diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTab.fxml b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTab.fxml
index 574112bc8ab..6675f474304 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTab.fxml
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTab.fxml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
     <CheckBox fx:id="warnAboutDuplicatesOnImport" text="%Warn about duplicates on import"/>
     <CheckBox fx:id="downloadLinkedOnlineFiles" text="%Download referenced files (PDFs, ...)"/>
     <CheckBox fx:id="keepDownloadUrl" text="%Store url for downloaded file" />
+    <HBox alignment="CENTER_LEFT" spacing="10.0">
+        <CheckBox fx:id="addImportedEntries" text="%Add imported entries to group"/>
+        <TextField fx:id="addImportedEntriesGroupName" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
+    </HBox>
     <HBox alignment="BASELINE_LEFT" spacing="10">
         <Label text="%Default plain citation parser"/>
         <ComboBox fx:id="defaultPlainCitationParser" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTab.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTab.java
index f842ba1233e..2a9073041d0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTab.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTab.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public class WebSearchTab extends AbstractPreferenceTabView<WebSearchTabViewMode
     @FXML private CheckBox warnAboutDuplicatesOnImport;
     @FXML private CheckBox downloadLinkedOnlineFiles;
     @FXML private CheckBox keepDownloadUrl;
+    @FXML private CheckBox addImportedEntries;
+    @FXML private TextField addImportedEntriesGroupName;
     @FXML private ComboBox<PlainCitationParserChoice> defaultPlainCitationParser;
 
     @FXML private CheckBox useCustomDOI;
@@ -76,6 +78,10 @@ public void initialize() {
         downloadLinkedOnlineFiles.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.shouldDownloadLinkedOnlineFiles());
         keepDownloadUrl.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.shouldKeepDownloadUrl());
 
+        addImportedEntries.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.getAddImportedEntries());
+        addImportedEntriesGroupName.textProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.getAddImportedEntriesGroupName());
+        addImportedEntriesGroupName.disableProperty().bind(addImportedEntries.selectedProperty().not());
+
         new ViewModelListCellFactory<PlainCitationParserChoice>()
                 .withText(PlainCitationParserChoice::getLocalizedName)
                 .install(defaultPlainCitationParser);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTabViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTabViewModel.java
index ced3fc6a146..800303a513b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTabViewModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/websearch/WebSearchTabViewModel.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.jabref.gui.preferences.PreferenceTabViewModel;
 import org.jabref.gui.slr.StudyCatalogItem;
 import org.jabref.logic.FilePreferences;
+import org.jabref.logic.LibraryPreferences;
 import org.jabref.logic.importer.ImportFormatPreferences;
 import org.jabref.logic.importer.ImporterPreferences;
 import org.jabref.logic.importer.SearchBasedFetcher;
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ public class WebSearchTabViewModel implements PreferenceTabViewModel {
             new SimpleListProperty<>(FXCollections.observableArrayList(PlainCitationParserChoice.values()));
     private final ObjectProperty<PlainCitationParserChoice> defaultPlainCitationParser = new SimpleObjectProperty<>();
 
+    private final BooleanProperty addImportedEntries = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
+    private final StringProperty addImportedEntriesGroupName = new SimpleStringProperty("");
+
     private final BooleanProperty useCustomDOIProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
     private final StringProperty useCustomDOINameProperty = new SimpleStringProperty("");
 
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ public class WebSearchTabViewModel implements PreferenceTabViewModel {
     private final ImporterPreferences importerPreferences;
     private final FilePreferences filePreferences;
     private final ImportFormatPreferences importFormatPreferences;
+    private final LibraryPreferences libraryPreferences;
 
     private final ReadOnlyBooleanProperty refAiEnabled;
 
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ public WebSearchTabViewModel(CliPreferences preferences, DialogService dialogSer
         this.doiPreferences = preferences.getDOIPreferences();
         this.filePreferences = preferences.getFilePreferences();
         this.importFormatPreferences = preferences.getImportFormatPreferences();
+        this.libraryPreferences = preferences.getLibraryPreferences();
 
         this.refAiEnabled = refAiEnabled;
 
