diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/localhostbecontroller.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/localhostbecontroller.py
index aba09e0d27..67bfbf6394 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/localhostbecontroller.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/localhostbecontroller.py
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ class LocalhostBEController(BuildEnvironmentController):
                 conf.write('INHERIT+="toaster buildhistory"')
         else:
             # Append the Toaster-specific values directly to the bblayers.conf
-            bblconfpath = os.path.join(bitbake.req.project.builddir, "conf/bblayers.conf")
-            bblconfpath_save = os.path.join(bitbake.req.project.builddir, "conf/bblayers.conf.save")
+            bblconfpath = os.path.join(builddir, "conf/bblayers.conf")
+            bblconfpath_save = os.path.join(builddir, "conf/bblayers.conf.save")
             shutil.copyfile(bblconfpath, bblconfpath_save)
             with open(bblconfpath) as bblayers:
                 content = bblayers.readlines()
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ class LocalhostBEController(BuildEnvironmentController):
                 bblayers.write('  "\n')
                 bblayers.write('#=== TOASTER_CONFIG_EPILOG ===\n')
             # Append the Toaster-specific values directly to the local.conf
-            bbconfpath = os.path.join(bitbake.req.project.builddir, "conf/local.conf")
-            bbconfpath_save = os.path.join(bitbake.req.project.builddir, "conf/local.conf.save")
+            bbconfpath = os.path.join(builddir, "conf/local.conf")
+            bbconfpath_save = os.path.join(builddir, "conf/local.conf.save")
             shutil.copyfile(bbconfpath, bbconfpath_save)
             with open(bbconfpath) as f:
                 content = f.readlines()
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/newproject.html b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/newproject.html
index bd03bb55d7..7e1ebb382a 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/newproject.html
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/newproject.html
@@ -20,23 +20,19 @@
             <input type="text" class="form-control" required id="new-project-name" name="projectname">
           </div>
           <p class="help-block text-danger" style="display: none;" id="hint-error-project-name">A project with this name exists. Project names must be unique.</p>
-<!--
-            <fieldset>
-                <label class="project-form">Project type</label>
-                    <label class="project-form radio"><input type="radio" name="ptype" value="analysis" checked/> Analysis Project</label>
 
+                <label class="project-form">Project type:</label>
                 {% if releases.count > 0 %}
-                    <label class="project-form radio"><input type="radio" name="ptype" value="build" checked /> Build Project</label>
+                    <label class="project-form radio" style="padding-left: 35px;"><input id='type-new'    type="radio" name="ptype" value="new"/> New project</label>
                 {% endif %}
-              </fieldset> -->
-        <input type="hidden" name="ptype" value="build" />
+                    <label class="project-form radio" style="padding-left: 35px;"><input id='type-import' type="radio" name="ptype" value="import"/> Import command line project</label>
 
         {% if releases.count > 0 %}
-				<div class="release form-group">
+          <div class="release form-group">
             {% if releases.count > 1 %}
               <label class="control-label">
                 Release
-                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-question-sign get-help" title="The version of the build system you want to use"></span>
+                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-question-sign get-help" title="The version of the build system you want to use for this project"></span>
               </label>
               <select name="projectversion" id="projectversion" class="form-control">
                 {% for release in releases %}
@@ -59,28 +55,26 @@
             {% else %}
               <input type="hidden" name="projectversion" value="{{releases.0.id}}"/>
             {% endif %}
-                </div>
+
+              <input type="checkbox" class="checkbox-mergeattr" name="mergeattr" value="mergeattr">  Merged Toaster settings (Command line user compatibility)
+              <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-question-sign get-help" title="Place the Toaster settings into the standard 'local.conf' and 'bblayers.conf' instead of 'toaster_bblayers.conf' and 'toaster.conf'"></span>
+
+           </div>
         {% endif %}
+
+            <div class="build-import form-group" id="import-project">
+              <label class="control-label">Import existing project directory
+                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-question-sign get-help" title="Enter a path to an existing build directory, import the existing settings, and create a Toaster Project for it."></span>
+              </label>
+              <input style="width: 33%;"type="text" class="form-control" required id="import-project-dir" name="importdir">
+            </div>
+
             <div class="top-air">
               <input type="submit" id="create-project-button" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" value="Create project"/>
               <span class="help-inline" style="vertical-align:middle;">To create a project, you need to enter a project name</span>
             </div>
 
