diff --git a/src/u_dubproject.pas b/src/u_dubproject.pas
index 8a41f550..cd4c0ebd 100644
--- a/src/u_dubproject.pas
+++ b/src/u_dubproject.pas
@@ -1374,8 +1374,6 @@ begin
   begin
     lst.Clear;
     listFiles(lst, pth, true);
-    if lst.Count > 0 then
-      fImportPaths.Add(pth);
     for abs in lst do
       if isDlangCompilable(abs.extractFileExt) then
         fSrcs.Add(patchPlateformPath(ExtractRelativepath(fBasePath, abs)));
@@ -1396,6 +1394,15 @@ begin
     else
       tryAddFromFolder(expandFilenameEx(fBasePath, p));
   end;
+  if o.findArray('importPaths', a) then
+    for i := 0 to a.Count-1 do
+  begin
+    p := TrimRightSet(a.Strings[i], ['/','\']);
+    if p.dirExists and FilenameIsAbsolute(p) then
+      fImportPaths.Add(p)
+    else
+      fImportPaths.Add(expandFilenameEx(fBasePath, p));
+  end;
 end;
 procedure trySubpPackages(a: TJSONArray);
 var