diff --git a/internal/services/apimanagement/api_management_api_resource.go b/internal/services/apimanagement/api_management_api_resource.go
index cade5625f032..a7c332c0c288 100644
--- a/internal/services/apimanagement/api_management_api_resource.go
+++ b/internal/services/apimanagement/api_management_api_resource.go
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ func resourceApiManagementApi() *pluginsdk.Resource {
 								},
 							},
 						},
+
+						"translate_required_query_parameters": {
+							Type:         pluginsdk.TypeString,
+							Optional:     true,
+							Default:      string(api.TranslateRequiredQueryParametersConductTemplate),
+							ValidateFunc: validation.StringInSlice(api.PossibleValuesForTranslateRequiredQueryParametersConduct(), false),
+						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -846,6 +853,9 @@ func expandApiManagementApiImport(importVs []interface{}, apiType api.ApiType, s
 		apiParams.Properties.ApiVersionSetId = pointer.To(versionSetId)
 	}
 
+	translateRequiredQueryParameters := importV["translate_required_query_parameters"].(string)
+	apiParams.Properties.TranslateRequiredQueryParameters = pointer.To(api.TranslateRequiredQueryParametersConduct(translateRequiredQueryParameters))
+
 	return &apiParams
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/services/apimanagement/api_management_api_resource_test.go b/internal/services/apimanagement/api_management_api_resource_test.go
index 882d29d005ef..9599935661e8 100644
--- a/internal/services/apimanagement/api_management_api_resource_test.go
+++ b/internal/services/apimanagement/api_management_api_resource_test.go
@@ -359,6 +359,38 @@ func TestAccApiManagementApi_importUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccApiManagementApi_translateRequiredQueryParametersDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	data := acceptance.BuildTestData(t, "azurerm_api_management_api", "test")
+	r := ApiManagementApiResource{}
+
+	data.ResourceTest(t, r, []acceptance.TestStep{
+		{
+			Config: r.translateRequiredQueryParameters(data, ""),
+			Check: acceptance.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+				check.That(data.ResourceName).ExistsInAzure(r),
+				check.That(data.ResourceName).Key("import.0.translate_required_query_parameters").HasValue("template"),
+			),
+		},
+		data.ImportStep("import"),
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAccApiManagementApi_translateRequiredQueryParametersQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	data := acceptance.BuildTestData(t, "azurerm_api_management_api", "test")
+	r := ApiManagementApiResource{}
+
+	data.ResourceTest(t, r, []acceptance.TestStep{
+		{
+			Config: r.translateRequiredQueryParameters(data, "query"),
+			Check: acceptance.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+				check.That(data.ResourceName).ExistsInAzure(r),
+				check.That(data.ResourceName).Key("import.0.translate_required_query_parameters").HasValue("query"),
+			),
+		},
+		data.ImportStep("import"),
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccApiManagementApi_complete(t *testing.T) {
 	data := acceptance.BuildTestData(t, "azurerm_api_management_api", "test")
 	r := ApiManagementApiResource{}
@@ -1141,6 +1173,32 @@ resource "azurerm_api_management_api" "test" {
 `, r.template(data, SkuNameConsumption), data.RandomInteger)
 }
 
+func (r ApiManagementApiResource) translateRequiredQueryParameters(data acceptance.TestData, strategy string) string {
+	translateLine := ""
+	if strategy != "" {
+		translateLine = fmt.Sprintf(`translate_required_query_parameters = "%s"`, strategy)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+%s
+
+resource "azurerm_api_management_api" "test" {
+  name                = "acctestapi-%d"
+  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.test.name
+  api_management_name = azurerm_api_management.test.name
+  display_name        = "api1"
+  path                = "api1"
+  protocols           = ["https"]
+  revision            = "1"
+
+  import {
+    content_value  = file("testdata/api_management_api_swagger.json")
+    content_format = "swagger-json"
+    %s
+  }
+}
+`, r.template(data, SkuNameConsumption), data.RandomInteger, translateLine)
+}
+
 func (ApiManagementApiResource) template(data acceptance.TestData, skuName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 provider "azurerm" {
diff --git a/website/docs/r/api_management_api.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/api_management_api.html.markdown
index 777527ea3948..331e59008235 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/api_management_api.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/api_management_api.html.markdown
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ A `import` block supports the following:
 
 * `wsdl_selector` - (Optional) A `wsdl_selector` block as defined below, which allows you to limit the import of a WSDL to only a subset of the document. This can only be specified when `content_format` is `wsdl` or `wsdl-link`.
 
+* `translate_required_query_parameters` - (Optional) Strategy of translating required query parameters to template ones during import. Possible values are `query` and `template`. Defaults to `template`.
+
 ---
 
 A `license` block supports the following: