diff --git a/lib/rules/no-unused-expressions.js b/lib/rules/no-unused-expressions.js
index 26a25b7584b..8c049f556ff 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-unused-expressions.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-unused-expressions.js
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ module.exports = {
                 return true;
             }
 
-            return /^(?:Assignment|Call|New|Update|Yield|Await)Expression$/u.test(node.type) ||
+            return /^(?:Assignment|Call|New|Update|Yield|Await|Import)Expression$/u.test(node.type) ||
                 (node.type === "UnaryExpression" && ["delete", "void"].indexOf(node.operator) >= 0);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-unused-expressions.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-unused-expressions.js
index 34051daa7b5..8ef2028c662 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-unused-expressions.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-unused-expressions.js
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ ruleTester.run("no-unused-expressions", rule, {
             code: "shouldNotBeAffectedByAllowTemplateTagsOption()",
             options: [{ allowTaggedTemplates: true }],
             parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6 }
+        },
+        {
+            code: "import(\"foo\")",
+            parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 11 }
         }
     ],
     invalid: [