diff --git a/scripts/setup/postgres-reset-sequences b/scripts/setup/postgres-reset-sequences
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2aab7336b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/setup/postgres-reset-sequences
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+./manage.py sqlsequencereset zerver | ./manage.py dbshell
+echo "Sequence has been reset successfully!"
diff --git a/zerver/management/commands/import.py b/zerver/management/commands/import.py
index b7eece8243..acb8e11d40 100644
--- a/zerver/management/commands/import.py
+++ b/zerver/management/commands/import.py
@@ -72,3 +72,7 @@ import a database dump from one or more JSON files."""
 
             print("Processing dump: %s ..." % (path,))
             do_import_realm(path)
+            if options["destroy_rebuild_database"]:
+                print("Resetting auto-increment sequence for Postgres......")
+                subprocess.check_call([os.path.join(settings.DEPLOY_ROOT,
+                                      "scripts/setup/postgres-reset-sequences")])