diff --git a/default_content.services.yml b/default_content.services.yml
index 1b12a27..3281706 100644
--- a/default_content.services.yml
+++ b/default_content.services.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ services:
   default_content.exporter:
     class: Drupal\default_content\Exporter
     arguments: ['@serializer', '@entity_type.manager', '@entity.repository', '@rest.link_manager', '@event_dispatcher', '@module_handler', '@info_parser', '%default_content.link_domain%']
+  default_content.config_subscriber:
+    class: Drupal\default_content\Config\DefaultContentConfigSubscriber
+    arguments: ['@default_content.importer']
+    tags: [{ name: event_subscriber }]
diff --git a/src/Config/DefaultContentConfigSubscriber.php b/src/Config/DefaultContentConfigSubscriber.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9caa747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Config/DefaultContentConfigSubscriber.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\default_content\Config;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigEvents;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigImporterEvent;
+use Drupal\default_content\DefaultContentManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\default_content\ImporterInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Reacts to configuration events for the Default Content module.
+ */
+class DefaultContentConfigSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * The default content importer.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\default_content\ImporterInterface
+   */
+  protected $defaultContentImporter;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a DefaultContentConfigSubscriber object.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\default_content\ImporterInterface $default_content_importer
+   *   The default content importer.
+   */
+  public function __construct(ImporterInterface $default_content_importer) {
+    $this->defaultContentImporter = $default_content_importer;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates default content after config synchronization.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigImporterEvent $event
+   *   The config importer event.
+   */
+  public function onConfigImport(ConfigImporterEvent $event) {
+    $modules = $event->getConfigImporter()->getExtensionChangelist('module', 'install');
+    foreach ($modules as $module) {
+      $this->defaultContentImporter->importContent($module);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function getSubscribedEvents() {
+    return [ConfigEvents::IMPORT => 'onConfigImport'];
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/Functional/DefaultContentTest.php b/tests/src/Functional/DefaultContentTest.php
index caeaf15..d0be741 100644
--- a/tests/src/Functional/DefaultContentTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Functional/DefaultContentTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Tests\default_content\Functional;
 
+use Drupal\Core\Config\ExtensionInstallStorage;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\FileStorage;
 use Drupal\simpletest\BrowserTestBase;
 use Drupal\simpletest\ContentTypeCreationTrait;
 use Drupal\simpletest\NodeCreationTrait;
@@ -51,4 +53,37 @@ class DefaultContentTest extends BrowserTestBase {
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($term_id), 'Term reference populated');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Test importing default content via ConfigImporter.
+   */
+  public function testImportViaConfigImporter() {
+    $sync = $this->container->get('config.storage.sync');
+    $this->copyConfig($this->container->get('config.storage'), $sync);
+
+    // Enable the module using the ConfigImporter.
+    $extensions = $sync->read('core.extension');
+    $extensions['module']['default_content_test'] = 0;
+    $extensions['module'] = module_config_sort($extensions['module']);
+    $sync->write('core.extension', $extensions);
+    // Slightly hacky but we need the config from the test module too.
+    $module_storage = new FileStorage(drupal_get_path('module', 'default_content_test') . '/config/install');
+    foreach ($module_storage->listAll() as $name) {
+      $sync->write($name, $module_storage->read($name));
+    }
+    $this->configImporter()->import();
+
+    // Login as admin.
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->drupalCreateUser(array_keys(\Drupal::moduleHandler()->invokeAll(('permission')))));
+
+    $node = $this->getNodeByTitle('Imported node');
+    $this->assertEquals($node->body->value, 'Crikey it works!');
+    $this->assertEquals($node->getType(), 'page');
+    $terms = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('taxonomy_term')->loadMultiple();
+    $term = reset($terms);
+    $this->assertTrue(!empty($term));
+    $this->assertEquals($term->name->value, 'A tag');
+    $term_id = $node->field_tags->target_id;
+    $this->assertTrue(!empty($term_id), 'Term reference populated');
+  }
+
 }