diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 008c5c64284d10d10feab4027a09a313241f1fb1..5e0949f52f664c0d8d3e2fcd06741f8e41b6ba25 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ v 8.11.0 (unreleased)
   - Fix a memory leak caused by Banzai::Filter::SanitizationFilter
   - Speed up todos queries by limiting the projects set we join with
 
+v 8.10.6 (unreleased)
+  - Fix import/export configuration missing some included attributes
+
 v 8.10.5
   - Add a data migration to fix some missing timestamps in the members table. !5670
   - Revert the "Defend against 'Host' header injection" change in the source NGINX templates. !5706
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/import_export/json_hash_builder.rb b/lib/gitlab/import_export/json_hash_builder.rb
index 008300bde4557bb3c4e9de762a0187606704b1c2..0cc10f4008712da59483bea5ce4efba8922a8cf6 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/import_export/json_hash_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/import_export/json_hash_builder.rb
@@ -57,19 +57,16 @@ module Gitlab
       # +value+ existing model to be included in the hash
       # +json_config_hash+ the original hash containing the root model
       def create_model_value(current_key, value, json_config_hash)
-        parsed_hash = { include: value }
-        parse_hash(value, parsed_hash)
-
-        json_config_hash[current_key] = parsed_hash
+        json_config_hash[current_key] = parse_hash(value) || { include: value }
       end
 
       # Calls attributes finder to parse the hash and add any attributes to it
       #
       # +value+ existing model to be included in the hash
       # +parsed_hash+ the original hash
-      def parse_hash(value, parsed_hash)
+      def parse_hash(value)
         @attributes_finder.parse(value) do |hash|
-          parsed_hash = { include: hash_or_merge(value, hash) }
+          { include: hash_or_merge(value, hash) }
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/reader_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/reader_spec.rb
index b76e14deca1fd4e8bd2cb44e6b1d4dca22c66d30..b6dec41d218f095fc04cb4daf779c45cc7dd89b1 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/reader_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/reader_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ describe Gitlab::ImportExport::Reader, lib: true  do
                   except: [:iid],
                   include: [:merge_request_diff, :merge_request_test]
                 } },
-                { commit_statuses: { include: :commit } }]
+                { commit_statuses: { include: :commit } },
+                { project_members: { include: { user: { only: [:email] } } } }]
     }
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/support/import_export/import_export.yml b/spec/support/import_export/import_export.yml
index 3ceec50640121603ad6a6b89a5907ecfcfa22699..17136dee0006a4546b5aebcdfd276eebe4390217 100644
--- a/spec/support/import_export/import_export.yml
+++ b/spec/support/import_export/import_export.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ project_tree:
     - :merge_request_test
   - commit_statuses:
     - :commit
+  - project_members:
+    - :user
 
 included_attributes:
   project:
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ included_attributes:
     - :path
   merge_requests:
     - :id
+  user:
+    - :email
 
 excluded_attributes:
   merge_requests: