diff --git a/src/rules/named.js b/src/rules/named.js
index 8c2acd714..57e4f1d9e 100644
--- a/src/rules/named.js
+++ b/src/rules/named.js
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ module.exports = {
       node.specifiers.forEach(function (im) {
         if (im.type !== type) return
 
+        // ignore type imports
+        if (im.importKind === 'type') return
+
         const deepLookup = imports.hasDeep(im[key].name)
 
         if (!deepLookup.found) {
diff --git a/tests/files/flowtypes.js b/tests/files/flowtypes.js
index 7ada3482b..2df247147 100644
--- a/tests/files/flowtypes.js
+++ b/tests/files/flowtypes.js
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ export type MyType = {
 export interface MyInterface {}
 
 export class MyClass {}
+
+export opaque type MyOpaqueType: string = string;
+
diff --git a/tests/src/rules/named.js b/tests/src/rules/named.js
index 4fdd3434f..cb1a5b843 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/named.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/named.js
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ ruleTester.run('named', rule, {
       code: 'import type { MissingType } from "./flowtypes"',
       parser: 'babel-eslint',
     }),
+    test({
+      code: 'import type { MyOpaqueType } from "./flowtypes"',
+      parser: 'babel-eslint',
+    }),
+    test({
+      code: 'import  { type MyOpaqueType, MyClass } from "./flowtypes"',
+      parser: 'babel-eslint',
+    }),
 
     // TypeScript
     test({
@@ -262,6 +270,12 @@ ruleTester.run('named', rule, {
       }],
     }),
 
+    test({
+      code: 'import  { type MyOpaqueType, MyMissingClass } from "./flowtypes"',
+      parser: 'babel-eslint',
+      errors: ["MyMissingClass not found in './flowtypes'"],
+    }),
+
     // jsnext
     test({
       code: '/*jsnext*/ import { createSnorlax } from "redux"',