diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/TrsImport.vue b/client/src/components/Workflow/TrsImport.vue
index 0391f29bf04..eaf78eba916 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Workflow/TrsImport.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/TrsImport.vue
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export default {
                     this.errorMessage = null;
                     const version = this.trsTool.versions.find((version) => version.id === this.queryTrsVersionId);
                     if (version) {
-                        this.importVersion(this.trsTool.id, version);
+                        this.importVersion(this.trsTool.id, version, true);
                     }
                 })
                 .catch((errorMessage) => {
diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowImport.vue b/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowImport.vue
index 1dec22910db..53797936ce9 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowImport.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/WorkflowImport.vue
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { getGalaxyInstance } from "app";
 import axios from "axios";
 import Vue from "vue";
 import BootstrapVue from "bootstrap-vue";
+import {redirectOnImport} from "./utils"
 
 Vue.use(BootstrapVue);
 
@@ -67,9 +68,7 @@ export default {
                 axios
                     .post(`${getAppRoot()}api/workflows`, formData)
                     .then((response) => {
-                        window.location = `${getAppRoot()}workflows/list?message=${
-                            response.data.message
-                        }&status=success`;
+                        redirectOnImport(getAppRoot(), response.data)
                     })
                     .catch((error) => {
                         const message = error.response.data && error.response.data.err_msg;
diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/trsMixin.js b/client/src/components/Workflow/trsMixin.js
index 44dbde859f9..6a0c29043d5 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Workflow/trsMixin.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/trsMixin.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { getAppRoot } from "onload/loadConfig";
 import TrsServerSelection from "./TrsServerSelection";
 import TrsTool from "./TrsTool";
+import { redirectOnImport } from "./utils";
 
 export default {
     components: {
@@ -8,12 +9,19 @@ export default {
         TrsTool,
     },
     methods: {
-        importVersion(toolId, version) {
+        importVersion(toolId, version, isRunFormRedirect = false) {
             this.services
                 .importTrsTool(this.trsSelection.id, toolId, version.name)
                 .then((response_data) => {
-                    // copied from the WorkflowImport, de-duplicate somehow
-                    window.location = `${getAppRoot()}workflows/list?message=${response_data.message}&status=success`;
+                    console.log("isRunFormRedirect", isRunFormRedirect);
+                    console.log("isRunFormRedirect", isRunFormRedirect);
+                    console.log("isRunFormRedirect", isRunFormRedirect);
+                    console.log("isRunFormRedirect", isRunFormRedirect);
+                    console.log("isRunFormRedirect", isRunFormRedirect);
+                    console.log("isRunFormRedirect", isRunFormRedirect);
+                    console.log("isRunFormRedirect", isRunFormRedirect);
+                    console.log("isRunFormRedirect", isRunFormRedirect);
+                    redirectOnImport(getAppRoot(), response_data, isRunFormRedirect);
                 })
                 .catch((errorMessage) => {
                     this.errorMessage = errorMessage || "Import failed for an unknown reason.";
diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/utils.js b/client/src/components/Workflow/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03c8d7634be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export function redirectOnImport(appRoot, response, isRunFormRedirect = false) {
+    isRunFormRedirect
+        ? (window.location = `${appRoot}workflows/run?id=${response.id}`)
+        : (window.location = `${appRoot}workflows/list?message=${response.message}&status=success`);
+}
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/workflows.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/workflows.py
index fe0d8ea0411..ca123f8d1f3 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/workflows.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/workflows.py
@@ -678,14 +678,21 @@ class WorkflowsAPIController(BaseAPIController, UsesStoredWorkflowMixin, UsesAnn
             raise exceptions.MessageException("The data content is missing.")
         raw_workflow_description = self.__normalize_workflow(trans, data)
         workflow, missing_tool_tups = self._workflow_from_dict(trans, raw_workflow_description, source=source)
+        workflow_id = workflow.id
         workflow = workflow.latest_workflow
+
+        response = {"message": "Workflow '%s' imported successfully." % escape(workflow.name), "status": "success",
+                    "id": trans.security.encode_id(workflow_id)}
         if workflow.has_errors:
-            return {"message": "Imported, but some steps in this workflow have validation errors.", "status": "error"}
+            response["message"] = "Imported, but some steps in this workflow have validation errors."
+            response["status"] = "error"
         elif len(workflow.steps) == 0:
-            return {"message": "Imported, but this workflow has no steps.", "status": "error"}
+            response["message"] = "Imported, but this workflow has no steps."
+            response["status"] = "error"
         elif workflow.has_cycles:
-            return {"message": "Imported, but this workflow contains cycles.", "status": "error"}
-        return {"message": "Workflow '%s' imported successfully." % escape(workflow.name), "status": "success"}
+            response["message"] = "Imported, but this workflow contains cycles."
+            response["status"] = "error"
+        return response
 
     def __api_import_new_workflow(self, trans, payload, **kwd):
         data = payload['workflow']