diff --git a/nomad/helper/import.go b/nomad/helper/import.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a8c22a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomad/helper/import.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package helper
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
+)
+
+func NamespacedImporterContext(_ context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, a any) ([]*schema.ResourceData, error) {
+	parts := strings.SplitN(d.Id(), " ", 2)
+
+	var ns, jobID string
+	switch len(parts) {
+	case 1:
+		jobID = parts[0]
+	case 2:
+		ns = parts[0]
+		jobID = parts[1]
+	}
+
+	d.Set("namespace", ns)
+	d.SetId(jobID)
+
+	return []*schema.ResourceData{d}, nil
+}
diff --git a/nomad/resource_job.go b/nomad/resource_job.go
index e3ac7c73..9df924e0 100644
--- a/nomad/resource_job.go
+++ b/nomad/resource_job.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/jobspec2"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-nomad/nomad/helper"
 )
 
 func resourceJob() *schema.Resource {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func resourceJob() *schema.Resource {
 		},
 
 		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
-			StateContext: schema.ImportStatePassthroughContext,
+			StateContext: helper.NamespacedImporterContext,
 		},
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{