diff --git a/lib/minify.js b/lib/minify.js
index ab29d1e74..90dfa730d 100644
--- a/lib/minify.js
+++ b/lib/minify.js
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ async function minify(files, options, _fs_module) {
             ie8: false,
             keep_classnames: false,
             keep_fnames: false,
+            keep_imports: false,
             module: false,
             nth_identifier: base54,
             properties: false,
diff --git a/lib/scope.js b/lib/scope.js
index 951b35caf..6a49f2500 100644
--- a/lib/scope.js
+++ b/lib/scope.js
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ class SymbolDef {
                   || this.orig[0] instanceof AST_SymbolDefun) && keep_name(options.keep_fnames, this.orig[0].name)
             || this.orig[0] instanceof AST_SymbolMethod
             || (this.orig[0] instanceof AST_SymbolClass
-                  || this.orig[0] instanceof AST_SymbolDefClass) && keep_name(options.keep_classnames, this.orig[0].name);
+                  || this.orig[0] instanceof AST_SymbolDefClass) && keep_name(options.keep_classnames, this.orig[0].name)
+            || (this.orig[0] instanceof AST_SymbolImport && options.keep_imports);
     }
     mangle(options) {
         const cache = options.cache && options.cache.props;
diff --git a/test/compress/keep_imports.js b/test/compress/keep_imports.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bc8923f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/compress/keep_imports.js
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+keep_imports_default: {
+    options = {
+        defaults: false
+    }
+    mangle = {
+        toplevel: true,
+        keep_imports: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        import test from 'test'
+    }
+    expect: {
+        import test from 'test'
+    }
+}
+
+keep_imports_default_wildcard: {
+    options = {
+        defaults: false
+    }
+    mangle = {
+        toplevel: true,
+        keep_imports: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        import * as alias from 'test'
+    }
+    expect: {
+        import * as alias from 'test'
+    }
+}
+
+keep_imports_named: {
+    options = {
+        defaults: false
+    }
+    mangle = {
+        toplevel: true,
+        keep_imports: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        import {test} from 'test'
+    }
+    expect: {
+        import {test} from 'test'
+    }
+}
+
+keep_imports_named_alias: {
+    options = {
+        defaults: false
+    }
+    mangle = {
+        toplevel: true,
+        keep_imports: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        import {test as alias} from 'test'
+    }
+    expect: {
+        import {test as alias} from 'test'
+    }
+}
+
+keep_imports_named_string: {
+    options = {
+        defaults: false
+    }
+    mangle = {
+        toplevel: true,
+        keep_imports: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        import {"test"} from 'test'
+    }
+    expect: {
+        import {"test"} from 'test'
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/terser.d.ts b/tools/terser.d.ts
index 1b353e8f1..09e1f9b29 100644
--- a/tools/terser.d.ts
+++ b/tools/terser.d.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export interface MangleOptions {
     eval?: boolean;
     keep_classnames?: boolean | RegExp;
     keep_fnames?: boolean | RegExp;
+    keep_imports?: boolean;
     module?: boolean;
     nth_identifier?: SimpleIdentifierMangler | WeightedIdentifierMangler;
     properties?: boolean | ManglePropertiesOptions;