diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 381a0e08d..90aeac8b9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ New release with various improvements and bugfixes:
 * https://github.com/devonfw/ide/issues/940[#940]: Make doInstall even more generic
 * https://github.com/devonfw/ide/issues/935[#935]: doDevonCommand should use doFail instead of doAskToContinue
 * https://github.com/devonfw/ide/issues/905[#905]: Better error handling when installing Eclipse plugins
+* https://github.com/devonfw/ide/issues/976[#976]: Eclipse project import fails
 * https://github.com/devonfw/ide/issues/960[#960]: openshift version check fails
 * https://github.com/devonfw/ide/issues/929[#929]: Ensure function documentation is in sync
 
diff --git a/scripts/src/main/resources/scripts/command/eclipse b/scripts/src/main/resources/scripts/command/eclipse
index 270ceeb2c..8fa3a7a70 100755
--- a/scripts/src/main/resources/scripts/command/eclipse
+++ b/scripts/src/main/resources/scripts/command/eclipse
@@ -430,15 +430,18 @@ do
   elif [ "${1}" = "add-plugin" ]
   then
     shift
+    doSetup silent
     doAddPlugin "${@}"
     exit ${?}
   elif [ "${1}" = "import" ] 
   then
+    doSetup silent
     doImportEclipse "${2}" "${3}"
     exit ${?}
   elif [ "${1}" = "mirror" ]
   then
     shift
+    doSetup silent
     doMirrorUpdateSite "${@}"
     exit ${?}
   else