diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 7127e4b11ca9c55d57e11a9d8afe5cc1b5b7fb0e..2909882ec7760561d2b0a11d7ae138f405d39c0b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ TEST_XFAILS_BOOT :=  $(TASK_XFAILS) \
                     test/run-pass/vec-slice.rs \
                     test/run-pass/while-and-do-while.rs \
                     test/run-fail/task-comm-14.rs \
+                    test/compile-fail/import.rs \
+                    test/compile-fail/import2.rs \
                     test/compile-fail/bad-recv.rs \
                     test/compile-fail/bad-send.rs \
                     test/compile-fail/infinite-vec-type-recursion.rs \
@@ -477,6 +479,8 @@ TEST_XFAILS_RUSTC := $(filter-out \
                       $(addprefix test/compile-fail/, \
                         arg-count-mismatch.rs \
                         arg-type-mismatch.rs \
+                        import.rs \
+                        import2.rs \
                         while-type-error.rs \
                         ), \
                       $(wildcard test/*/*.rs test/*/*.rc))
diff --git a/src/comp/middle/resolve.rs b/src/comp/middle/resolve.rs
index 808637e748c1dc2a7176def106948b6b9a0c1e82..cf148c4ba557f74e33e6025d4ea01089cbf469b2 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/resolve.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/resolve.rs
@@ -66,23 +66,26 @@ fn unwrap_def(option.t[def_wrap] d_) -> option.t[def] {
 
 // Follow the path of an import and return what it ultimately points to.
 
-fn find_final_def(&env e, vec[ident] idents) -> option.t[def_wrap] {
+fn find_final_def(&env e, &span sp, vec[ident] idents) -> option.t[def_wrap] {
     auto len = _vec.len[ident](idents);
     auto first = idents.(0);
+    auto d_ = lookup_name(e, first);
     if (len == 1u) {
-        ret lookup_name(e, first);
+        ret d_;
     }
-    auto d_ = lookup_name(e, first);
     alt (d_) {
         case (none[def_wrap]) {
+            e.sess.span_err(sp, "unresolved name: " + first);
             ret d_;
         }
         case (some[def_wrap](?d)) {
-            alt(d) {
+            alt (d) {
                 case (def_wrap_mod(?i)) {
-                    auto new_env = update_env_for_item(e, i);
                     auto new_idents = _vec.slice[ident](idents, 1u, len);
-                    ret find_final_def(new_env, new_idents);
+                    auto tmp_e = rec(scopes = nil[scope],
+                                     sess = e.sess);
+                    auto new_e = update_env_for_item(tmp_e, i);
+                    ret find_final_def(new_e, sp, new_idents);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -140,12 +143,7 @@ fn found_def_view(&env e, @ast.view_item i) -> option.t[def_wrap] {
                 ret some[def_wrap](def_wrap_use(i));
             }
             case (ast.view_item_import(?idents,_)) {
-                auto d = find_final_def(e, idents);
-                alt (d) {
-                    case (some[def_wrap](_)) {
-                        ret d;
-                    }
-                }
+                ret find_final_def(e, i.span, idents);
             }
         }
         fail;
@@ -296,6 +294,24 @@ fn fold_expr_name(&env e, &span sp, &ast.name n,
     ret @fold.respan[ast.expr_](sp, ast.expr_name(n, d_, a));
 }
 
+fn fold_view_item_import(&env e, &span sp, vec[ident] is,
+                         ast.def_id id) -> @ast.view_item {
+    // Produce errors for invalid imports
+    auto len = _vec.len[ast.ident](is);
+    auto last_id = is.(len - 1u);
+    auto d = lookup_name(e, last_id);
+    alt (d) {
+        case (none[def_wrap]) {
+            e.sess.span_err(sp, "unresolved name: " + last_id);
+        }
+        case (some[def_wrap](_)) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    ret @fold.respan[ast.view_item_](sp, ast.view_item_import(is, id));
+}
+
+
 fn fold_ty_path(&env e, &span sp, ast.path p,
                 &option.t[def] d) -> @ast.ty {
 
@@ -347,6 +363,7 @@ fn resolve_crate(session.session sess, @ast.crate crate) -> @ast.crate {
 
     fld = @rec( fold_pat_tag = bind fold_pat_tag(_,_,_,_,_,_),
                 fold_expr_name = bind fold_expr_name(_,_,_,_,_),
+                fold_view_item_import = bind fold_view_item_import(_,_,_,_),
                 fold_ty_path = bind fold_ty_path(_,_,_,_),
                 update_env_for_crate = bind update_env_for_crate(_,_),
                 update_env_for_item = bind update_env_for_item(_,_),
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/import.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/import.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..71ef0dec9c584e4f08f141c36e10620be2e91cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/import.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// error-pattern: unresolved name: baz
+import zed.bar;
+import zed.baz;
+mod zed {
+  fn bar() {
+    log "bar";
+  }
+}
+fn main(vec[str] args) {
+   bar();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/import2.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/import2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5a9ddcbd81513669fdaf57ba6de9f6cdf7eb9bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/import2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// error-pattern: unresolved name: zed
+import baz.zed.bar;
+mod baz {
+}
+mod zed {
+  fn bar() {
+    log "bar3";
+  }
+}
+fn main(vec[str] args) {
+  bar();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/use.rs b/src/test/run-pass/use.rs
index 8638d609b16cfd2334fbf2f6a891bdee37cdb3f0..ac46061c40f78d2187f8a9840fbe4b1af483907e 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/use.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/use.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 use zed(name = "std");
 use bar(name = "std", ver = "0.0.1");
 
-import std._str;
-import x = std._str;
-
+// FIXME: commented out since resolve doesn't know how to handle crates yet.
+// import std._str;
+// import x = std._str;
 
 mod baz {
   use std;
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ mod baz {
   use zed(name = "std");
   use bar(name = "std", ver = "0.0.1");
 
-  import std._str;
-  import x = std._str;
+  // import std._str;
+  // import x = std._str;
 }
 
 fn main() {