diff --git a/src/gt4py/frontend/gtscript_frontend.py b/src/gt4py/frontend/gtscript_frontend.py
index 3d77934c30..d90a3d53a3 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/frontend/gtscript_frontend.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/frontend/gtscript_frontend.py
@@ -1468,6 +1468,16 @@ def resolve_external_symbols(
         resolved_imports = {**imported}
         resolved_values_list = list(nonlocals.items())
 
+        # Resolve function-like imports
+        func_externals = {
+            key: value for key, value in context.items() if isinstance(value, types.FunctionType)
+        }
+        for name, value in func_externals.items():
+            if isinstance(value, types.FunctionType) and not hasattr(value, "_gtscript_"):
+                GTScriptParser.annotate_definition(value)
+            for imported_name, imported_value in value._gtscript_["imported"].items():
+                resolved_imports[imported_name] = imported_value
+
         # Collect all imported and inlined values recursively through all the external symbols
         while resolved_imports or resolved_values_list:
             new_imports = {}
@@ -1670,7 +1680,7 @@ class GTScriptFrontend(gt_frontend.Frontend):
 
     @classmethod
     def get_stencil_id(cls, qualified_name, definition, externals, options_id):
-        cls.prepare_stencil_definition(definition, externals)
+        cls.prepare_stencil_definition(definition, externals or {})
         fingerprint = {
             "__main__": definition._gtscript_["canonical_ast"],
             "docstring": inspect.getdoc(definition),
diff --git a/tests/test_unittest/test_gtscript_frontend.py b/tests/test_unittest/test_gtscript_frontend.py
index cdacef0100..3d7b93348b 100644
--- a/tests/test_unittest/test_gtscript_frontend.py
+++ b/tests/test_unittest/test_gtscript_frontend.py
@@ -175,6 +175,64 @@ def definition_func(inout_field: gtscript.Field[float]):
         stmt = def_ir.computations[0].body.stmts[0]
         assert isinstance(stmt.value, gt_ir.ScalarLiteral) and stmt.value.value == 1
 
+    def test_function_import(self, id_version):
+        module = f"TestInlinedExternals_test_recursive_imports_{id_version}"
+
+        def some_function():
+            from __externals__ import const
+
+            return const
+
+        def definition_func(inout_field: gtscript.Field[float]):
+            from __externals__ import some_call
+
+            with computation(PARALLEL), interval(...):
+                inout_field = some_call()
+
+        stencil_id, def_ir = compile_definition(
+            definition_func,
+            "test_recursive_imports",
+            module,
+            externals={"some_call": some_function, "const": GLOBAL_CONSTANT},
+        )
+        assert set(def_ir.externals.keys()) == {
+            "some_call",
+            "const",
+        }
+
+    def test_recursive_imports(self, id_version):
+        module = f"TestInlinedExternals_test_recursive_imports_{id_version}"
+
+        def func_nest2():
+            from __externals__ import const
+
+            return const
+
+        def func_nest1():
+            from __externals__ import other
+
+            return other() + func_nest2()
+
+        def definition_func(inout_field: gtscript.Field[float]):
+            from __externals__ import some_call
+
+            with computation(PARALLEL), interval(...):
+                inout_field = func_nest1() + some_call()
+
+        stencil_id, def_ir = compile_definition(
+            definition_func,
+            "test_recursive_imports",
+            module,
+            externals={"some_call": func_nest1, "other": func_nest2, "const": GLOBAL_CONSTANT},
+        )
+        assert set(def_ir.externals.keys()) == {
+            "some_call",
+            "const",
+            "other",
+            "func_nest1",
+            "tests.test_unittest.test_gtscript_frontend.func_nest1.func_nest2",
+        }
+
     def test_decorated_freeze(self):
         A = 0