diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation.module.script/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/module/script/internal/ScriptExtensionManager.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation.module.script/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/module/script/internal/ScriptExtensionManager.java
index bf8f9405d9..f4c4d01b85 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation.module.script/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/module/script/internal/ScriptExtensionManager.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation.module.script/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/module/script/internal/ScriptExtensionManager.java
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@
  */
 package org.openhab.core.automation.module.script.internal;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
 
 import javax.script.ScriptEngine;
@@ -100,15 +97,18 @@ public class ScriptExtensionManager {
         }
     }
 
-    public void importPreset(String preset, ScriptEngineFactory engineProvider, ScriptEngine scriptEngine,
+    public Map<String, Object> importPreset(String preset, ScriptEngineFactory engineProvider, ScriptEngine scriptEngine,
             String scriptIdentifier) {
+        Map<String, Object> allValues = new HashMap<>();
         for (ScriptExtensionProvider provider : scriptExtensionProviders) {
             if (provider.getPresets().contains(preset)) {
                 Map<String, Object> scopeValues = provider.importPreset(scriptIdentifier, preset);
 
                 engineProvider.scopeValues(scriptEngine, scopeValues);
+                allValues.putAll(scopeValues);
             }
         }
+        return allValues;
     }
 
     public void dispose(String scriptIdentifier) {
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation.module.script/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/module/script/internal/ScriptExtensionManagerWrapper.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation.module.script/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/module/script/internal/ScriptExtensionManagerWrapper.java
index ffa2beb39e..247d600e9c 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation.module.script/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/module/script/internal/ScriptExtensionManagerWrapper.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation.module.script/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/module/script/internal/ScriptExtensionManagerWrapper.java
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
 package org.openhab.core.automation.module.script.internal;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
 import org.openhab.core.automation.module.script.ScriptEngineContainer;
+import org.openhab.core.automation.module.script.ScriptEngineFactory;
 import org.openhab.core.automation.module.script.ScriptExtensionProvider;
 
 /**
@@ -56,7 +58,22 @@ public class ScriptExtensionManagerWrapper {
         return manager.getDefaultPresets();
     }
 
-    public void importPreset(String preset) {
-        manager.importPreset(preset, container.getFactory(), container.getScriptEngine(), container.getIdentifier());
+    /**
+     * Imports a collection of named host objects/classes into a script engine instance. Sets of objects are provided
+     * under their object name, and categorized by preset name. This method will import all named objects for a specific
+     * preset name.
+     *
+     * @implNote This call both returns the imported objects, and requests that the {@link ScriptEngineFactory} import them.
+     * The mechanism of how they are imported by the ScriptEngineFactory, or whether they are imported at all (aside from
+     * being returned by this call) is dependent of the implementation of the ScriptEngineFactory.
+     *
+     * @apiNote Objects may appear in multiple named presets.
+     * @see ScriptExtensionManager
+     *
+     * @param preset the name of the preset to import
+     * @return a map of host object names to objects
+     */
+    public Map<String, Object> importPreset(String preset) {
+        return manager.importPreset(preset, container.getFactory(), container.getScriptEngine(), container.getIdentifier());
     }
 }