diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Roles/Drivers/UserRolesPartDriver.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Roles/Drivers/UserRolesPartDriver.cs
index f0deee611..5f1e4489e 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Roles/Drivers/UserRolesPartDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Roles/Drivers/UserRolesPartDriver.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Linq;
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Orchard.ContentManagement.Drivers;
 using Orchard.Data;
@@ -88,5 +89,35 @@ namespace Orchard.Roles.Drivers {
         private static UserRolesViewModel BuildEditorViewModel(UserRolesPart userRolesPart) {
             return new UserRolesViewModel { User = userRolesPart.As<IUser>(), UserRoles = userRolesPart };
         }
+
+        protected override void Importing(UserRolesPart part, ContentManagement.Handlers.ImportContentContext context) {
+            var roles = context.Attribute(part.PartDefinition.Name, "Roles");
+            if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(roles)) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var userRoles = roles.Split(new[] {','}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+
+            // create new roles
+            foreach (var role in userRoles) {
+                var roleRecord = _roleService.GetRoleByName(role);
+
+                // create the role if it doesn't already exist
+                if (roleRecord == null) {
+                    _roleService.CreateRole(role);
+                }
+            }
+
+            var currentUserRoleRecords = _userRolesRepository.Fetch(x => x.UserId == part.ContentItem.Id).ToList();
+            var currentRoleRecords = currentUserRoleRecords.Select(x => x.Role).ToList();
+            var targetRoleRecords = userRoles.Select(x => _roleService.GetRoleByName(x)).ToList();
+            foreach (var addingRole in targetRoleRecords.Where(x => !currentRoleRecords.Contains(x))) {
+                _userRolesRepository.Create(new UserRolesPartRecord { UserId = part.ContentItem.Id, Role = addingRole });
+            }
+        }
+
+        protected override void Exporting(UserRolesPart part, ContentManagement.Handlers.ExportContentContext context) {
+            context.Element(part.PartDefinition.Name).SetAttributeValue("Roles", string.Join(",", part.Roles));
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Roles/Orchard.Roles.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Roles/Orchard.Roles.csproj
index 4402468ba..93a040683 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Roles/Orchard.Roles.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Roles/Orchard.Roles.csproj
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     <OldToolsVersion>3.5</OldToolsVersion>
     <UpgradeBackupLocation />
     <TargetFrameworkProfile />
+    <UseIISExpress>false</UseIISExpress>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\..\..\..\lib\aspnetmvc\System.Web.Mvc.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="AdminMenu.cs" />