diff --git a/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_nic.go b/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_nic.go
index 36c25ecf..7f1abb9a 100644
--- a/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_nic.go
+++ b/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_nic.go
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ func resourceCloudStackNIC() *schema.Resource {
 		Create: resourceCloudStackNICCreate,
 		Read:   resourceCloudStackNICRead,
 		Delete: resourceCloudStackNICDelete,
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: importStateNIC,
+		},
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"network_id": {
@@ -59,6 +62,12 @@ func resourceCloudStackNIC() *schema.Resource {
 				Computed: true,
 				ForceNew: true,
 			},
+
+			"project": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -107,8 +116,13 @@ func resourceCloudStackNICCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 func resourceCloudStackNICRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	cs := meta.(*cloudstack.CloudStackClient)
 
-	// Get the virtual machine details
-	vm, count, err := cs.VirtualMachine.GetVirtualMachineByID(d.Get("virtual_machine_id").(string))
+	// Get the virtual machine details. Instances that belong to a project are
+	// not returned by listVirtualMachines unless the project is passed along,
+	// so scope the lookup the same way the instance resource does.
+	vm, count, err := cs.VirtualMachine.GetVirtualMachineByID(
+		d.Get("virtual_machine_id").(string),
+		cloudstack.WithProject(d.Get("project").(string)),
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		if count == 0 {
 			log.Printf("[DEBUG] Instance %s does no longer exist", d.Get("virtual_machine_id").(string))
@@ -165,6 +179,30 @@ func resourceCloudStackNICDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+// importStateNIC imports a NIC using "<virtual_machine_id>/<nic_id>", or
+// "<project>/<virtual_machine_id>/<nic_id>" when the instance belongs to a
+// project. The parent instance cannot be derived from the NIC ID alone, so the
+// generic passthrough importer is not usable here.
+func importStateNIC(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) ([]*schema.ResourceData, error) {
+	s := strings.Split(d.Id(), "/")
+
+	switch len(s) {
+	case 2:
+		d.Set("virtual_machine_id", s[0])
+		d.SetId(s[1])
+	case 3:
+		d.Set("project", s[0])
+		d.Set("virtual_machine_id", s[1])
+		d.SetId(s[2])
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+			"invalid import ID %q, expected <virtual_machine_id>/<nic_id> or "+
+				"<project>/<virtual_machine_id>/<nic_id>", d.Id())
+	}
+
+	return []*schema.ResourceData{d}, nil
+}
+
 func retryableAddNicFunc(cs *cloudstack.CloudStackClient, p *cloudstack.AddNicToVirtualMachineParams) func() (interface{}, error) {
 	return func() (interface{}, error) {
 		r, err := cs.VirtualMachine.AddNicToVirtualMachine(p)
diff --git a/website/docs/r/nic.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/nic.html.markdown
index a000e703..14df34b3 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/nic.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/nic.html.markdown
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 * `virtual_machine_id` - (Required) The ID of the virtual machine to which to
     attach the NIC. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.
 
+* `project` - (Optional) The name or ID of the project the virtual machine
+    belongs to. Required when the virtual machine belongs to a project,
+    otherwise the NIC cannot be read back. Changing this forces a new resource
+    to be created.
+
 ## Attributes Reference
 
 The following attributes are exported:
@@ -57,3 +62,17 @@ The following attributes are exported:
 * `id` - The ID of the NIC.
 * `ip_address` - The assigned IP address.
 * `mac_address` - The assigned MAC address.
+
+## Import
+
+NICs can be imported using `<virtual_machine_id>/<nic_id>`, e.g.
+
+```shell
+$ terraform import cloudstack_nic.test f8141e2f-4e7e-4c63-9362-986c908b7ea7/2b1a4b3c-5d6e-4f70-8192-a3b4c5d6e7f8
+```
+
+When the virtual machine belongs to a project, prefix the project:
+
+```shell
+$ terraform import cloudstack_nic.test my-project/f8141e2f-4e7e-4c63-9362-986c908b7ea7/2b1a4b3c-5d6e-4f70-8192-a3b4c5d6e7f8
+```