diff --git a/src/ast_utils.js b/src/ast_utils.js
index c394a1f..017cf82 100644
--- a/src/ast_utils.js
+++ b/src/ast_utils.js
@@ -41,9 +41,17 @@ export const map_destructuring_identifiers = (node, mapper) => {
 }
 
 export const collect_imports = module => {
-  const imports = module.stmts
-    .filter(n => n.type == 'import')
-    .filter(n => !n.is_external)
+  const import_statements =
+    module.stmts
+      .filter(n => n.type == 'import')
+      .filter(n => !n.is_external)
+
+  const imported_modules = uniq(
+    import_statements.map(n => n.full_import_path)
+  )
+
+  const imports = 
+    import_statements
     .map(n => 
       n.imports.map(i => 
         ({name: i.value, module: n.full_import_path})
@@ -51,8 +59,7 @@ export const collect_imports = module => {
     )
     .flat()
 
-  const modules = uniq(imports.map(i => i.module))
-  const by_module = Object.fromEntries(modules.map(m => 
+  const by_module = Object.fromEntries(imported_modules.map(m => 
     [
       m,
       imports
@@ -60,6 +67,7 @@ export const collect_imports = module => {
         .map(i => i.name)
     ]
   ))
+
   return by_module
 }
 
diff --git a/src/eval.js b/src/eval.js
index 907fe75..8a1b9ad 100644
--- a/src/eval.js
+++ b/src/eval.js
@@ -240,7 +240,11 @@ const codegen = (node, cxt, parent) => {
     return do_codegen(node.key) + ' : ' + do_codegen(node.value);
   } else if(node.type == 'import') {
     const names = node.imports.map(n => n.value)
-    return `const {${names.join(',')}} = __modules['${node.full_import_path}'];`;
+    if(names.length == 0) {
+      return ''
+    } else {
+      return `const {${names.join(',')}} = __modules['${node.full_import_path}'];`;
+    }
   } else if(node.type == 'export') {
     const identifiers = collect_destructuring_identifiers(node.binding.name_node)
       .map(i => i.value)
diff --git a/src/parse_js.js b/src/parse_js.js
index 9c39250..fd82b57 100644
--- a/src/parse_js.js
+++ b/src/parse_js.js
@@ -1178,16 +1178,20 @@ const import_statement =
       optional(by_type('pragma_external')),
       seq([
         literal('import'),
-        list(
-          ['{', '}'],
-          identifier,
+        optional(
+          seq([
+            list(
+              ['{', '}'],
+              identifier,
+            ),
+            literal('from'),
+          ])
         ),
-        literal('from'),
         string_literal
       ])
     ]),
     ({value: [external, imp]}) => {
-      const {value: [_import, identifiers, _from, module], ...node} = imp
+      const {value: [_import, identifiers, module], ...node} = imp
       return {
         ...node,
         not_evaluatable: true,
@@ -1196,7 +1200,7 @@ const import_statement =
         // TODO refactor hanlding of string literals. Drop quotes from value and
         // fix codegen for string_literal
         module: module.value.slice(1, module.value.length - 1),
-        children: identifiers.value,
+        children: identifiers == null ? [] : identifiers.value[0].value,
       }
     }
   )
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 3cdcc8a..524cea8 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -786,6 +786,24 @@ export const tests = [
     assert_equal(mods.root.is_eq, true)
   }),
 
+  test('modules empty import', () => {
+    const i = test_initial_state({
+      '':  'import {} from "a"',
+      'a': 'Object.assign(globalThis, {test_import: true})',
+    })
+    assert_equal(i.active_calltree_node.ok, true)
+    assert_equal(globalThis.test_import, true)
+  }),
+
+  test('modules bare import', () => {
+    const i = test_initial_state({
+      '':  'import "a"',
+      'a': 'Object.assign(globalThis, {test_import: true})',
+    })
+    assert_equal(i.active_calltree_node.ok, true)
+    assert_equal(globalThis.test_import, true)
+  }),
+
   test('bug parser pragma external', () => {
     const result = parse(`
       // external