diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Drivers/TextFieldDriver.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Drivers/TextFieldDriver.cs
index 694e585b9..d3b6c8d0a 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Drivers/TextFieldDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Drivers/TextFieldDriver.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ namespace Orchard.Core.Common.Drivers {
             return Editor(part, field, shapeHelper);
         }
 
+        protected override void Importing(ContentPart part, TextField field, ImportContentContext context) {
+            var element = context.Element(field.FieldDefinition.Name + "." + field.Name);
+            if (element != null) {
+                field.Value = element.Attribute("Text").Value;
+            }
+        }
+
         protected override void Exporting(ContentPart part, TextField field, ExportContentContext context) {
             context.Element(field.FieldDefinition.Name + "." + field.Name).SetAttributeValue("Text", field.Value);
         }
diff --git a/src/Orchard/ContentManagement/Handlers/ImportContentContext.cs b/src/Orchard/ContentManagement/Handlers/ImportContentContext.cs
index 1eec5158e..65b180350 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/ContentManagement/Handlers/ImportContentContext.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/ContentManagement/Handlers/ImportContentContext.cs
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ using System.Xml.Linq;
 
 namespace Orchard.ContentManagement.Handlers {
     public class ImportContentContext : ContentContextBase {
-
         public XElement Data { get; set; }
 
         public ImportContentContext(ContentItem contentItem, XElement data)
             : base(contentItem) {
             Data = data;
         }
+
+        public XElement Element(string elementName) {
+            return Data.Element(elementName);
+        }
     }
 }
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