diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 0d2f6e3c9..e4c58c1d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Run tests
 
 on: [push, pull_request]
- 
+
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba328bd9a..cec9585ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - #119, #928 Fix IndexError in rename and find occurrences when a `from` import is the last thing in a module without a trailing newline (@mcepl)
 - #921 Patch the else suite of try statements that also have a finally (@marlon-costa-dc)
 - #937 Preserve non-ASCII argument expressions and default values when changing function signatures (@Jinyong-Li)
+- #814 Treat `ignored_resources` as non-project files for autoimport purposes (@smheidrich)
 
 # Release 1.15.1
 
diff --git a/rope/contrib/autoimport/utils.py b/rope/contrib/autoimport/utils.py
index 11ee6f20e..c8bc5b9c1 100644
--- a/rope/contrib/autoimport/utils.py
+++ b/rope/contrib/autoimport/utils.py
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ def get_package_source(
     """Detect the source of a given package. Rudimentary implementation."""
     if name in sys.builtin_module_names:
         return Source.BUILTIN
-    if project is not None and project.address in str(package):
+    if (
+        project is not None
+        and project.address in str(package)
+        and not project.is_ignored(project.get_file(str(package)))
+    ):
         return Source.PROJECT
     if "site-packages" in package.parts:
         return Source.SITE_PACKAGE
diff --git a/ropetest/contrib/autoimport/utilstest.py b/ropetest/contrib/autoimport/utilstest.py
index 511e1a541..f2df37f47 100644
--- a/ropetest/contrib/autoimport/utilstest.py
+++ b/ropetest/contrib/autoimport/utilstest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Tests for autoimport utility functions, written in pytest"""
 
+import venv
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from rope.contrib.autoimport import utils
@@ -22,6 +23,29 @@ def test_get_package_source_pytest(example_external_package_path):
     assert source == Source.SITE_PACKAGE
 
 
+def test_get_package_source_venv_in_project_dir(example_external_package_path, project):
+    # Many Python dev tools create .venv folders inside the project directory.
+    # Modules in such folders should count as SITE_PACKAGE files despite
+    # technically being inside the project folder.
+
+    # Set up actual venv in project folder:
+    project_venv_path = project.root.pathlib / ".venv"
+    venv.create(project_venv_path)
+
+    # Crude approximation of a package installed into this venv:
+    project_venv_site_packages_path = next(project_venv_path.glob("**/*site-packages"))
+    project.prefs["python_path"].append(project_venv_site_packages_path)
+    module_path = project_venv_site_packages_path / "foo.py"
+    module_path.touch()
+
+    # Such directories are normally part of `ignored_resources` (e.g. `.venv`
+    # is in there by default):
+    project.prefs["ignored_resources"] += [".venv"]
+
+    source = utils.get_package_source(module_path, project, "foo")
+    assert source == Source.SITE_PACKAGE
+
+
 def test_get_package_source_typing(typing_path):
     assert utils.get_package_source(typing_path, None, "typing") == Source.STANDARD