diff --git a/src/services/utilities.ts b/src/services/utilities.ts
index 677e79235d7..0850d44c09a 100644
--- a/src/services/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/services/utilities.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ namespace ts {
         if (node.kind === SyntaxKind.SourceFile) {
             return SemanticMeaning.Value;
         }
-        else if (node.parent.kind === SyntaxKind.ExportAssignment || node.parent.kind === SyntaxKind.ExternalModuleReference) {
+        else if (node.parent.kind === SyntaxKind.ExportAssignment
+            || node.parent.kind === SyntaxKind.ExternalModuleReference
+            || node.parent.kind === SyntaxKind.ImportSpecifier
+            || node.parent.kind === SyntaxKind.ImportClause
+            || isImportEqualsDeclaration(node.parent) && node === node.parent.name) {
             return SemanticMeaning.All;
         }
         else if (isInRightSideOfInternalImportEqualsDeclaration(node)) {
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/renameImportSpecifierPropertyName.baseline b/tests/baselines/reference/renameImportSpecifierPropertyName.baseline
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..495a8f635b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/renameImportSpecifierPropertyName.baseline
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/*====== /tests/cases/fourslash/canada.ts ======*/
+
+export interface [|RENAME|] {}
+
+/*====== /tests/cases/fourslash/dry.ts ======*/
+
+import { RENAME as Ale } from './canada';
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/renameImportSpecifierPropertyName.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/renameImportSpecifierPropertyName.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa4d13929a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/renameImportSpecifierPropertyName.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/// <reference path="fourslash.ts" />
+
+// @Filename: canada.ts
+////export interface /**/Ginger {}
+
+// @Filename: dry.ts
+////import { Ginger as Ale } from './canada';
+
+verify.baselineRename("", {});