diff --git a/terraform/context_import.go b/terraform/context_import.go
index c79f7f78a..382fc8e00 100644
--- a/terraform/context_import.go
+++ b/terraform/context_import.go
@@ -43,10 +43,17 @@ func (c *Context) Import(opts *ImportOpts) (*State, error) {
 	// Copy our own state
 	c.state = c.state.DeepCopy()
 
+	// If no module is given, default to the module configured with
+	// the Context.
+	module := opts.Module
+	if module == nil {
+		module = c.module
+	}
+
 	// Initialize our graph builder
 	builder := &ImportGraphBuilder{
 		ImportTargets: opts.Targets,
-		Module:        opts.Module,
+		Module:        module,
 		Providers:     c.components.ResourceProviders(),
 	}
 
diff --git a/terraform/context_import_test.go b/terraform/context_import_test.go
index f344fac95..cbe88f643 100644
--- a/terraform/context_import_test.go
+++ b/terraform/context_import_test.go
@@ -209,6 +209,61 @@ func TestContextImport_moduleProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Test that import will interpolate provider configuration and use
+// that configuration for import.
+func TestContextImport_providerVarConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	p := testProvider("aws")
+	ctx := testContext2(t, &ContextOpts{
+		Module: testModule(t, "import-provider-vars"),
+		Providers: map[string]ResourceProviderFactory{
+			"aws": testProviderFuncFixed(p),
+		},
+		Variables: map[string]interface{}{
+			"foo": "bar",
+		},
+	})
+
+	configured := false
+	p.ConfigureFn = func(c *ResourceConfig) error {
+		configured = true
+
+		if v, ok := c.Get("foo"); !ok || v.(string) != "bar" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("bad value: %#v", v)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	p.ImportStateReturn = []*InstanceState{
+		&InstanceState{
+			ID:        "foo",
+			Ephemeral: EphemeralState{Type: "aws_instance"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	state, err := ctx.Import(&ImportOpts{
+		Targets: []*ImportTarget{
+			&ImportTarget{
+				Addr: "aws_instance.foo",
+				ID:   "bar",
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if !configured {
+		t.Fatal("didn't configure provider")
+	}
+
+	actual := strings.TrimSpace(state.String())
+	expected := strings.TrimSpace(testImportStr)
+	if actual != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: \n%s", actual)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestContextImport_refresh(t *testing.T) {
 	p := testProvider("aws")
 	ctx := testContext2(t, &ContextOpts{
diff --git a/terraform/test-fixtures/import-provider-vars/main.tf b/terraform/test-fixtures/import-provider-vars/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f18955c78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/test-fixtures/import-provider-vars/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+variable "foo" {}
+
+provider "aws" {
+  foo = "${var.foo}"
+}