diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index 8ce6ccbb84..bad0d16d0f 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -2132,6 +2132,9 @@ fn (mut c Checker) import_stmt(node ast.Import) {
 			c.error('module `${node.mod}` has no type `${sym.name}`', sym.pos)
 			continue
 		}
+		if sym.name in ast.builtin_type_names {
+			c.error('cannot import or override builtin type', sym.pos)
+		}
 		if func := c.table.find_fn(name) {
 			if !func.is_pub {
 				c.error('module `${node.mod}` function `${sym.name}()` is private', sym.pos)
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/import_sym_builtin_override_err.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/import_sym_builtin_override_err.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18bb0e90a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/import_sym_builtin_override_err.out
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+vlib/v/checker/tests/import_sym_builtin_override_err.vv:1:15: error: cannot import or override builtin type
+    1 | import rand { f64 }
+      |               ~~~
+    2 | 
+    3 | type Dot = [3]f64
+vlib/v/checker/tests/import_sym_builtin_override_err.vv:3:12: error: unknown type `rand.f64`.
+Did you mean `rand.PRNG`?
+    1 | import rand { f64 }
+    2 | 
+    3 | type Dot = [3]f64
+      |            ~~~~~~
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/import_sym_builtin_override_err.vv b/vlib/v/checker/tests/import_sym_builtin_override_err.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdc0f1cc07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/import_sym_builtin_override_err.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import rand { f64 }
+
+type Dot = [3]f64