diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/componentexporter.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/componentexporter.cpp
index b661830b266..0910819fb97 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/componentexporter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/componentexporter.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ void Component::exportComponent()
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(m_rootNode.isValid(), return);
     m_json = nodeToJson(m_rootNode);
+    addImports();
 }
 
 ModelNodeParser *Component::createNodeParser(const ModelNode &node) const
@@ -121,7 +122,17 @@ QJsonObject Component::nodeToJson(const ModelNode &node)
     if (!children.isEmpty())
         jsonObject.insert("children", children);
 
-    return  jsonObject;
+    return jsonObject;
+}
+
+void Component::addImports()
+{
+    QJsonArray importsArray;
+    for (const Import &import : m_rootNode.model()->imports())
+        importsArray.append(import.toString());
+
+    if (!importsArray.empty())
+        m_json.insert(Constants::ImportsTag, importsArray);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/componentexporter.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/componentexporter.h
index 3668f372bfb..98d1e324bd4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/componentexporter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/componentexporter.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public:
 private:
     ModelNodeParser* createNodeParser(const ModelNode &node) const;
     QJsonObject nodeToJson(const ModelNode &node);
+    void addImports();
 
 private:
     AssetExporter& m_exporter;