diff --git a/src/PVE/Storage.pm b/src/PVE/Storage.pm
index 0beabbc..099df2b 100755
--- a/src/PVE/Storage.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Storage.pm
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ sub template_list {
 sub volume_list {
     my ($cfg, $storeid, $vmid, $content) = @_;
 
-    my @ctypes = qw(rootdir images vztmpl iso backup snippets);
+    my @ctypes = qw(rootdir images vztmpl iso backup snippets import);
 
     my $cts = $content ? [ $content ] : [ @ctypes ];
 
diff --git a/src/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm b/src/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm
index e086de9..7456c8e 100644
--- a/src/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm
@@ -319,7 +319,9 @@ PVE::JSONSchema::register_format('pve-storage-content', \&verify_content);
 sub verify_content {
     my ($ct, $noerr) = @_;
 
-    my $valid_content = valid_content_types('dir'); # dir includes all types
+    return $ct if $ct eq 'import';
+
+    my $valid_content = valid_content_types('dir'); # dir includes all other types
 
     if (!$valid_content->{$ct}) {
 	return undef if $noerr;