diff --git a/lib/importsToResolve.js b/lib/importsToResolve.js
index 52dbab4f..ce62d588 100644
--- a/lib/importsToResolve.js
+++ b/lib/importsToResolve.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const extPrecedence = [".scss", ".sass", ".css"];
  * returns an array of import paths to try.
  *
  * @param {string} request
- * @returns {Array}
+ * @returns {Array<string>}
  */
 function importsToResolve(request) {
     // libsass' import algorithm works like this:
diff --git a/lib/loader.js b/lib/loader.js
index 2925a0eb..604fa2da 100644
--- a/lib/loader.js
+++ b/lib/loader.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const assign = require("object-assign");
 const formatSassError = require("./formatSassError");
 const proxyCustomImporters = require("./proxyCustomImporters");
 const webpackImporter = require("./webpackImporter");
+const pify = require("pify");
 
 // This queue makes sure node-sass leaves one thread available for executing
 // fs tasks when running the custom importer code.
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ function sassLoader(content) {
     sassOptions.importer = sassOptions.importer ? proxyCustomImporters(sassOptions.importer, resourcePath) : [];
     sassOptions.importer.push(webpackImporter(
         this.resourcePath,
-        this.resolve.bind(this),
+        pify(this.resolve.bind(this)),
         addNormalizedDependency
     ));
 
diff --git a/lib/webpackImporter.js b/lib/webpackImporter.js
index 6444df22..44cbdfe8 100644
--- a/lib/webpackImporter.js
+++ b/lib/webpackImporter.js
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 "use strict";
 
+/**
+ * @name PromisedResolve
+ * @type {Function}
+ * @param {string} dir
+ * @param {string} request
+ * @returns Promise
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @name Importer
+ * @type {Function}
+ * @param {string} url
+ * @param {string} prev
+ * @param {Function<Error, string>} done
+ */
+
 const path = require("path");
 const utils = require("loader-utils");
+const tail = require("lodash.tail");
 const importsToResolve = require("./importsToResolve");
 
 const matchCss = /\.css$/;
@@ -13,51 +30,11 @@ const matchCss = /\.css$/;
  * (based on whether the call is sync or async) because otherwise node-sass doesn't exit.
  *
  * @param {string} resourcePath
- * @param {Function<string, string, Function<Error, string>>} loaderResolve
+ * @param {PromisedResolve} resolve
  * @param {Function<string>} addNormalizedDependency
- * @returns {Function<string, string, Function>}
+ * @returns {Importer}
  */
-function webpackImporter(resourcePath, loaderResolve, addNormalizedDependency) {
-    /**
-     * Tries to resolve the first url of importsToResolve. If that resolve fails, the next url is tried.
-     * If all imports fail, the import is passed to libsass which also take includePaths into account.
-     *
-     * @param {string} dirContext
-     * @param {string} originalImport
-     * @param {Array} importsToResolve
-     * @param {Function} done
-     */
-    function resolve(dirContext, originalImport, importsToResolve, done) {
-        const importToResolve = importsToResolve.shift();
-
-        if (!importToResolve) {
-            // No import possibilities left. Let's pass that one back to libsass...
-            done({
-                file: originalImport
-            });
-            return;
-        }
-
-        loaderResolve(dirContext, importToResolve, (err, resolvedFilename) => {
-            if (err) {
-                resolve(dirContext, originalImport, importsToResolve, done);
-                return;
-            }
-            // Add the resolvedFilename as dependency. Although we're also using stats.includedFiles, this might come
-            // in handy when an error occurs. In this case, we don't get stats.includedFiles from node-sass.
-            addNormalizedDependency(resolvedFilename);
-            // By removing the CSS file extension, we trigger node-sass to include the CSS file instead of just linking it.
-            resolvedFilename = resolvedFilename.replace(matchCss, "");
-
-            // Use self.loadModule() before calling done() to make imported files available to
-            // other webpack tools like postLoaders etc.?
-
-            done({
-                file: resolvedFilename.replace(matchCss, "")
-            });
-        });
-    }
-
+function webpackImporter(resourcePath, resolve, addNormalizedDependency) {
     function dirContextFrom(fileContext) {
         return path.dirname(
             // The first file is 'stdin' when we're using the data option
@@ -65,16 +42,31 @@ function webpackImporter(resourcePath, loaderResolve, addNormalizedDependency) {
         );
     }
 
+    function startResolving(dir, importsToResolve) {
+        return importsToResolve.length === 0 ?
+            Promise.reject() :
+            resolve(dir, importsToResolve[0])
+                .then(resolvedFile => {
+                    // Add the resolvedFilename as dependency. Although we're also using stats.includedFiles, this might come
+                    // in handy when an error occurs. In this case, we don't get stats.includedFiles from node-sass.
+                    addNormalizedDependency(resolvedFile);
+                    return {
+                        // By removing the CSS file extension, we trigger node-sass to include the CSS file instead of just linking it.
+                        file: resolvedFile.replace(matchCss, "")
+                    };
+                }, () => startResolving(
+                    dir,
+                    tail(importsToResolve)
+                ));
+    }
+
     return (url, prev, done) => {
-        resolve(
-            dirContextFrom(
-                // node-sass returns UNIX-style paths
-                path.normalize(prev)
-            ),
-            url,
-            importsToResolve(utils.urlToRequest(url)),
-            done
-        );
+        startResolving(
+            dirContextFrom(prev),
+            importsToResolve(utils.urlToRequest(url))
+        ) // Catch all resolving errors, return the original file and pass responsibility back to other custom importers
+            .catch(() => ({ file: url }))
+            .then(done);
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0fc42871..18249ab2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^2.0.1",
     "loader-utils": "^0.2.15",
-    "object-assign": "^4.1.0"
+    "lodash.tail": "^4.1.1",
+    "object-assign": "^4.1.0",
+    "pify": "^2.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "bootstrap-sass": "^3.3.5",