diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/import-project-root.spec.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/import-project-root.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0866baa149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/import-project-root.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+import { buildImportsToProjectRoots } from './import-project-root';
+import {
+  AddProjectDependency,
+  DependencyType,
+  ProjectGraphContext,
+  ProjectGraphNode
+} from '../../project-graph';
+
+import { fs, vol } from 'memfs';
+import { join } from 'path';
+
+describe('buildImportsToProjectRoots', () => {
+  let addDependency: AddProjectDependency;
+  let ctx: ProjectGraphContext;
+  let projects: Record<string, ProjectGraphNode>;
+  let fileRead: (path: string) => string;
+  let fsJson;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    addDependency = jest.fn();
+    fileRead = p => fs.readFileSync(join('/root', p)).toString();
+    const workspaceJson = {
+      projects: {
+        proj1: {}
+      }
+    };
+    const nxJson = {
+      npmScope: 'proj',
+      projects: {
+        proj1: {}
+      }
+    };
+    fsJson = {
+      'workspace.json': JSON.stringify(workspaceJson),
+      'nx.json': JSON.stringify(nxJson),
+      'libs/proj1/index.ts': `import '@proj/proj2';
+                              import('@proj/proj3');
+                              const a = { loadChildren: '@proj/proj4#a' };`,
+      'libs/proj2/index.ts': `export const a = 0;`,
+      'libs/proj3/index.ts': `export const a = 0;`,
+      'libs/proj4/index.ts': `export const a = 0;`
+    };
+    vol.fromJSON(fsJson, '/root');
+
+    ctx = {
+      workspaceJson,
+      nxJson,
+      fileMap: {
+        proj1: [
+          {
+            file: 'libs/proj1/index.ts',
+            mtime: 0,
+            ext: '.ts'
+          }
+        ],
+        proj2: [
+          {
+            file: 'libs/proj2/index.ts',
+            mtime: 0,
+            ext: '.ts'
+          }
+        ],
+        proj3: [
+          {
+            file: 'libs/proj3/index.ts',
+            mtime: 0,
+            ext: '.ts'
+          }
+        ],
+        proj4: [
+          {
+            file: 'libs/proj4/index.ts',
+            mtime: 0,
+            ext: '.ts'
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    };
+    projects = {
+      proj1: {
+        name: 'proj1',
+        type: 'lib',
+        data: {
+          root: 'libs/proj1',
+          files: []
+        }
+      },
+      proj2: {
+        name: 'proj2',
+        type: 'lib',
+        data: {
+          root: 'libs/proj2',
+          files: []
+        }
+      },
+      proj3: {
+        name: 'proj3',
+        type: 'lib',
+        data: {
+          root: 'libs/proj3',
+          files: []
+        }
+      },
+      proj4: {
+        name: 'proj4',
+        type: 'lib',
+        data: {
+          root: 'libs/proj4',
+          files: []
+        }
+      }
+    };
+  });
+
+  it('should draw static dependencies from imports', () => {
+    buildImportsToProjectRoots(ctx, projects, addDependency, fileRead);
+
+    expect(addDependency).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      DependencyType.static,
+      'proj1',
+      'proj2'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should draw dynamic dependencies from import()', () => {
+    buildImportsToProjectRoots(ctx, projects, addDependency, fileRead);
+
+    expect(addDependency).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      DependencyType.dynamic,
+      'proj1',
+      'proj3'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should draw dynamic dependencies from loadChildren', () => {
+    buildImportsToProjectRoots(ctx, projects, addDependency, fileRead);
+
+    expect(addDependency).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      DependencyType.dynamic,
+      'proj1',
+      'proj4'
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/import-project-root.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/import-project-root.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b11d6cfac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/import-project-root.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import {
+  AddProjectDependency,
+  DependencyType,
+  ProjectGraphContext,
+  ProjectGraphNode,
+  ProjectGraphNodeRecords
+} from '../project-graph-models';
+import { TypeScriptImportLocator } from './typescript-import-locator';
+import { normalizedProjectRoot } from '../../file-utils';
+
+export function buildImportsToProjectRoots(
+  ctx: ProjectGraphContext,
+  nodes: ProjectGraphNodeRecords,
+  addDependency: AddProjectDependency,
+  fileRead: (s: string) => string
+) {
+  const importLocator = new TypeScriptImportLocator(fileRead);
+
+  Object.keys(ctx.fileMap).forEach(source => {
+    Object.values(ctx.fileMap[source]).forEach(f => {
+      importLocator.fromFile(
+        f.file,
+        (importExpr: string, filePath: string, type: DependencyType) => {
+          const targetProjectName = Object.keys(nodes).find(projectName => {
+            const p = nodes[projectName];
+            const normalizedRoot = normalizedProjectRoot(p);
+            const normalizedImportExpr = importExpr.split('#')[0];
+            const projectImport = `@${ctx.nxJson.npmScope}/${normalizedRoot}`;
+            return normalizedImportExpr.startsWith(projectImport);
+          });
+
+          if (targetProjectName) {
+            addDependency(type, source, targetProjectName);
+          }
+        }
+      );
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/index.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/index.ts
index 7bfc04761e..8602df93df 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/index.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export * from './build-dependencies';
+export * from './import-project-root';
 export * from './implicit-project-dependencies';
 export * from './explicit-project-dependencies';
 export * from './explicit-npm-dependencies';
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/project-graph.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/project-graph.ts
index 0a1b439a7f..8b04d2a1ef 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/project-graph.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/project-graph.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ import {
   BuildDependencies,
   buildExplicitNpmDependencies,
   buildExplicitTypeScriptDependencies,
-  buildImplicitProjectDependencies
+  buildImplicitProjectDependencies,
+  buildImportsToProjectRoots
 } from './build-dependencies';
 import { assertWorkspaceValidity } from '../assert-workspace-validity';
 import { normalizeNxJson } from '../normalize-nx-json';