diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Sketch.java b/app/src/processing/app/Sketch.java
index ecbd54938a6..701218e2090 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Sketch.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Sketch.java
@@ -917,20 +917,20 @@ public boolean addFile(File sourceFile) {
   }
 
 
-  public void importLibrary(UserLibrary lib) throws IOException {
-    importLibrary(lib.getSrcFolder());
-  }
-
   /**
-   * Add import statements to the current tab for all of packages inside
-   * the specified jar file.
+   * Add import statements to the current tab for the specified library
    */
-  private void importLibrary(File jarPath) throws IOException {
+  public void importLibrary(UserLibrary lib) throws IOException {
     // make sure the user didn't hide the sketch folder
     ensureExistence();
 
-    String list[] = Base.headerListFromIncludePath(jarPath);
-    if (list == null || list.length == 0) {
+    List<String> list = lib.getIncludes();
+    if (list == null) {
+      File srcFolder = lib.getSrcFolder();
+      String[] headers = Base.headerListFromIncludePath(srcFolder);
+      list = Arrays.asList(headers);
+    }
+    if (list.isEmpty()) {
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/packages/UserLibrary.java b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/packages/UserLibrary.java
index c621a6e17ba..69ba15a3c34 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/packages/UserLibrary.java
+++ b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/packages/UserLibrary.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public class UserLibrary extends ContributedLibrary {
   private List<String> types;
   private List<String> declaredTypes;
   private boolean onGoingDevelopment;
+  private List<String> includes;
 
   public static UserLibrary create(File libFolder) throws IOException {
     // Parse metadata
@@ -131,6 +132,13 @@ public static UserLibrary create(File libFolder) throws IOException {
       typesList.add(type.trim());
     }
 
+    List<String> includes = null;
+    if (properties.containsKey("includes")) {
+      includes = new ArrayList<>();
+      for (String i : properties.get("includes").split(","))
+        includes.add(i.trim());
+    }
+
     UserLibrary res = new UserLibrary();
     res.setInstalledFolder(libFolder);
     res.setInstalled(true);
@@ -147,6 +155,7 @@ public static UserLibrary create(File libFolder) throws IOException {
     res.layout = layout;
     res.declaredTypes = typesList;
     res.onGoingDevelopment = Files.exists(Paths.get(libFolder.getAbsolutePath(), Constants.LIBRARY_DEVELOPMENT_FLAG_FILE));
+    res.includes = includes;
     return res;
   }
 
@@ -247,6 +256,10 @@ public boolean onGoingDevelopment() {
     return onGoingDevelopment;
   }
 
+  public List<String> getIncludes() {
+    return includes;
+  }
+
   protected enum LibraryLayout {
     FLAT, RECURSIVE
   }
@@ -278,6 +291,8 @@ public String toString() {
     res += "         (paragraph=" + paragraph + ")\n";
     res += "         (url=" + website + ")\n";
     res += "         (architectures=" + architectures + ")\n";
+    if (includes != null)
+      res += "         (includes=" + includes + ")\n";
     return res;
   }