diff --git a/ivtest/ivltests/sv_import_hier_fail1.v b/ivtest/ivltests/sv_import_hier_fail1.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7504d2e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivtest/ivltests/sv_import_hier_fail1.v
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Check that imported identifiers can't be accessed through hierarchical names.
+
+package P;
+  integer x;
+endpackage
+
+module M;
+  import P::x;
+  integer y;
+  always_comb y = x;
+endmodule
+
+module test;
+
+  M m ();
+
+  initial begin
+    integer y;
+    y = m.x; // This should fail. Imported identifiers are not visible through
+             // hierarchical names.
+    $display("FAILED");
+  end
+
+endmodule
diff --git a/ivtest/ivltests/sv_import_hier_fail2.v b/ivtest/ivltests/sv_import_hier_fail2.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be71fca59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivtest/ivltests/sv_import_hier_fail2.v
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Check that imported identifiers can't be accessed through hierarchical names.
+
+package P;
+  integer x;
+endpackage
+
+module M;
+  import P::*;
+  integer y;
+  always_comb y = x;
+endmodule
+
+module test;
+
+  M m ();
+
+  initial begin
+    integer y;
+    y = m.x; // This should fail. Imported identifiers are not visible through
+             // hierarchical names.
+    $display("FAILED");
+  end
+
+endmodule
diff --git a/ivtest/ivltests/sv_import_hier_fail3.v b/ivtest/ivltests/sv_import_hier_fail3.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4db81ecad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivtest/ivltests/sv_import_hier_fail3.v
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Check that imported identifiers can't be accessed through hierarchical names.
+
+package P;
+  integer x;
+endpackage
+
+module test;
+
+  initial begin : outer
+    integer y;
+    begin: inner
+      import P::x;
+      y = x;
+    end
+    y = inner.x; // This should fail. Imported identifiers are not visible
+                 // through hierarchical names.
+    $display("FAILED");
+  end
+
+endmodule
diff --git a/ivtest/regress-sv.list b/ivtest/regress-sv.list
index 3ef2a144b..489239eab 100644
--- a/ivtest/regress-sv.list
+++ b/ivtest/regress-sv.list
@@ -656,6 +656,9 @@ sv_foreach8		normal,-g2009		ivltests gold=sv_foreach8.gold
 sv_foreach_fail1	CE,-g2009		ivltests
 sv_immediate_assert	normal,-g2009		ivltests gold=sv_immediate_assert.gold
 sv_immediate_assume	normal,-g2009		ivltests gold=sv_immediate_assume.gold
+sv_import_hier_fail1	CE,-g2005-sv		ivltests
+sv_import_hier_fail2	CE,-g2005-sv		ivltests
+sv_import_hier_fail3	CE,-g2005-sv		ivltests
 sv_macro		normal,-g2009		ivltests
 sv_macro2		normal,-g2009		ivltests gold=sv_macro2.gold
 sv_macro3a		normal,-g2009		ivltests gold=sv_macro3.gold
diff --git a/symbol_search.cc b/symbol_search.cc
index 2b6cc707f..b7e3df15b 100644
--- a/symbol_search.cc
+++ b/symbol_search.cc
@@ -202,11 +202,6 @@ bool symbol_search(const LineInfo*li, Design*des, NetScope*scope,
 		  }
 	    }
 
-	    if (NetScope*import_scope = scope->find_import(des, path_tail.name)) {
-		  scope = import_scope;
-		  continue;
-	    }
-
 	    // Could not find an object. Maybe this is a child scope name? If
 	    // so, evaluate the path components to find the exact scope this
 	    // refers to. This item might be:
@@ -234,6 +229,12 @@ bool symbol_search(const LineInfo*li, Design*des, NetScope*scope,
 	    if (prefix_scope)
 		  break;
 
+	    // Imports are not visible through hierachical names
+	    if (NetScope*import_scope = scope->find_import(des, path_tail.name)) {
+		  scope = import_scope;
+		  continue;
+	    }
+
 	    // Special case: We can match the module name of a parent
 	    // module. That means if the current scope is a module of type
 	    // "mod", then "mod" matches the current scope. This is fairly