diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index c204215..9331e81 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: modules
 Title: Self Contained Units of Source Code
-Version: 0.8.3
+Version: 0.8.4
 Authors@R: person("Sebastian", "Warnholz", email = "wahani@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"))
 Description: Provides modules as an organizational unit for source code. Modules
     enforce to be more rigorous when defining dependencies and have
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index a1ae764..780b203 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export(getSearchPathNames)
 export(import)
 export(module)
 export(use)
+importFrom(utils,data)
 importFrom(utils,download.file)
 importFrom(utils,install.packages)
 importFrom(utils,installed.packages)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 603a42e..4713352 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Version 0.9.0
 - Bugfix from issue #16 on Github: extend a module which has been loaded from a
   file now actually works
 - Extending the export mechanism to allow for renaming: see #19
-- Reattaching a module in the .GlobalEnv now actually works. See #24. 
+- Reattaching a module in the .GlobalEnv now actually works. See #24
+- Importing a complete package now also imports datasets. See #29
 
 Version 0.8.0
 - CRAN release
diff --git a/R/NAMESPACE.R b/R/NAMESPACE.R
index 890c758..f637d76 100644
--- a/R/NAMESPACE.R
+++ b/R/NAMESPACE.R
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#' @importFrom utils download.file install.packages installed.packages
+#' @importFrom utils data download.file install.packages installed.packages
 #'   packageVersion str
 NULL
 
diff --git a/R/import.R b/R/import.R
index 4bb7ad1..96201aa 100644
--- a/R/import.R
+++ b/R/import.R
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ importCheckInstall <- function(pkg) {
 
 importGetSelection <- function(mc, pkg) {
   objectsToImport <- importDeparseEllipses(mc)
-  if (length(objectsToImport) == 0) getNamespaceExports(pkg)
+  if (length(objectsToImport) == 0) importGetNamespaceExports(pkg)
   else objectsToImport
 }
 
@@ -87,3 +87,11 @@ importDeparseEllipses <- function(mc) {
   args <- unlist(args)
   deleteQuotes(args)
 }
+
+importGetNamespaceExports <- function(pkg) {
+  nsExports <- getNamespaceExports(pkg)
+  nsDatasets <- data(package = pkg)
+  nsDatasets <- nsDatasets$results[, "Item"]
+  nsDatasets <- gsub(" .*", "", nsDatasets)
+  c(nsExports, nsDatasets)
+}
diff --git a/man/amodule.Rd b/man/amodule.Rd
index c0d4afd..87a8423 100644
--- a/man/amodule.Rd
+++ b/man/amodule.Rd
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 \alias{amodule}
 \title{Define Augmented and Parameterized Modules}
 \usage{
-amodule(expr = { }, envir = parent.frame(), enclos = baseenv(),
-  class = NULL)
+amodule(expr = {
+}, envir = parent.frame(), enclos = baseenv(), class = NULL)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{expr}{(expression) a module declaration, same as \link{module}}
diff --git a/man/export.Rd b/man/export.Rd
index 5953074..4350562 100644
--- a/man/export.Rd
+++ b/man/export.Rd
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export(..., where = parent.frame())
 \arguments{
 \item{...}{(character, or unquoted expression) names to export from module. A
 character of length 1 with a leading "^" is interpreted as regular
-expression.}
+expression. Arguments can be named and used for renaming exports.}
 
 \item{where}{(environment) typically the calling environment. Should only be
 relevant for testing.}
@@ -52,4 +52,9 @@ module({
   bar <- function() "bar"
 })
 
+module({
+  export(bar = foo)
+  foo <- function() "foo"
+})
+
 }
diff --git a/man/module.Rd b/man/module.Rd
index f523b75..bc218e3 100644
--- a/man/module.Rd
+++ b/man/module.Rd
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 \alias{autoTopEncl}
 \title{Define Modules in R}
 \usage{
-module(expr = { }, topEncl = autoTopEncl(envir),
-  envir = parent.frame())
+module(expr = {
+}, topEncl = autoTopEncl(envir), envir = parent.frame())
 
 autoTopEncl(where)
 }
diff --git a/man/modulecoerce.Rd b/man/modulecoerce.Rd
index 9361a71..83d1c15 100644
--- a/man/modulecoerce.Rd
+++ b/man/modulecoerce.Rd
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 \usage{
 as.module(x, ...)
 
-\method{as.module}{character}(x, topEncl = baseenv(), reInit = TRUE,
-  ..., envir = parent.frame())
+\method{as.module}{character}(x, topEncl = baseenv(), reInit = TRUE, ..., envir = parent.frame())
 
 \method{as.module}{module}(x, reInit = TRUE, ...)
 }
diff --git a/man/use.Rd b/man/use.Rd
index 1bdfa4a..b64373b 100644
--- a/man/use.Rd
+++ b/man/use.Rd
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 \alias{use}
 \title{Use a module as dependency}
 \usage{
-use(module, ..., attach = FALSE, reInit = TRUE,
-  where = parent.frame())
+use(module, ..., attach = FALSE, reInit = TRUE, where = parent.frame())
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{module}{(character, module) a file or folder name, or an object that
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-import.R b/tests/testthat/test-import.R
index 32c6961..24f7ac8 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-import.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-import.R
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+test_that("Import of datasets: #29", {
+  # import all datasets from a package
+  m <- module({
+    import("datasets")
+    getIris <- function() iris
+  })
+  data("iris", envir = environment())
+  expect_equal(m$getIris(), iris)
+  expect_true("iris" %in% getSearchPathContent(m)[["modules:datasets"]])
+  # import just one dataset, like any other object
+  m <- module({
+    import("datasets", "iris")
+    getIris <- function() iris
+  })
+  data("iris", envir = environment())
+  expect_equal(m$getIris(), iris)
+  expect_true("iris" %in% getSearchPathContent(m)[["modules:datasets"]])
+})
+
 test_that("Imports of module", {
   # import and related functions are part of the parent scope. Not the module
   # itself.