diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 879fb98c26f..bafd1e867f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ v 8.11.5
   - Fix confidential issues being exposed as public using gitlab.com export
   - Remove gitorious from import_sources. !6180
   - Scope webhooks/services that will run for confidential issues
+  - Remove gitorious from import_sources
+  - Fix confidential issues being exposed as public using gitlab.com export
 
 v 8.11.4
   - Fix resolving conflicts on forks. !6082
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gitlab_import/importer.rb b/lib/gitlab/gitlab_import/importer.rb
index 0ce7d854e62..e44d7934fda 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gitlab_import/importer.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gitlab_import/importer.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ module Gitlab
               title: issue["title"],
               state: issue["state"],
               updated_at: issue["updated_at"],
-              author_id: gitlab_user_id(project, issue["author"]["id"])
+              author_id: gitlab_user_id(project, issue["author"]["id"]),
+              confidential: issue["confidential"]
             )
           end
         end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/gitlab_import/importer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/gitlab_import/importer_spec.rb
index d3f1deb3837..9b499b593d3 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/gitlab_import/importer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/gitlab_import/importer_spec.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ describe Gitlab::GitlabImport::Importer, lib: true do
           'title' => 'Issue',
           'description' => 'Lorem ipsum',
           'state' => 'opened',
+          'confidential' => true,
           'author' => {
             'id' => 283999,
             'name' => 'John Doe'
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ describe Gitlab::GitlabImport::Importer, lib: true do
         title: 'Issue',
         description: "*Created by: John Doe*\n\nLorem ipsum",
         state: 'opened',
+        confidential: true,
         author_id: project.creator_id
       }