diff --git a/import_google_project_test.go b/import_google_project_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b35c8d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import_google_project_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package google
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+)
+
+func TestAccGoogleProject_importBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceName := "google_project.acceptance"
+	conf := fmt.Sprintf(testAccGoogleProject_basic, projectId)
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:  func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers: testAccProviders,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: conf,
+			},
+
+			resource.TestStep{
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/resource_google_project.go b/resource_google_project.go
index b46d6614..9e845ed3 100644
--- a/resource_google_project.go
+++ b/resource_google_project.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ func resourceGoogleProject() *schema.Resource {
 		Read:   resourceGoogleProjectRead,
 		Update: resourceGoogleProjectUpdate,
 		Delete: resourceGoogleProjectDelete,
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: schema.ImportStatePassthrough,
+		},
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"id": &schema.Schema{