diff --git a/lib/activerecord-import/import.rb b/lib/activerecord-import/import.rb
index 786b79f6..0e6a1ca5 100644
--- a/lib/activerecord-import/import.rb
+++ b/lib/activerecord-import/import.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def valid_model?(model)
 
         model._validate_callbacks.each do |callback|
           filter = callback.raw_filter
-          if filter.is_a?(ActiveRecord::Validations::UniquenessValidator) ||
+          if (!@options[:validate_uniqueness] && filter.is_a?(ActiveRecord::Validations::UniquenessValidator)) ||
              (defined?(ActiveRecord::Validations::PresenceValidator) && filter.is_a?(ActiveRecord::Validations::PresenceValidator) && associations.include?(filter.attributes.first))
             validate_callbacks.delete(callback)
           end
diff --git a/test/import_test.rb b/test/import_test.rb
index aec7fbf9..c3b28c1d 100644
--- a/test/import_test.rb
+++ b/test/import_test.rb
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@
       end
 
       it "should ignore uniqueness validators" do
-        Topic.import columns, valid_values, validate: true
+        Topic.import columns, valid_values
         assert_difference "Topic.count", +2 do
-          Topic.import columns, valid_values, validate: true
+          Topic.import columns, valid_values
         end
       end
 
@@ -294,6 +294,15 @@
         end
       end
     end
+
+    context "with uniqueness validators included" do
+      it "should not import duplicate records" do
+        Topic.import columns, valid_values
+        assert_no_difference "Topic.count" do
+          Topic.import columns, valid_values, validate_uniqueness: true
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context "without :validation option" do