diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/fn.v b/vlib/v/parser/fn.v
index 9a03e61479..2998cc3395 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/fn.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/fn.v
@@ -267,11 +267,18 @@ fn (mut p Parser) fn_decl() ast.FnDecl {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		// cannot redefine buildin function
-		if !is_method && !p.builtin_mod && name in builtin_functions {
-			p.error_with_pos('cannot redefine builtin function `$name`', name_pos)
-			return ast.FnDecl{
-				scope: 0
+		if !p.pref.is_fmt {
+			if !is_method && !p.builtin_mod && name in builtin_functions {
+				p.error_with_pos('cannot redefine builtin function `$name`', name_pos)
+				return ast.FnDecl{
+					scope: 0
+				}
+			}
+			if name in p.imported_symbols {
+				p.error_with_pos('cannot redefine imported function `$name`', name_pos)
+				return ast.FnDecl{
+					scope: 0
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	} else if p.tok.kind in [.plus, .minus, .mul, .div, .mod, .lt, .eq] && p.peek_tok.kind == .lpar {
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/tests/redeclaration_of_imported_fn.out b/vlib/v/parser/tests/redeclaration_of_imported_fn.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c02758ae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/tests/redeclaration_of_imported_fn.out
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+vlib/v/parser/tests/redeclaration_of_imported_fn.vv:3:4: error: cannot redefine imported function `input`
+    1 | import os { input }
+    2 | 
+    3 | fn input() {}
+      |    ~~~~~
+    4 | 
+    5 | input()
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/tests/redeclaration_of_imported_fn.vv b/vlib/v/parser/tests/redeclaration_of_imported_fn.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45a3b5ad77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/tests/redeclaration_of_imported_fn.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import os { input }
+
+fn input() {}
+
+input()