diff --git a/.README/rules/check-values.md b/.README/rules/check-values.md
index 8dd5fada0..3d08d7412 100644
--- a/.README/rules/check-values.md
+++ b/.README/rules/check-values.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ This rule checks the values for a handful of tags:
 6. `@kind` - Insists that it be one of the allowed values: 'class',
     'constant', 'event', 'external', 'file', 'function', 'member', 'mixin',
     'module', 'namespace', 'typedef',
+7. `@import` - For TypeScript `mode` only. Enforces valid ES import syntax.
 
 ## Options
 
diff --git a/docs/rules/check-values.md b/docs/rules/check-values.md
index 17d3b4dca..be6adf927 100644
--- a/docs/rules/check-values.md
+++ b/docs/rules/check-values.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ This rule checks the values for a handful of tags:
 6. `@kind` - Insists that it be one of the allowed values: 'class',
     'constant', 'event', 'external', 'file', 'function', 'member', 'mixin',
     'module', 'namespace', 'typedef',
+7. `@import` - For TypeScript `mode` only. Enforces valid ES import syntax.
 
 <a name="user-content-check-values-options"></a>
 <a name="check-values-options"></a>
@@ -251,6 +252,14 @@ function quux (foo) {
 }
 // "jsdoc/check-values": ["error"|"warn", {"licensePattern":"^([^\n]+)\nCopyright"}]
 // Message: Invalid JSDoc @license: "Oops"; expected SPDX expression: https://spdx.org/licenses/.
+
+/**
+ * @import BadImportIgnoredByThisRule
+ */
+/**
+ * @import {AnotherBadImportIgnoredByThisRule} from
+ */
+// Message: Bad @import tag
 ````
 
 
@@ -405,5 +414,21 @@ function quux (foo) {
 
 }
 // "jsdoc/check-values": ["error"|"warn", {"licensePattern":"^([^\n]+)\nCopyright"}]
+
+/**
+ * @import LinterDef, { Sth as Something, Another as Another2 } from "eslint"
+ */
+/**
+ * @import { Linter } from "eslint"
+ */
+/**
+ * @import LinterDefault from "eslint"
+ */
+/**
+ * @import {Linter as Lintee} from "eslint"
+ */
+/**
+ * @import * as Linters from "eslint"
+ */
 ````
 
diff --git a/src/rules/checkValues.js b/src/rules/checkValues.js
index b3741c8ca..97a8ce142 100644
--- a/src/rules/checkValues.js
+++ b/src/rules/checkValues.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import iterateJsdoc from '../iterateJsdoc.js';
+import { parseImportsSync } from 'parse-imports';
 import semver from 'semver';
 import spdxExpressionParse from 'spdx-expression-parse';
+import iterateJsdoc from '../iterateJsdoc.js';
 
 const allowedKinds = new Set([
   'class',
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ export default iterateJsdoc(({
   utils,
   report,
   context,
+  settings,
 }) => {
   const options = context.options[0] || {};
   const {
@@ -157,6 +159,30 @@ export default iterateJsdoc(({
     }
   });
 
+  if (settings.mode === 'typescript') {
+    utils.forEachPreferredTag('import', (tag) => {
+      const {
+        type, name, description
+      } = tag;
+      const typePart = type ? `{${type}} `: '';
+      const imprt = 'import ' + (description
+        ? `${typePart}${name} ${description}`
+        : `${typePart}${name}`);
+
+      try {
+        // Should technically await non-sync, but ESLint doesn't support async rules;
+        //  thankfully, the Wasm load time is safely fast
+        parseImportsSync(imprt);
+      } catch (err) {
+        report(
+          `Bad @import tag`,
+          null,
+          tag,
+        );
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   utils.forEachPreferredTag('author', (jsdocParameter, targetTagName) => {
     const author = /** @type {string} */ (
       utils.getTagDescription(jsdocParameter)
diff --git a/test/rules/assertions/checkValues.js b/test/rules/assertions/checkValues.js
index 5138ba9ea..bb2bb0f79 100644
--- a/test/rules/assertions/checkValues.js
+++ b/test/rules/assertions/checkValues.js
@@ -353,6 +353,26 @@ export default {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      code: `
+        /**
+         * @import BadImportIgnoredByThisRule
+         */
+        /**
+         * @import {AnotherBadImportIgnoredByThisRule} from
+         */
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          line: 3,
+          message: 'Bad @import tag',
+        },
+        {
+          line: 6,
+          message: 'Bad @import tag',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ],
   valid: [
     {
@@ -592,5 +612,24 @@ export default {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      code: `
+        /**
+         * @import LinterDef, { Sth as Something, Another as Another2 } from "eslint"
+         */
+        /**
+         * @import { Linter } from "eslint"
+         */
+        /**
+         * @import LinterDefault from "eslint"
+         */
+        /**
+         * @import {Linter as Lintee} from "eslint"
+         */
+        /**
+         * @import * as Linters from "eslint"
+         */
+      `,
+    },
   ],
 };