@@ -128,6 +134,12 @@ public void setValues() {
         warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty.setValue(importerPreferences.shouldWarnAboutDuplicatesOnImport());
         shouldDownloadLinkedOnlineFiles.setValue(filePreferences.shouldDownloadLinkedFiles());
         shouldkeepDownloadUrl.setValue(filePreferences.shouldKeepDownloadUrl());
+        addImportedEntries.setValue(libraryPreferences.isAddImportedEntriesEnabled());
+        if (libraryPreferences.getAddImportedEntriesGroupName().isEmpty()) {
+            addImportedEntriesGroupName.setValue(Localization.lang("Imported entries"));
+        } else {
+            addImportedEntriesGroupName.setValue(libraryPreferences.getAddImportedEntriesGroupName());
+        }
         defaultPlainCitationParser.setValue(importerPreferences.getDefaultPlainCitationParser());
 
         useCustomDOIProperty.setValue(doiPreferences.isUseCustom());
@@ -159,7 +171,14 @@ public void storeSettings() {
         importerPreferences.setWarnAboutDuplicatesOnImport(warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty.getValue());
         filePreferences.setDownloadLinkedFiles(shouldDownloadLinkedOnlineFiles.getValue());
         filePreferences.setKeepDownloadUrl(shouldkeepDownloadUrl.getValue());
+        libraryPreferences.setAddImportedEntries(addImportedEntries.getValue());
+        if (addImportedEntriesGroupName.getValue().isEmpty() || addImportedEntriesGroupName.getValue().startsWith(" ")) {
+            libraryPreferences.setAddImportedEntriesGroupName("");
+        } else {
+            libraryPreferences.setAddImportedEntriesGroupName(addImportedEntriesGroupName.getValue());
+        }
         importerPreferences.setDefaultPlainCitationParser(defaultPlainCitationParser.getValue());
+
         grobidPreferences.setGrobidEnabled(grobidEnabledProperty.getValue());
         grobidPreferences.setGrobidUseAsked(grobidPreferences.isGrobidUseAsked());
         grobidPreferences.setGrobidURL(grobidURLProperty.getValue());
@@ -189,6 +208,14 @@ public ObjectProperty<PlainCitationParserChoice> defaultPlainCitationParserPrope
         return defaultPlainCitationParser;
     }
 
+    public BooleanProperty getAddImportedEntries() {
+        return addImportedEntries;
+    }
+
+    public StringProperty getAddImportedEntriesGroupName() {
+        return addImportedEntriesGroupName;
+    }
+
     public BooleanProperty useCustomDOIProperty() {
         return this.useCustomDOIProperty;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/LibraryPreferences.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/LibraryPreferences.java
index 64ca8501de0..31ae85d78a2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/LibraryPreferences.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/LibraryPreferences.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import javafx.beans.property.ObjectProperty;
 import javafx.beans.property.SimpleBooleanProperty;
 import javafx.beans.property.SimpleObjectProperty;
+import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
+import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;
 
 import org.jabref.model.database.BibDatabaseMode;
 
@@ -12,13 +14,17 @@ public class LibraryPreferences {
     private final ObjectProperty<BibDatabaseMode> defaultBibDatabaseMode;
     private final BooleanProperty alwaysReformatOnSave;
     private final BooleanProperty autoSave;
+    private final BooleanProperty addImportedEntries;
+    private final StringProperty addImportedEntriesGroupName;
 
     public LibraryPreferences(BibDatabaseMode defaultBibDatabaseMode,
                               boolean alwaysReformatOnSave,
-                              boolean autoSave) {
+                              boolean autoSave, boolean addImportedEntries, String addImportedEntriesGroupName) {
         this.defaultBibDatabaseMode = new SimpleObjectProperty<>(defaultBibDatabaseMode);
         this.alwaysReformatOnSave = new SimpleBooleanProperty(alwaysReformatOnSave);
         this.autoSave = new SimpleBooleanProperty(autoSave);
+        this.addImportedEntries = new SimpleBooleanProperty(addImportedEntries);
+        this.addImportedEntriesGroupName = new SimpleStringProperty(addImportedEntriesGroupName);
     }
 
