diff --git a/docs/data-sources/profile.md b/docs/data-sources/profile.md
index 871edc3..53209ef 100644
--- a/docs/data-sources/profile.md
+++ b/docs/data-sources/profile.md
@@ -22,22 +22,22 @@ resource "incus_instance" "d1" {
 
 * `project` - *Optional* - Name of the project where the profile will be stored.
 
-* `remote` - *Optional* - The remote in which the resource will be created. If
+* `remote` - *Optional* - The remote in which the resource was created. If
   not provided, the provider's default remote will be used.
 
 ## Attribute Reference
 
-* `device` - *Optional* - Device definition. See reference below.
+* `device` - Device definition. See reference below.
 
-* `config` - *Optional* - Map of key/value pairs of
+* `config` - Map of key/value pairs of
   [instance config settings](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/reference/instance_options/).
 
 The `device` block supports:
 
-* `name` - **Required** - Name of the device.
+* `name` - Name of the device.
 
-* `type` - **Required** - Type of the device Must be one of none, disk, nic,
+* `type` - Type of the device Must be one of none, disk, nic,
   unix-char, unix-block, usb, gpu, infiniband, proxy, unix-hotplug, tpm, pci.
 
-* `properties`- **Required** - Map of key/value pairs of
+* `properties` - Map of key/value pairs of
   [device properties](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/reference/devices/).
diff --git a/docs/data-sources/project.md b/docs/data-sources/project.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4937ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/data-sources/project.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# incus_project
+
+Provides information about an Incus project.
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```hcl
+data "incus_project" "default" {
+  name = "default"
+}
+
+resource "incus_instance" "d1" {
+  project = data.incus_project.default.name
+  image    = "images:debian/12"
+  name     = "d1"
+}
+```
+
+## Argument Reference
+
+* `name` - **Required** - Name of the project.
+
+* `remote` - *Optional* - The remote in which the resource was created. If
+  not provided, the provider's default remote will be used.
+
+## Attribute Reference
+
+* `description` - Description of the project.
+
+* `config` - Map of key/value pairs of
+  [instance config settings](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/reference/instance_options/).
+
diff --git a/internal/project/datasource_project.go b/internal/project/datasource_project.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7a6ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/project/datasource_project.go
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package project
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/datasource"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/datasource/schema"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/types"
+
+	"github.com/lxc/terraform-provider-incus/internal/common"
+	"github.com/lxc/terraform-provider-incus/internal/errors"
+	provider_config "github.com/lxc/terraform-provider-incus/internal/provider-config"
+)
+
+type ProjectDataSource struct {
+	provider *provider_config.IncusProviderConfig
+}
+
+func NewProjectDataSource() datasource.DataSource {
+	return &ProjectDataSource{}
+}
+
+func (d *ProjectDataSource) Metadata(ctx context.Context, req datasource.MetadataRequest, resp *datasource.MetadataResponse) {
+	resp.TypeName = fmt.Sprintf("%s_project", req.ProviderTypeName)
+}
+
+func (d *ProjectDataSource) Schema(ctx context.Context, req datasource.SchemaRequest, resp *datasource.SchemaResponse) {
+	resp.Schema = schema.Schema{
+		Attributes: map[string]schema.Attribute{
+			"name": schema.StringAttribute{
+				Required: true,
+			},
+			"description": schema.StringAttribute{
+				Optional: true,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+			"config": schema.MapAttribute{
+				Optional:    true,
+				Computed:    true,
+				ElementType: types.StringType,
+			},
+			"remote": schema.StringAttribute{
+				Optional: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *ProjectDataSource) Configure(_ context.Context, req datasource.ConfigureRequest, resp *datasource.ConfigureResponse) {
+	data := req.ProviderData
+	if data == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	provider, ok := data.(*provider_config.IncusProviderConfig)
+	if !ok {
+		resp.Diagnostics.Append(errors.NewProviderDataTypeError(req.ProviderData))
+		return
+	}
+
+	d.provider = provider
+}
+
+func (d *ProjectDataSource) Read(ctx context.Context, req datasource.ReadRequest, resp *datasource.ReadResponse) {
+	var state ProjectModel
+
+	diags := req.Config.Get(ctx, &state)
+	resp.Diagnostics.Append(diags...)
+	if resp.Diagnostics.HasError() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	remote := state.Remote.ValueString()
+	projectName := state.Name.ValueString()
+	server, err := d.provider.InstanceServer(remote, projectName, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		resp.Diagnostics.Append(errors.NewInstanceServerError(err))
+		return
+	}
+
+	project, _, err := server.GetProject(projectName)
+	if err != nil {
+		resp.Diagnostics.AddError(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to retrieve existing project %q", projectName), err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+
+	config, diags := common.ToConfigMapType(ctx, common.ToNullableConfig(project.Config), state.Config)
+
+	state.Name = types.StringValue(project.Name)
+	state.Description = types.StringValue(project.Description)
+	state.Config = config
+
+	diags = resp.State.Set(ctx, &state)
+	resp.Diagnostics.Append(diags...)
+}
diff --git a/internal/provider/provider.go b/internal/provider/provider.go
index 4476ce9..d58cd18 100644
--- a/internal/provider/provider.go
+++ b/internal/provider/provider.go
@@ -284,5 +284,6 @@ func (p *IncusProvider) DataSources(_ context.Context) []func() datasource.DataS
 	return []func() datasource.DataSource{
 		image.NewImageDataSource,
 		profile.NewProfileDataSource,
+		project.NewProjectDataSource,
 	}
 }