diff --git a/src/compiler/utilities.ts b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
index 0ac392a865d..c68e225364d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
@@ -5108,6 +5108,7 @@ namespace ts {
             || kind === SyntaxKind.ThisKeyword
             || kind === SyntaxKind.TrueKeyword
             || kind === SyntaxKind.SuperKeyword
+            || kind === SyntaxKind.ImportKeyword
             || kind === SyntaxKind.NonNullExpression
             || kind === SyntaxKind.MetaProperty;
     }