diff --git a/editor/import/3d/resource_importer_scene.cpp b/editor/import/3d/resource_importer_scene.cpp
index 070c44419a62..fb5573903a99 100644
--- a/editor/import/3d/resource_importer_scene.cpp
+++ b/editor/import/3d/resource_importer_scene.cpp
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ bool ResourceImporterScene::get_option_visibility(const String &p_path, const St
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (animation_importer && (p_option.begins_with("nodes/") || p_option.begins_with("meshes/") || p_option.begins_with("skins/"))) {
+	if (animation_importer && (p_option == "nodes/root_type" || p_option == "nodes/root_name" || p_option.begins_with("meshes/") || p_option.begins_with("skins/"))) {
 		return false; // Nothing to do here for animations.
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/gltf/editor/editor_scene_importer_gltf.cpp b/modules/gltf/editor/editor_scene_importer_gltf.cpp
index e4ed79d15e11..af9b2f23638f 100644
--- a/modules/gltf/editor/editor_scene_importer_gltf.cpp
+++ b/modules/gltf/editor/editor_scene_importer_gltf.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ Node *EditorSceneFormatImporterGLTF::import_scene(const String &p_path, uint32_t
 		int32_t enum_option = p_options["gltf/embedded_image_handling"];
 		state->set_handle_binary_image(enum_option);
 	}
+	if (p_options.has(SNAME("nodes/import_as_skeleton_bones")) ? (bool)p_options[SNAME("nodes/import_as_skeleton_bones")] : false) {
+		state->set_import_as_skeleton_bones(true);
+	}
 	Error err = gltf->append_from_file(p_path, state, p_flags);
 	if (err != OK) {
 		if (r_err) {