diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 201080692..1fbe41bb0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Hide various actions for imported tags
 - Clone tag
 - Hide freetransform button in readonly mode
+- Maintain export name/class on imported tags
 
 ### Changed
 - Quick search needs minimum of 3 characters
diff --git a/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/SWF.java b/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/SWF.java
index 1526238a0..f8aef06be 100644
--- a/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/SWF.java
+++ b/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/SWF.java
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ public final class SWF implements SWFContainerItem, Timelined, Openable {
                                     chtCopy = cht.cloneTag();
                                     CharacterIdTag ch = (CharacterIdTag) chtCopy;
                                     ch.setCharacterId(importedId);
-                                    setImportedDeep(cht, false);
+                                    setImportedDeep(chtCopy, false);
                                 
                                     tags.add(p + 1 + pos, chtCopy);
                                 } catch (InterruptedException | IOException ex) {
@@ -1560,6 +1560,8 @@ public final class SWF implements SWFContainerItem, Timelined, Openable {
                                 importedTagPos.add(ip);
                                 if (cht instanceof CharacterTag) {
                                     importedCharacters.add((CharacterTag)chtCopy);
+                                    ((CharacterTag)chtCopy).setExportName(((CharacterTag)cht).getExportName());
+                                    ((CharacterTag)chtCopy).setClassName(((CharacterTag)cht).getClassName());
                                 } else {
                                     chtCopy.setTimelined(this);                               
                                     chtCopy.setSwf(this);
@@ -1585,7 +1587,7 @@ public final class SWF implements SWFContainerItem, Timelined, Openable {
                                     chtCopy = cht.cloneTag();
                                     CharacterIdTag ch = (CharacterIdTag) chtCopy;
                                     ch.setCharacterId(importedId);
-                                    setImportedDeep(chtCopy, false);
+                                    setImportedDeep(chtCopy, false);                                    
                                 
                                     tags.add(p + 1 + pos, chtCopy);
                                 } catch (InterruptedException | IOException ex) {
@@ -1593,6 +1595,8 @@ public final class SWF implements SWFContainerItem, Timelined, Openable {
                                 }
                                 if (cht instanceof CharacterTag) {
                                     importedCharacters.add((CharacterTag)chtCopy);
+                                    ((CharacterTag)chtCopy).setExportName(((CharacterTag)cht).getExportName());
+                                    ((CharacterTag)chtCopy).setClassName(((CharacterTag)cht).getClassName());
                                 } else {
                                     chtCopy.setSwf(this);
                                     chtCopy.setTimelined(this);