diff --git a/lang/ast/structs.go b/lang/ast/structs.go
index b32e0fe8..37be5103 100644
--- a/lang/ast/structs.go
+++ b/lang/ast/structs.go
@@ -3791,7 +3791,7 @@ func (obj *StmtProg) SetScope(scope *interfaces.Scope) error {
 				}
 				newName = name
 			}
-			if previous, exists := newVariables[newName]; exists {
+			if previous, exists := newVariables[newName]; exists && alias != interfaces.BareSymbol {
 				// don't overwrite in same scope
 				return fmt.Errorf("can't squash variable `%s` from `%s` by import of `%s`", newName, previous, imp.Name)
 			}
@@ -3806,7 +3806,7 @@ func (obj *StmtProg) SetScope(scope *interfaces.Scope) error {
 				}
 				newName = name
 			}
-			if previous, exists := newFunctions[newName]; exists {
+			if previous, exists := newFunctions[newName]; exists && alias != interfaces.BareSymbol {
 				// don't overwrite in same scope
 				return fmt.Errorf("can't squash function `%s` from `%s` by import of `%s`", newName, previous, imp.Name)
 			}
@@ -3821,7 +3821,7 @@ func (obj *StmtProg) SetScope(scope *interfaces.Scope) error {
 				}
 				newName = name
 			}
-			if previous, exists := newClasses[newName]; exists {
+			if previous, exists := newClasses[newName]; exists && alias != interfaces.BareSymbol {
 				// don't overwrite in same scope
 				return fmt.Errorf("can't squash class `%s` from `%s` by import of `%s`", newName, previous, imp.Name)
 			}
@@ -3831,7 +3831,9 @@ func (obj *StmtProg) SetScope(scope *interfaces.Scope) error {
 
 		// everything has been merged, move on to next import...
 		imports[imp.Name] = struct{}{} // mark as found in scope
-		aliases[alias] = struct{}{}
+		if alias != interfaces.BareSymbol {
+			aliases[alias] = struct{}{}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// TODO: this could be called once at the top-level, and then cached...
@@ -4105,7 +4107,7 @@ func (obj *StmtProg) SetScope(scope *interfaces.Scope) error {
 					}
 					newName = name
 				}
-				if previous, exists := newVariables[newName]; exists {
+				if previous, exists := newVariables[newName]; exists && alias != interfaces.BareSymbol {
 					// don't overwrite in same scope
 					return fmt.Errorf("can't squash variable `%s` from `%s` by include of `%s`", newName, previous, include.Name)
 				}
@@ -4120,7 +4122,7 @@ func (obj *StmtProg) SetScope(scope *interfaces.Scope) error {
 					}
 					newName = name
 				}
-				if previous, exists := newFunctions[newName]; exists {
+				if previous, exists := newFunctions[newName]; exists && alias != interfaces.BareSymbol {
 					// don't overwrite in same scope
 					return fmt.Errorf("can't squash function `%s` from `%s` by include of `%s`", newName, previous, include.Name)
 				}
@@ -4135,7 +4137,7 @@ func (obj *StmtProg) SetScope(scope *interfaces.Scope) error {
 					}
 					newName = name
 				}
-				if previous, exists := newClasses[newName]; exists {
+				if previous, exists := newClasses[newName]; exists && alias != interfaces.BareSymbol {
 					// don't overwrite in same scope
 					return fmt.Errorf("can't squash class `%s` from `%s` by include of `%s`", newName, previous, include.Name)
 				}
@@ -4145,7 +4147,9 @@ func (obj *StmtProg) SetScope(scope *interfaces.Scope) error {
 
 			// everything has been merged, move on to next include...
 			//includes[include.Name] = struct{}{} // don't mark as found in scope
-			aliases[alias] = struct{}{} // do track these as a bonus
+			if alias != interfaces.BareSymbol { // XXX: check if this one and the above ones in this collection are needed too
+				aliases[alias] = struct{}{} // do track these as a bonus
+			}
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/import-double-star-bad.txtar b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/import-double-star-bad.txtar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d50e33db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/import-double-star-bad.txtar
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-- metadata.yaml --
+#files: "files/"	# these are some extra files we can use (is the default)
+-- main.mcl --
+# XXX: When using multiple star imports, a subsequent one may overwrite the
+# earlier one. We should probably make this a compile error.
+import "foo.mcl" as *
+import "bar.mcl" as *
+
+include foo("hello")
+include foo("world")
+-- foo.mcl --
+class foo($s) {
+	test "foo:${s}" {}
+}
+-- bar.mcl --
+class foo($s) {
+	test "bar:${s}" {}
+}
+-- OUTPUT --
+Vertex: test[bar:hello]
+Vertex: test[bar:world]
diff --git a/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/import-double-star.txtar b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/import-double-star.txtar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a06c43c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/import-double-star.txtar
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+-- metadata.yaml --
+#files: "files/"	# these are some extra files we can use (is the default)
+-- main.mcl --
+import "foo.mcl" as *
+import "bar.mcl" as *
+
+include foo("hello")
+include bar("world")
+-- foo.mcl --
+class foo($s) {
+	test "${s}" {}
+}
+-- bar.mcl --
+class bar($s) {
+	test "${s}" {}
+}
+-- OUTPUT --
+Vertex: test[hello]
+Vertex: test[world]