diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/project_import.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/project_import.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7cf44da99fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/project_import.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class ProjectImport
+  constructor: ->
+    setTimeout ->
+       Turbolinks.visit(location.href)
+    , 5000
+
+@ProjectImport = ProjectImport
diff --git a/app/views/projects/empty.html.haml b/app/views/projects/empty.html.haml
index 5279ddf47ef..99e334cc6b8 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/empty.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/empty.html.haml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
       %h3 Importing repository.
       %p.monospace git clone --bare #{@project.import_url}
       %p Please wait until we import repository for you. Refresh at will.
+      :javascript
+        new ProjectImport();
 
 - else
   %div.git-empty