diff --git a/rundeck/import_resource_project_test.go b/rundeck/import_resource_project_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fba7faf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rundeck/import_resource_project_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package rundeck
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/resource"
+	"github.com/rundeck/go-rundeck/rundeck"
+)
+
+func TestAccProject_Import(t *testing.T) {
+	name := "rundeck_project.main"
+	project_name := "terraform-acc-test-basic"
+	var project rundeck.Project
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccProjectCheckDestroy(&project),
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccProjectConfig_basic,
+				Check:  testAccProjectCheckExists(name, &project),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      name,
+				ImportStateId:     project_name,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/rundeck/resource_project.go b/rundeck/resource_project.go
index 273cbd444..ad732ffe6 100644
--- a/rundeck/resource_project.go
+++ b/rundeck/resource_project.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ func resourceRundeckProject() *schema.Resource {
 		Delete: DeleteProject,
 		Exists: ProjectExists,
 		Read:   ReadProject,
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: resourceProjectImport,
+		},
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"name": {
@@ -307,3 +310,23 @@ func DeleteProject(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 
 	return err
 }
+
+func resourceProjectImport(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) ([]*schema.ResourceData, error) {
+	name := d.Id()
+
+	ok, err := ProjectExists(d, meta)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Project doesn't exist. Please try again.")
+	}
+	d.SetId(name)
+
+	err = ReadProject(d, meta)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return []*schema.ResourceData{d}, nil
+}
diff --git a/website/docs/r/project.html.md b/website/docs/r/project.html.md
index f80bd9d4e..7d5f3d7a7 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/project.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/r/project.html.md
@@ -90,3 +90,11 @@ The following attributes are exported:
 
 * `name` - The unique name that identifies the project, as set in the arguments.
 * `ui_url` - The URL of the index page for this project in the Rundeck UI.
+
+## Import
+
+Rundeck Project can be imported using the `name`, e.g.
+
+```
+$ terraform import rundeck_project.main project-name
+```