diff --git a/rules/sort-imports.ts b/rules/sort-imports.ts
index 4faa56bf..d906a4b5 100644
--- a/rules/sort-imports.ts
+++ b/rules/sort-imports.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,10 @@ export default createEslintRule<Options<string[]>, MESSAGE_ID>({
     let nodes: SortingNode[] = []
 
     let isSideEffectImport = (node: TSESTree.Node) =>
-      node.type === 'ImportDeclaration' && node.specifiers.length === 0
+      node.type === 'ImportDeclaration' &&
+      node.specifiers.length === 0 &&
+      /* Avoid matching on named imports without specifiers */
+      !/}\s*from\s+/.test(context.sourceCode.getText(node))
 
     let computeGroup = (node: ModuleDeclaration): Group<string[]> => {
       let isStyle = (value: string) =>
diff --git a/test/sort-imports.test.ts b/test/sort-imports.test.ts
index 69581fdf..6b7e924d 100644
--- a/test/sort-imports.test.ts
+++ b/test/sort-imports.test.ts
@@ -3984,5 +3984,28 @@ describe(RULE_NAME, () => {
         ],
       },
     )
+
+    ruleTester.run(
+      `${RULE_NAME}: does not consider empty named imports to be side-effects`,
+      rule,
+      {
+        valid: [
+          {
+            code: dedent`
+              import {} from 'node:os'
+              import { hinaAmano } from 'weathering-with-you'
+              import 'node:os'
+            `,
+            options: [
+              {
+                'newlines-between': NewlinesBetweenValue.never,
+                groups: ['builtin', 'external', 'side-effect'],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+        invalid: [],
+      },
+    )
   })
 })