diff --git a/src/checkstyle/checks/imports/UnusedImportCheck.hx b/src/checkstyle/checks/imports/UnusedImportCheck.hx
index c0ffd362..cf082023 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/checks/imports/UnusedImportCheck.hx
+++ b/src/checkstyle/checks/imports/UnusedImportCheck.hx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import checkstyle.token.TokenTree;
 import checkstyle.utils.TokenTreeCheckUtils;
 import haxe.macro.Expr;
 import haxe.macro.Expr;
+import haxe.io.Path;
 import haxeparser.Data;
 
 using checkstyle.utils.ArrayUtils;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ class UnusedImportCheck extends Check {
 
 	override function actualRun() {
 		var seenModules:Array<String> = [];
+		if (isImportHx()) return;
 		var root:TokenTree = checker.getTokenTree();
 		var packageName:String = detectPackageName(root);
 		var imports:Array<TokenTree> = root.filter([Kwd(KwdImport)], ALL);
@@ -62,6 +64,11 @@ class UnusedImportCheck extends Check {
 		}
 	}
 
+	function isImportHx():Bool {
+		var fileName:String = Path.withoutDirectory(checker.file.name);
+		return fileName == "import.hx";
+	}
+
 	function detectPackageName(root:TokenTree):String {
 		var packageToken:Array<TokenTree> = root.filter([Kwd(KwdPackage)], ALL);
 		if ((packageToken == null) || (packageToken.length <= 0)) return null;
diff --git a/test/checks/CheckTestCase.hx b/test/checks/CheckTestCase.hx
index 7f72d518..50f16d8f 100644
--- a/test/checks/CheckTestCase.hx
+++ b/test/checks/CheckTestCase.hx
@@ -17,25 +17,25 @@ class CheckTestCase<T:String> extends haxe.unit.TestCase {
 
 	override public function setup() {}
 
-	function assertMsg(check:Check, testCase:T, expected:String, ?defines:Array<Array<String>>, ?pos:PosInfos) {
+	function assertMsg(check:Check, testCase:T, expected:String, ?defines:Array<Array<String>>, ?fileName:String, ?pos:PosInfos) {
 		var re = ~/abstractAndClass ([a-zA-Z0-9]*)/g;
 		if (re.match(testCase)) {
-			actualAssertMsg(check, re.replace(testCase, "class $1"), expected, pos);
-			actualAssertMsg(check, re.replace(testCase, "abstract $1(Int)"), expected, pos);
+			actualAssertMsg(check, re.replace(testCase, "class $1"), expected, fileName, pos);
+			actualAssertMsg(check, re.replace(testCase, "abstract $1(Int)"), expected, fileName, pos);
 		}
-		else actualAssertMsg(check, testCase, expected, defines, pos);
+		else actualAssertMsg(check, testCase, expected, defines, fileName, pos);
 	}
 
-	function assertNoMsg(check:Check, testCase:T, ?pos:PosInfos) {
-		assertMsg(check, testCase, '', null, pos);
+	function assertNoMsg(check:Check, testCase:T, ?fileName:String, ?pos:PosInfos) {
+		assertMsg(check, testCase, '', null, fileName, pos);
 	}
 
-	function actualAssertMsg(check:Check, testCase:String, expected:String, ?defines:Array<Array<String>>, ?pos:PosInfos) {
-		var msg = checkMessage(testCase, check, defines);
+	function actualAssertMsg(check:Check, testCase:String, expected:String, ?defines:Array<Array<String>>, ?fileName:String, ?pos:PosInfos) {
+		var msg = checkMessage(testCase, check, defines, fileName, pos);
 		assertEquals(expected, msg, pos);
 	}
 
-	function checkMessage(src:String, check:Check, defines:Array<Array<String>>):String {
+	function checkMessage(src:String, check:Check, defines:Array<Array<String>>, fileName:String = FILE_NAME, ?pos:PosInfos):String {
 		// a fresh Checker and Reporter for every checkMessage
 		// to allow multiple independant checkMessage calls in a single test
 		checker = new Checker();
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class CheckTestCase<T:String> extends haxe.unit.TestCase {
 		if (defines != null) checker.defineCombinations = defines;
 		checker.addCheck(check);
 		checker.addReporter(reporter);
-		checker.process([{name:FILE_NAME, content:src, index:0}], null);
+		checker.process([{name:fileName, content:src, index:0}], null);
 		return reporter.message;
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/checks/imports/UnusedImportCheckTest.hx b/test/checks/imports/UnusedImportCheckTest.hx
index 44e5babf..fe497c8f 100644
--- a/test/checks/imports/UnusedImportCheckTest.hx
+++ b/test/checks/imports/UnusedImportCheckTest.hx
@@ -54,6 +54,21 @@ class UnusedImportCheckTest extends CheckTestCase<UnusedImportCheckTests> {
 		assertNoMsg(check, IMPORT_TYPE_MAP);
 		assertMsg(check, UNUSED_IMPORT_TYPE_MAP, MSG_UNUSED_TYPEMAP);
 	}
+
+	public function testImportHx() {
+		var check = new UnusedImportCheck();
+		assertNoMsg(check, IMPORT_NOT_USED, "import.hx");
+		assertNoMsg(check, DUPLICATE_IMPORT, "import.hx");
+		assertNoMsg(check, IMPORT_NAME_REUSED, "import.hx");
+		assertNoMsg(check, TOP_LEVEL_IMPORT, "import.hx");
+		assertNoMsg(check, UNUSED_IMPORT_AS, "import.hx");
+		assertNoMsg(check, UNUSED_IMPORT_IN, "import.hx");
+		assertNoMsg(check, UNUSED_IMPORT_IN_STATIC_FUNC, "import.hx");
+		assertNoMsg(check, SAME_PACKAGE_IMPORT, "import.hx");
+		assertNoMsg(check, SAME_PACKAGE_TYPE_MAP, "import.hx");
+		assertNoMsg(check, IMPORT_TYPE_MAP, "import.hx");
+		assertNoMsg(check, UNUSED_IMPORT_TYPE_MAP, "import.hx");
+	}
 }
 
 @:enum