);
+                            // Bit of a cheat to avoid need for more localised strings:
+                            $upt->track('enrolments', $strunassignedsysrole . $sysrolecache[$rid]->name . ']');
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        if (!user_has_role_assignment($user->id, $rid, SYSCONTEXTID)) {
+                            role_assign($rid, $user->id, SYSCONTEXTID);
+                            $upt->track('enrolments', $strassignedsysrole . $sysrolecache[$rid]->name . ']');
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                }
+
+                continue;
+
+            }
             if (!preg_match('/^course\d+$/', $column)) {
                 continue;
             }
diff -Naur moodle.orig/admin/tool/uploaduser/locallib.php moodle/admin/tool/uploaduser/locallib.php
--- moodle.orig/admin/tool/uploaduser/locallib.php	2015-04-03 06:45:27.000000000 +0100
+++ moodle/admin/tool/uploaduser/locallib.php	2015-04-03 06:55:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
             // hack: somebody wrote uppercase in csv file, but the system knows only lowercase profile field
             $newfield = $lcfield;
 
-        } else if (preg_match('/^(cohort|course|group|type|role|enrolperiod|enrolstatus)\d+$/', $lcfield)) {
+        } else if (preg_match('/^(sysrole|cohort|course|group|type|role|enrolperiod|enrolstatus)\d+$/', $lcfield)) {
             // special fields for enrolments
             $newfield = $lcfield;
 
@@ -366,6 +366,25 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * Returns mapping of all system roles using short role name as index.
+ * @return array
+ */
+function uu_allowed_sysroles_cache() {
+    $allowedroles = get_assignable_roles(context_system::instance(), ROLENAME_SHORT);
+    foreach ($allowedroles as $rid=>$rname) {
+        $rolecache[$rid] = new stdClass();
+        $rolecache[$rid]->id   = $rid;
+        $rolecache[$rid]->name = $rname;
+        if (!is_numeric($rname)) { // only non-numeric shortnames are supported!!!
+            $rolecache[$rname] = new stdClass();
+            $rolecache[$rname]->id   = $rid;
+            $rolecache[$rname]->name = $rname;
+        }
+    }
+    return $rolecache;
+}
+
+/**
  * Pre process custom profile data, and update it with corrected value
  *
  * @param stdClass $data user profile data
@@ -422,4 +441,4 @@
         }
     }
     return $noerror;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}