     public BibDatabaseMode getDefaultBibDatabaseMode() {
@@ -56,4 +62,28 @@ public BooleanProperty autoSaveProperty() {
     public void setAutoSave(boolean shouldAutoSave) {
         this.autoSave.set(shouldAutoSave);
     }
+
+    public boolean isAddImportedEntriesEnabled() {
+        return addImportedEntries.get();
+    }
+
+    public BooleanProperty addImportedEntriesProperty() {
+        return addImportedEntries;
+    }
+
+    public void setAddImportedEntries(boolean addImportedEntries) {
+        this.addImportedEntries.set(addImportedEntries);
+    }
+
+    public String getAddImportedEntriesGroupName() {
+        return addImportedEntriesGroupName.get();
+    }
+
+    public StringProperty addImportedEntriesGroupNameProperty() {
+        return addImportedEntriesGroupName;
+    }
+
+    public void setAddImportedEntriesGroupName(String addImportedEntriesGroupName) {
+        this.addImportedEntriesGroupName.set(addImportedEntriesGroupName);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/preferences/JabRefCliPreferences.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/preferences/JabRefCliPreferences.java
index 7df1c943415..eeb948fe2c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/preferences/JabRefCliPreferences.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/preferences/JabRefCliPreferences.java
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ public class JabRefCliPreferences implements CliPreferences {
     public static final String MEMORY_STICK_MODE = "memoryStickMode";
     public static final String DEFAULT_ENCODING = "defaultEncoding";
 
+    private static final String ADD_IMPORTED_ENTRIES = "addImportedEntries";
+    private static final String ADD_IMPORTED_ENTRIES_GROUP_NAME = "addImportedEntriesGroupName";
+
     public static final String BASE_DOI_URI = "baseDOIURI";
     public static final String USE_CUSTOM_DOI_URI = "useCustomDOIURI";
 
@@ -470,6 +473,9 @@ protected JabRefCliPreferences() {
         defaults.put(IMPORTERS_ENABLED, Boolean.TRUE);
         defaults.put(GENERATE_KEY_ON_IMPORT, Boolean.TRUE);
 
+        defaults.put(ADD_IMPORTED_ENTRIES, Boolean.FALSE);
+        defaults.put(ADD_IMPORTED_ENTRIES_GROUP_NAME, Localization.lang("Imported entries"));
+
         // region: Grobid
         defaults.put(GROBID_ENABLED, Boolean.FALSE);
         defaults.put(GROBID_PREFERENCE, Boolean.FALSE);
@@ -1175,12 +1181,17 @@ public LibraryPreferences getLibraryPreferences() {
         libraryPreferences = new LibraryPreferences(
                 getBoolean(BIBLATEX_DEFAULT_MODE) ? BibDatabaseMode.BIBLATEX : BibDatabaseMode.BIBTEX,
                 getBoolean(REFORMAT_FILE_ON_SAVE_AND_EXPORT),
-                getBoolean(LOCAL_AUTO_SAVE));
+                getBoolean(LOCAL_AUTO_SAVE),
+                getBoolean(ADD_IMPORTED_ENTRIES),
+                get(ADD_IMPORTED_ENTRIES_GROUP_NAME));
 
         EasyBind.listen(libraryPreferences.defaultBibDatabaseModeProperty(), (obs, oldValue, newValue) -> putBoolean(BIBLATEX_DEFAULT_MODE, (newValue == BibDatabaseMode.BIBLATEX)));
         EasyBind.listen(libraryPreferences.alwaysReformatOnSaveProperty(), (obs, oldValue, newValue) -> putBoolean(REFORMAT_FILE_ON_SAVE_AND_EXPORT, newValue));
         EasyBind.listen(libraryPreferences.autoSaveProperty(), (obs, oldValue, newValue) -> putBoolean(LOCAL_AUTO_SAVE, newValue));
 
+        EasyBind.listen(libraryPreferences.addImportedEntriesProperty(), (obs, oldValue, newValue) -> putBoolean(ADD_IMPORTED_ENTRIES, newValue));
+        EasyBind.listen(libraryPreferences.addImportedEntriesGroupNameProperty(), (obs, oldValue, newValue) -> put(ADD_IMPORTED_ENTRIES_GROUP_NAME, newValue));
+
         return libraryPreferences;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties b/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
index 0b4b2bc6b97..030d3af2e00 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
@@ -2459,6 +2459,8 @@ Unprotect\ terms=Unprotect terms
 Generate\ a\ new\ key\ for\ imported\ entries\ (overwriting\ their\ default)=Generate a new key for imported entries (overwriting their default)
 Warn\ about\ duplicates\ on\ import=Warn about duplicates on import
 
+Add\ imported\ entries\ to\ group=Add imported entries to group
+
 Custom\ DOI\ URI=Custom DOI URI
 Use\ custom\ DOI\ base\ URI\ for\ article\ access=Use custom DOI base URI for article access