diff --git a/doc/api/projects.md b/doc/api/projects.md
index 53acc4a025e424060033db72d9eab83200cd5ef0..559553a1108657ddb02449e474cd3d92dd3176b7 100644
--- a/doc/api/projects.md
+++ b/doc/api/projects.md
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ Parameters:
 + `snippets_enabled` (optional)
 + `public` (optional) - if `true` same as setting visibility_level = 20
 + `visibility_level` (optional)
+* `import_url` (optional)
 
 
 ### Create project for user
diff --git a/lib/api/projects.rb b/lib/api/projects.rb
index 003533fb59a388ec773fee876340858bd4202b96..66e0d1ba3ef732eaba47590317b4f5d1e7cdfb9b 100644
--- a/lib/api/projects.rb
+++ b/lib/api/projects.rb
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ module API
                                      :snippets_enabled,
                                      :namespace_id,
                                      :public,
-                                     :visibility_level]
+                                     :visibility_level,
+                                     :import_url]
         attrs = map_public_to_visibility_level(attrs)
         @project = ::Projects::CreateContext.new(current_user, attrs).execute
         if @project.saved?