diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 89f276f3b..785d5fac4 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Change Log
 Change: kotlinx-metadata 0.9.0. Note that the `KotlinClassMetadata .read` is deprecated in 0.9.0 and replaced with `readStrict` (#1830).
 * Fix: `KSAnnotation.toAnnotationSpec` writes varargs in place instead of making them an array to work around a Kotlin
   issue with `OptIn` annotations (#1831).
+* Fix: `MemberName`s without a package are now correctly imported (#1841)
 
 ## Version 1.16.0
 
diff --git a/kotlinpoet/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/CodeWriter.kt b/kotlinpoet/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/CodeWriter.kt
index 2c2af76e0..4921c59a9 100644
--- a/kotlinpoet/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/CodeWriter.kt
+++ b/kotlinpoet/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/CodeWriter.kt
@@ -514,12 +514,10 @@ internal class CodeWriter constructor(
   }
 
   private fun importableMember(memberName: MemberName) {
-    if (memberName.packageName.isNotEmpty()) {
-      val simpleName = imports[memberName.canonicalName]?.alias ?: memberName.simpleName
-      // Check for name clashes with types.
-      if (memberName.isExtension || simpleName !in importableTypes) {
-        importableMembers[simpleName] = importableMembers.getValue(simpleName) + memberName
-      }
+    val simpleName = imports[memberName.canonicalName]?.alias ?: memberName.simpleName
+    // Check for name clashes with types.
+    if (memberName.isExtension || simpleName !in importableTypes) {
+      importableMembers[simpleName] = importableMembers.getValue(simpleName) + memberName
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/kotlinpoet/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/MemberNameTest.kt b/kotlinpoet/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/MemberNameTest.kt
index 69271d7df..83fb870da 100644
--- a/kotlinpoet/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/MemberNameTest.kt
+++ b/kotlinpoet/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/MemberNameTest.kt
@@ -542,6 +542,29 @@ class MemberNameTest {
     )
   }
 
+  @Test fun importMemberWithoutPackage() {
+    val createTaco = MemberName("", "createTaco")
+    val file = FileSpec.builder("com.example", "Test")
+      .addFunction(
+        FunSpec.builder("makeTacoHealthy")
+          .addStatement("val taco = %M()", createTaco)
+          .build(),
+      )
+      .build()
+    assertThat(file.toString()).isEqualTo(
+      """
+      |package com.example
+      |
+      |import createTaco
+      |
+      |public fun makeTacoHealthy() {
+      |  val taco = createTaco()
+      |}
+      |
+      """.trimMargin(),
+    )
+  }
+
   // https://github.com/square/kotlinpoet/issues/1089
   @Test fun `extension MemberName imported if name clash`() {
     val hashCode = MemberName("kotlin", "hashCode", isExtension = true)