diff --git a/module/ice-9/r6rs-libraries.scm b/module/ice-9/r6rs-libraries.scm
index fbe80edf9..56d430025 100644
--- a/module/ice-9/r6rs-libraries.scm
+++ b/module/ice-9/r6rs-libraries.scm
@@ -161,8 +161,14 @@
        (and-map identifier? #'(name name* ...))
        (call-with-values
            (lambda ()
-             (compute-exports (map resolve-r6rs-interface #'(ispec ...))
-                              #'(espec ...)))
+             (compute-exports 
+              (map (lambda (im)
+                     (syntax-case im (for)
+                       ((for import-set import-level ...)
+                        (resolve-r6rs-interface #'import-set))
+                       (import-set (resolve-r6rs-interface #'import-set))))
+                   #'(ispec ...))
+              #'(espec ...)))
          (lambda (exports re-exports)
            (with-syntax (((e ...) exports)
                          ((r ...) re-exports))
diff --git a/test-suite/tests/rnrs-libraries.test b/test-suite/tests/rnrs-libraries.test
index 9f6f6c1a8..4396c6769 100644
--- a/test-suite/tests/rnrs-libraries.test
+++ b/test-suite/tests/rnrs-libraries.test
@@ -114,6 +114,21 @@
     (equal? (eval '(double 20) (current-module))
             40)))
 
+;; Guile should ignore explicit phase specifications
+;;
+(with-test-prefix "implicit phasing"
+  (with-test-prefix "in library form"
+    (pass-if "explicit phasing ignored"
+      (import (for (guile) (meta -1))) #t))
+
+  (with-test-prefix "in library form"
+    (pass-if "explicit phasing ignored"
+      (save-module-excursion
+       (lambda () 
+         (library (test) 
+           (export) 
+           (import (for (guile) (meta -1)))) 
+         #t)))))
 
 ;; Now import features.
 ;;