diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f80bf7355..b11f367b5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@
 * 1.39.2 (2019-XX-XX)
 
  * fixed Lexer when using custom options containing the # char
+ * fixed "import" when macros are stored in a template string
 
 * 1.39.1 (2019-04-16)
 
diff --git a/src/Node/ImportNode.php b/src/Node/ImportNode.php
index e1b5d2a27..e66954bf9 100644
--- a/src/Node/ImportNode.php
+++ b/src/Node/ImportNode.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class ImportNode extends Node
                 ->repr($this->getTemplateName())
                 ->raw(', ')
                 ->repr($this->getTemplateLine())
-                ->raw(')')
+                ->raw(')->unwrap()')
             ;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Template.php b/src/Template.php
index 63e54d169..b54838d32 100644
--- a/src/Template.php
+++ b/src/Template.php
@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ abstract class Template
         return array_unique($names);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return Template|TemplateWrapper
+     */
     protected function loadTemplate($template, $templateName = null, $line = null, $index = null)
     {
         try {
@@ -341,6 +344,16 @@ abstract class Template
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @internal
+     *
+     * @return Template
+     */
+    protected function unwrap()
+    {
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns all blocks.
      *
diff --git a/src/TemplateWrapper.php b/src/TemplateWrapper.php
index 2f65d7f72..e5268668b 100644
--- a/src/TemplateWrapper.php
+++ b/src/TemplateWrapper.php
@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ final class TemplateWrapper
     {
         return $this->template->getTemplateName();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @internal
+     *
+     * @return Template
+     */
+    public function unwrap()
+    {
+        return $this->template;
+    }
 }
 
 class_alias('Twig\TemplateWrapper', 'Twig_TemplateWrapper');
diff --git a/test/Twig/Tests/Fixtures/tags/macro/import_from_string_template.test b/test/Twig/Tests/Fixtures/tags/macro/import_from_string_template.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c1817be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Twig/Tests/Fixtures/tags/macro/import_from_string_template.test
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--TEST--
+"import" tag with a template as string
+--TEMPLATE--
+{% import template_from_string("{% macro test() %}ok{% endmacro %}") as m %}
+{{ m.test() }}
+--TEMPLATE(forms.twig)--
+--DATA--
+return []
+--EXPECT--
+ok
diff --git a/test/Twig/Tests/Node/ImportTest.php b/test/Twig/Tests/Node/ImportTest.php
index 56e56e688..2118bff59 100644
--- a/test/Twig/Tests/Node/ImportTest.php
+++ b/test/Twig/Tests/Node/ImportTest.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Twig_Tests_Node_ImportTest extends NodeTestCase
 
         $tests[] = [$node, <<<EOF
 // line 1
-\$context["macro"] = \$this->loadTemplate("foo.twig", null, 1);
+\$context["macro"] = \$this->loadTemplate("foo.twig", null, 1)->unwrap();
 EOF
         ];
 
diff --git a/test/Twig/Tests/Node/ModuleTest.php b/test/Twig/Tests/Node/ModuleTest.php
index 27109fa64..1e2d2b640 100644
--- a/test/Twig/Tests/Node/ModuleTest.php
+++ b/test/Twig/Tests/Node/ModuleTest.php
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class __TwigTemplate_%x extends \Twig\Template
     protected function doDisplay(array \$context, array \$blocks = [])
     {
         // line 2
-        \$context["macro"] = \$this->loadTemplate("foo.twig", "foo.twig", 2);
+        \$context["macro"] = \$this->loadTemplate("foo.twig", "foo.twig", 2)->unwrap();
         // line 1
         \$this->parent = \$this->loadTemplate("layout.twig", "foo.twig", 1);
         \$this->parent->display(\$context, array_merge(\$this->blocks, \$blocks));