diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 071b914c4..fcd3c4a26 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ Other changes:
   can be caused by the test JVM exiting during a test, either via a System.exit()
   call or a JVM crash.
 
+* project name is now used for *all* targets so one can write consistent import
+  build file. bugzilla report 28444.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.6.3 to current Ant 1.6 CVS version
 =====================================================
 
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/import/a.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/import/a.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d00379c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/import/a.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<project name="A">
+  <target name="x"/>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/import/b.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/import/b.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be747fa82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/import/b.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<project name="B">
+   <import file="a.xml"/>
+   <target name="x" depends="A.x"/>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/import/c.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/import/c.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1163144bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/import/c.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<project name="C">
+   <import file="a.xml"/>
+   <import file="b.xml"/>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Target.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Target.java
index 2f78860aa..81f6d301b 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Target.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Target.java
@@ -52,11 +52,27 @@ public class Target implements TaskContainer {
     /** Description of this target, if any. */
     private String description = null;
 
-    /** Sole constructor. */
+    /** Default constructor. */
     public Target() {
         //empty
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Cloning constructor.
+     * @param other the Target to clone.
+     */
+    public Target(Target other) {
+        this.name = other.name;
+        this.ifCondition = other.ifCondition;
+        this.unlessCondition = other.unlessCondition;
+        this.dependencies = other.dependencies;
+        this.location = other.location;
+        this.project = other.project;
+        this.description = other.description;
+        // The children are added to after this cloning
+        this.children = other.children;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the project this target belongs to.
      *
@@ -209,7 +225,7 @@ public class Target implements TaskContainer {
      * @return an enumeration of the dependencies of this target
      */
     public Enumeration getDependencies() {
-        return (dependencies != null ? Collections.enumeration(dependencies) 
+        return (dependencies != null ? Collections.enumeration(dependencies)
                                      : new CollectionUtils.EmptyEnumeration());
     }
 
@@ -222,7 +238,7 @@ public class Target implements TaskContainer {
     public boolean dependsOn(String other) {
         Project p = getProject();
         Hashtable t = (p == null) ? null : p.getTargets();
-        return (p != null 
+        return (p != null
                 && p.topoSort(getName(), t, false).contains(t.get(other)));
     }
 
@@ -438,4 +454,4 @@ public class Target implements TaskContainer {
         String test = project.replaceProperties(unlessCondition);
         return project.getProperty(test) == null;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/helper/ProjectHelper2.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/helper/ProjectHelper2.java
index 98f3e0afb..fa9762b19 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/helper/ProjectHelper2.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/helper/ProjectHelper2.java
@@ -815,38 +815,39 @@ public class ProjectHelper2 extends ProjectHelper {
                     + "a name attribute", context.getLocator());
             }
 
-            Hashtable currentTargets = project.getTargets();
+            // Check if this target is in the current build file
+            if (context.getCurrentTargets().get(name) != null) {
+                throw new BuildException(
+                    "Duplicate target '" + name + "'", target.getLocation());
+            }
 
-            // If the name has already been defined ( import for example )
-            if (currentTargets.containsKey(name)) {
-                if (context.getCurrentTargets().get(name) != null) {
-                    throw new BuildException(
-                        "Duplicate target '" + name + "'", target.getLocation());
-                }
-                // Alter the name.
-                if (context.getCurrentProjectName() != null) {
-                    String newName = context.getCurrentProjectName()
-                        + "." + name;
-                    project.log("Already defined in main or a previous import, "
-                        + "define " + name + " as " + newName,
-                                Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
-                    name = newName;
-                } else {
-                    project.log("Already defined in main or a previous import, "
-                        + "ignore " + name, Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
-                    name = null;
-                }
+            if (depends.length() > 0) {
+                target.setDepends(depends);
             }
 
-            if (name != null) {
+            Hashtable projectTargets = project.getTargets();
+            boolean   usedTarget = false;
+            // If the name has not already been defined define it
+            if (projectTargets.containsKey(name)) {
+                project.log("Already defined in main or a previous import, "
+                            + "ignore " + name, Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
+            } else {
                 target.setName(name);
                 context.getCurrentTargets().put(name, target);
                 project.addOrReplaceTarget(name, target);
+                usedTarget = true;
             }
 
-            // take care of dependencies
-            if (depends.length() > 0) {
-                target.setDepends(depends);
+            if (context.isIgnoringProjectTag() && context.getCurrentProjectName() != null
+                && context.getCurrentProjectName().length() != 0) {
+                // In an impored file (and not completely
+                // ignoring the project tag)
+                String newName = context.getCurrentProjectName()
+                    + "." + name;
+                Target newTarget = usedTarget ? new Target(target) : target;
+                newTarget.setName(newName);
+                context.getCurrentTargets().put(newName, newTarget);
+                project.addOrReplaceTarget(newName, newTarget);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ImportTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ImportTest.java
index c9ae9e281..1fa184a04 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ImportTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ImportTest.java
@@ -163,4 +163,9 @@ public class ImportTest extends BuildFileTest {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/import/importtargetfirst.xml");
         assertLogContaining("Importing targetfirstAfter target firstAfter importing");
     }
+
+    public void testTargetName() {
+        configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/import/c.xml");
+    }
+
 }