diff --git a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Importer/Importer.php b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Importer/Importer.php
index 701f3e326..f3d946fa5 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Importer/Importer.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Importer/Importer.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ abstract class Importer
     protected $filename = "";
     protected $saveDir = "";
     protected $metadata = array();
+    protected $prjCreateUser = '';
     /**
      * Title of the process before being updated/deleted.
      * @var string
@@ -494,6 +495,7 @@ abstract class Importer
         $project["diagrams"] = array($diagram);
         $project["prj_author"] = isset($this->data["usr_uid"])? $this->data["usr_uid"]: "00000000000000000000000000000001";
         $project["process"] = $tables["process"][0];
+        $project["prjCreateUser"] = $this->prjCreateUser;
 
         return Adapter\BpmnWorkflow::createFromStruct($project, $generateUid);
     }
@@ -761,7 +763,7 @@ abstract class Importer
         }
     }
 
-    public function saveAs($prj_uid, $prj_name, $prj_description, $prj_category)
+    public function saveAs($prj_uid, $prj_name, $prj_description, $prj_category, $prj_user = '')
     {
         try {
             $exporter = new \ProcessMaker\Exporter\XmlExporter($prj_uid);
@@ -779,6 +781,7 @@ abstract class Importer
 
             $this->setSourceFile($outputFilename);
             $this->prepare();
+            $this->prjCreateUser = $prj_user;
             $this->importData["tables"]["bpmn"]["project"][0]["prj_name"] = $prj_name;
             $this->importData["tables"]["bpmn"]["project"][0]["prj_description"] = $prj_description;
             $this->importData["tables"]["bpmn"]["diagram"][0]["dia_name"] = $prj_name;
diff --git a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Project/Adapter/BpmnWorkflow.php b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Project/Adapter/BpmnWorkflow.php
index 39b656dcc..1205fa62b 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Project/Adapter/BpmnWorkflow.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Project/Adapter/BpmnWorkflow.php
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ class BpmnWorkflow extends Project\Bpmn
                 $wpData["PRO_STATUS"] = $data["PRO_STATUS"];
             }
 
+            if (array_key_exists("PRO_CREATE_USER", $data)) {
+                $wpData["PRO_CREATE_USER"] = $data["PRO_CREATE_USER"];
+            }
+
             $this->wp = new Project\Workflow();
             $this->wp->create($wpData);
 
@@ -1318,6 +1322,10 @@ class BpmnWorkflow extends Project\Bpmn
             $data["PRO_STATUS"] = $projectData['pro_status'];
         }
 
+        if (isset($projectData['prjCreateUser'])){
+            $data["PRO_CREATE_USER"] = $projectData['prjCreateUser'];
+        }
+
         $bwp->create($data);
 
         $diagramData = $processData = array();
diff --git a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Services/Api/Project.php b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Services/Api/Project.php
index 6c080741c..78114a200 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Services/Api/Project.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Services/Api/Project.php
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class Project extends Api
     public function doSaveAs($prj_uid, $prj_name, $prj_description = null, $prj_category = null)
     {
         $importer = new \ProcessMaker\Importer\XmlImporter();
-        return $importer->saveAs($prj_uid, $prj_name, $prj_description, $prj_category);
+        return $importer->saveAs($prj_uid, $prj_name, $prj_description, $prj_category, $this->getUserId());
     }
 
     /**