diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index bbc2ec5..984e503 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Next release
 ============
 
 Features and enhancements
+- #1424632 - Improve user migration performance by reducing hash count.
 - #1414616 - Automatically update migration arguments.
 - #1364326 - Default --limit option to items.
 - #1337640 - Properly optimize the SQL source query for highwater marks.
diff --git a/plugins/destinations/user.inc b/plugins/destinations/user.inc
index 1c812d0..bf78f01 100644
--- a/plugins/destinations/user.inc
+++ b/plugins/destinations/user.inc
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ class MigrateDestinationUser extends MigrateDestinationEntity {
     if (!empty($options['md5_passwords'])) {
       $this->md5Passwords = $options['md5_passwords'];
     }
+
+    // Reduce hash count so import runs in a reasonable time (use same value as
+    // the standard Drupal 6=>Drupal 7 upgrade path).
+    global $conf;
+    $conf['password_count_log2'] = 11;
   }
 
   /**