diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 354f0b482..2f548b3d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ NOTE: isort follows the [semver](https://semver.org/) versioning standard.
 ### 5.3.0 TBD
   - Implemented ability to treat all or select comments as code (issue #1357)
   - Implemented ability to use different configs for different file extensions (issue #1162)
+  - Implemented ability to specify the types of imports (issue #1181)
   - Added experimental support for sorting literals (issue #1358)
   - Added experimental support for sorting and deduping groupings of assignments.
   - Improved handling of deprecated single line variables for usage with Visual Studio Code (issue #1363)
diff --git a/isort/settings.py b/isort/settings.py
index 7f8bbe23d..00a67d4da 100644
--- a/isort/settings.py
+++ b/isort/settings.py
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ class _Config:
     treat_all_comments_as_code: bool = False
     supported_extensions: FrozenSet[str] = SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS
     blocked_extensions: FrozenSet[str] = BLOCKED_EXTENSIONS
+    constants: FrozenSet[str] = frozenset()
+    classes: FrozenSet[str] = frozenset()
+    variables: FrozenSet[str] = frozenset()
 
     def __post_init__(self):
         py_version = self.py_version
diff --git a/isort/sorting.py b/isort/sorting.py
index ea5cafc8b..4d010a11a 100644
--- a/isort/sorting.py
+++ b/isort/sorting.py
@@ -26,9 +26,15 @@ def module_key(
         module_name = str(module_name)
 
     if sub_imports and config.order_by_type:
-        if module_name.isupper() and len(module_name) > 1:  # see issue #376
+        if module_name in config.constants:
             prefix = "A"
-        elif module_name[0:1].isupper():
+        elif module_name in config.classes:
+            prefix = "B"
+        elif module_name in config.variables:
+            prefix = "C"
+        elif module_name.isupper() and len(module_name) > 1:  # see issue #376
+            prefix = "A"
+        elif module_name in config.classes or module_name[0:1].isupper():
             prefix = "B"
         else:
             prefix = "C"
diff --git a/tests/test_ticketed_features.py b/tests/test_ticketed_features.py
index 7061a9e1f..2253cecf3 100644
--- a/tests/test_ticketed_features.py
+++ b/tests/test_ticketed_features.py
@@ -483,3 +483,27 @@ def method():
 # isort: dict
 y = {"b": "c", "z": "z"}"""
     )
+
+
+def test_isort_allows_setting_import_types_issue_1181():
+    """Test to ensure isort provides a way to set the type of imports.
+    See: https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort/issues/1181
+    """
+    assert isort.code("from x import AA, Big, variable") == "from x import AA, Big, variable\n"
+    assert (
+        isort.code("from x import AA, Big, variable", constants=["variable"])
+        == "from x import AA, variable, Big\n"
+    )
+    assert (
+        isort.code("from x import AA, Big, variable", variables=["AA"])
+        == "from x import Big, AA, variable\n"
+    )
+    assert (
+        isort.code(
+            "from x import AA, Big, variable",
+            constants=["Big"],
+            variables=["AA"],
+            classes=["variable"],
+        )
+        == "from x import Big, variable, AA\n"
+    )