diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 326fa14335..916dbe447f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Now the configuration used (not sensible) when importing will be written to the HCL provider configuration too
+  ([PR #320](https://github.com/cycloidio/terracognita/pull/320))
+
 ## [0.8.1] _2022-08-10_
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e5624c628e..44ab5453c9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -307,10 +307,6 @@ github.com/cycloidio/terraform-provider-aws v1.60.1-0.20220513132327-e2dbdf90e53
 github.com/cycloidio/terraform-provider-aws v1.60.1-0.20220513132327-e2dbdf90e533/go.mod h1:GMgtgRkfOGOqGyAN7G4oBqD/iFvJOwvPeejv7JNcLpc=
 github.com/cycloidio/terraform-provider-azurerm v1.44.1-0.20220513132617-918497152827 h1:1T2XtaU/ht6ojv8vXD1azNNAJMJWvo7XujnqRq869sY=
 github.com/cycloidio/terraform-provider-azurerm v1.44.1-0.20220513132617-918497152827/go.mod h1:yAWZMAEgx+bUWhfOVBiymy/oxIbobZslFE8I0kjaeKE=
-github.com/cycloidio/tfdocs v0.0.0-20210903075122-31a804b31daf h1:bTxGdxb8uk0orMw726niNd3EYmnwuygtZZidDXZura8=
-github.com/cycloidio/tfdocs v0.0.0-20210903075122-31a804b31daf/go.mod h1:4zRiWOHuVkhb2vatajIFxV5g/AC4W7Zb/0pMF1G0yyA=
-github.com/cycloidio/tfdocs v0.0.0-20220809093344-d999d1c2069e h1:Dc9l5uHbyMzClz0jchr8W0oC6JDQgoRgPDQ/SGAlpIA=
-github.com/cycloidio/tfdocs v0.0.0-20220809093344-d999d1c2069e/go.mod h1:4zRiWOHuVkhb2vatajIFxV5g/AC4W7Zb/0pMF1G0yyA=
 github.com/cycloidio/tfdocs v0.0.0-20220809201117-e73e2388cfa8 h1:wlW3Y1iIdXzi5GQDrzXoVaoKBPi15d+qmJqPCHbs97E=
 github.com/cycloidio/tfdocs v0.0.0-20220809201117-e73e2388cfa8/go.mod h1:4zRiWOHuVkhb2vatajIFxV5g/AC4W7Zb/0pMF1G0yyA=
 github.com/daixiang0/gci v0.2.8/go.mod h1:+4dZ7TISfSmqfAGv59ePaHfNzgGtIkHAhhdKggP1JAc=
diff --git a/hcl/writer.go b/hcl/writer.go
index ff4b3b9f52..1638e74765 100644
--- a/hcl/writer.go
+++ b/hcl/writer.go
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ func extractResourceTypeAndName(value string) (string, string) {
 func (w *Writer) setProviderConfig(cat string) {
 	pcfg := w.provider.Configuration()
 	for k, s := range w.provider.TFProvider().Schema {
-		if s.Required {
+		if _, ok := pcfg[k]; s.Required || ok {
 			if _, ok := w.Config[cat]["variable"]; !ok {
 				w.Config[cat]["variable"] = make(map[string]interface{})
 			}
diff --git a/hcl/writer_test.go b/hcl/writer_test.go
index bc8a485d54..3689c6d2d0 100644
--- a/hcl/writer_test.go
+++ b/hcl/writer_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestNewHCLWriter(t *testing.T) {
 			ctrl = gomock.NewController(t)
 			p    = mock.NewProvider(ctrl)
 		)
-		p.EXPECT().String().Return("aws").Times(2)
+		p.EXPECT().String().Return("aws").Times(3)
 		p.EXPECT().Source().Return("hashicorp/aws")
 		p.EXPECT().TFProvider().Return(aws.Provider())
 		p.EXPECT().Configuration().Return(map[string]interface{}{
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ func TestNewHCLWriter(t *testing.T) {
 		hw := hcl.NewWriter(nil, p, &writer.Options{HCLProviderBlock: true})
 		assert.Equal(t, map[string]map[string]interface{}{
 			"hcl": map[string]interface{}{
-				"provider": map[string]interface{}{"aws": map[string]interface{}{}},
+				"provider": map[string]interface{}{
+					"aws": map[string]interface{}{
+						"region": "${var.region}",
+					},
+				},
 				"resource": map[string]map[string]interface{}{},
 				"terraform": map[string]interface{}{
 					"required_providers": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -44,6 +48,11 @@ func TestNewHCLWriter(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 					"required_version": ">= 1.0",
 				},
+				"variable": map[string]interface{}{
+					"region": map[string]interface{}{
+						"default": "eu-west-1",
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		}, hw.Config)
 	})
@@ -244,7 +253,9 @@ func TestHCLWriter_Sync(t *testing.T) {
 				"tc_category": "some-category",
 			}
 			ehcl = `
-provider "aws" { }
+provider "aws" {
+	region = var.region
+}
 
 terraform {
 	required_providers {
@@ -255,14 +266,17 @@ terraform {
 	required_version = ">= 1.0"
 }
 
+variable "region" {
+	default = "eu-west-1"
+}
+
 resource "type" "name" {
   key = "value"
 }
-
 `
 		)
 
-		p.EXPECT().String().Return("aws").Times(2)
+		p.EXPECT().String().Return("aws").Times(3)
 		p.EXPECT().Source().Return("hashicorp/aws")
 		p.EXPECT().TFProvider().Return(aws.Provider())
 		p.EXPECT().Configuration().Return(map[string]interface{}{
@@ -381,7 +395,9 @@ module "test" {
 	type_name_key = "value"
 }
 
-provider "aws" { }
+provider "aws" {
+	region = var.region
+}
 
 terraform {
 	required_providers {
@@ -392,6 +408,10 @@ terraform {
 	required_version = ">= 1.0"
 }
 
+variable "region" {
+	default = "eu-west-1"
+}
+
 variable "type_name2_key" {
 	default = "value"
 }
@@ -421,7 +441,7 @@ variable "type_name_key" {
 }
 `
 		)
-		p.EXPECT().String().Return("aws").Times(2)
+		p.EXPECT().String().Return("aws").Times(3)
 		p.EXPECT().Source().Return("hashicorp/aws")
 		p.EXPECT().TFProvider().Return(aws.Provider())
 		p.EXPECT().Configuration().Return(map[string]interface{}{
@@ -472,7 +492,9 @@ module "test" {
 	type_name_key = "value"
 }
 
-provider "aws" { }
+provider "aws" {
+	region = var.region
+}
 
 terraform {
 	required_providers {
@@ -483,6 +505,10 @@ terraform {
 	required_version = ">= 1.0"
 }
 
+variable "region" {
+	default = "eu-west-1"
+}
+
 variable "type_name2_key" {
 	default = "value"
 }
@@ -492,7 +518,7 @@ variable "type_name_key" {
 }
 `
 		)
-		p.EXPECT().String().Return("aws").Times(2)
+		p.EXPECT().String().Return("aws").Times(3)
 		p.EXPECT().Source().Return("hashicorp/aws")
 		p.EXPECT().TFProvider().Return(aws.Provider())
 		p.EXPECT().Configuration().Return(map[string]interface{}{