         </form>
-        <!--
-        <div class="col-md-5 well">
-                <span class="help-block">
-                 <h4>Toaster project types</h4>
-                 <p>With a <strong>build project</strong> you configure and run your builds from Toaster.</p>
-                 <p>With an <strong>analysis project</strong>, the builds are configured and run by another tool
-                 (something like Buildbot or Jenkins), and the project only collects the information about the
-                 builds (packages, recipes, dependencies, logs, etc). </p>
-                 <p>You can read more on <a href="#">how to set up an analysis project</a>
-                 in the Toaster manual.</p>
-                 <h4>Release</h4>
-                 <p>If you create a <strong>build project</strong>, you will need to select a <strong>release</strong>,
-                 which is the version of the build system you want to use to run your builds.</p>
-             </div> -->
       </div>
     </div>
 
@@ -89,6 +83,7 @@
             // hide the new project button
             $("#new-project-button").hide();
             $('.btn-primary').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
+            $('#type-new').attr('checked', 'checked');
 
             // enable submit button when all required fields are populated
             $("input#new-project-name").on('input', function() {
@@ -118,20 +113,24 @@
                  $(".btn-primary"));
 
 
-/*			// Hide the project release when you select an analysis project
+			// Hide the project release when you select an analysis project
 			function projectType() {
-				if ($("input[type='radio']:checked").val() == 'build') {
+				if ($("input[type='radio']:checked").val() == 'new') {
+					$('.build-import').fadeOut();
 					$('.release').fadeIn();
+                    $('#import-project-dir').removeAttr('required');
 				}
 				else {
 					$('.release').fadeOut();
+					$('.build-import').fadeIn();
+                    $('#import-project-dir').attr('required', 'required');
 				}
 			}
 			projectType();
 
 			$('input:radio').change(function(){
 				projectType();
-			}); */
+			});
         });
     </script>
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
index 4939b6b1f4..c712b06a6e 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
@@ -1398,7 +1398,9 @@ if True:
             mandatory_fields = ['projectname', 'ptype']
             try:
                 ptype = request.POST.get('ptype')
-                if ptype == "build":
+                if ptype == "import":
+                    mandatory_fields.append('importdir')
+                else:
                     mandatory_fields.append('projectversion')
                 # make sure we have values for all mandatory_fields
                 missing = [field for field in mandatory_fields if len(request.POST.get(field, '')) == 0]
@@ -1415,14 +1417,22 @@ if True:
                     login(request, user)
 
                 #  save the project
-                if ptype == "analysis":
-                    release = None
+                if ptype == "import":
+                    if not os.path.isdir('%s/conf' % request.POST['importdir']):
+                        raise BadParameterException("Bad path or missing 'conf' directory (%s)" % request.POST['importdir'])
+                    from django.core import management
+                    management.call_command('buildimport', '--command=import', '--name=%s' % request.POST['projectname'], '--path=%s' % request.POST['importdir'], interactive=False)
+                    prj = Project.objects.get(name = request.POST['projectname'])
+                    prj.merged_attr = True
+                    prj.save()
                 else:
                     release = Release.objects.get(pk = request.POST.get('projectversion', None ))
+                    prj = Project.objects.create_project(name = request.POST['projectname'], release = release)
+                    prj.user_id = request.user.pk
+                    if 'mergeattr' == request.POST.get('mergeattr', ''):
+                        prj.merged_attr = True
+                    prj.save()
 
-                prj = Project.objects.create_project(name = request.POST['projectname'], release = release)
-                prj.user_id = request.user.pk
-                prj.save()
                 return redirect(reverse(project, args=(prj.pk,)) + "?notify=new-project")
 
             except (IntegrityError, BadParameterException) as e:
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/management/commands/buildimport.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/management/commands/buildimport.py
index 791d528231..9e1cd6d479 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/management/commands/buildimport.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/management/commands/buildimport.py
@@ -484,11 +484,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         project_name = options['name']
         project_path = options['path']
-        project_callback = options['callback']
-        if options['release']:
-            release_name = options['release']
-        else:
-            release_name = ''
+        project_callback = options['callback'] if options['callback'] else ''
+        release_name = options['release'] if options['release'] else ''
 
         #
         # Delete project