diff --git a/src/rules/named.js b/src/rules/named.js
index 8c2acd714..3a9180a6a 100644
--- a/src/rules/named.js
+++ b/src/rules/named.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports = {
       }
 
       node.specifiers.forEach(function (im) {
-        if (im.type !== type) return
+        if (im.type !== type || im.importKind === 'type') return
 
         const deepLookup = imports.hasDeep(im[key].name)
 
diff --git a/tests/src/rules/named.js b/tests/src/rules/named.js
index 4fdd3434f..ceca1ec9c 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/named.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/named.js
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ ruleTester.run('named', rule, {
       code: 'import type { MissingType } from "./flowtypes"',
       parser: 'babel-eslint',
     }),
+    
+    test({
+      code: 'import { type MissingType } from "./flowtypes"',
+      parser: 'babel-eslint',
+    }),
 
     // TypeScript
     test({