diff --git a/internal/terraform/context_plan_import_test.go b/internal/terraform/context_plan_import_test.go
index 7c7a16528a..0fd93995e9 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/context_plan_import_test.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/context_plan_import_test.go
@@ -598,6 +598,30 @@ func TestContext2Plan_importIdInvalidNull(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestContext2Plan_importIdInvalidEmptyString(t *testing.T) {
+	p := testProvider("test")
+	m := testModule(t, "import-id-invalid-null")
+	ctx := testContext2(t, &ContextOpts{
+		Providers: map[addrs.Provider]providers.Factory{
+			addrs.NewDefaultProvider("test"): testProviderFuncFixed(p),
+		},
+	})
+
+	_, diags := ctx.Plan(m, states.NewState(), &PlanOpts{
+		SetVariables: InputValues{
+			"the_id": &InputValue{
+				Value: cty.StringVal(""),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	if !diags.HasErrors() {
+		t.Fatal("succeeded; want errors")
+	}
+	if got, want := diags.Err().Error(), "The import ID value evaluates to an empty string, please provide a non-empty value."; !strings.Contains(got, want) {
+		t.Fatalf("wrong error:\ngot:  %s\nwant: message containing %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestContext2Plan_importIdInvalidUnknown(t *testing.T) {
 	p := testProvider("test")
 	m := testModule(t, "import-id-invalid-unknown")
diff --git a/internal/terraform/eval_import.go b/internal/terraform/eval_import.go
index 83e2b8c604..518eaccf06 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/eval_import.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/eval_import.go
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ func evaluateImportIdExpression(expr hcl.Expression, ctx EvalContext, keyData in
 		})
 	}
 
+	if importId == "" {
+		return "", diags.Append(&hcl.Diagnostic{
+			Severity: hcl.DiagError,
+			Summary:  "Invalid import id argument",
+			Detail:   "The import ID value evaluates to an empty string, please provide a non-empty value.",
+			Subject:  expr.Range().Ptr(),
+		})
+	}
+
 	return importId, diags
 }