diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7dc42bf..edda4f89 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -443,6 +443,21 @@ res0: org.dhallj.core.Expr = "foo-bar-baz"
 
 (Note that we could use dhall-scala to avoid the use of `Array` above.)
 
+#### Classpath imports
+
+We support an extension of the spec which allows you to also import expressions
+from the classpath using the syntax `let e = classpath:/absolute/path/to/file in e`.
+The semantics are subject to change as we get more experience with it but
+currently it should generally have the same behaviour as an absolute
+path import of a local file (but files on the classpath can import each other
+using relative paths). This includes it being protected by the referential
+sanity check so that remote imports cannot exfiltrate information
+from the classpath.
+
+Also note that classpath imports as location are currently not supported as the spec
+requires that an import as Location must return an expression of type
+`<Local Text | Remote Text | Environment Text | Missing>`.
+
 ### dhall-imports-mini
 
 The other implementation is dhall-imports-mini, which is a Java library that
diff --git a/modules/imports/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/imports/ImportResolutionSuite.scala b/modules/imports/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/imports/ImportResolutionSuite.scala
index ed9dbf11..2c543497 100644
--- a/modules/imports/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/imports/ImportResolutionSuite.scala
+++ b/modules/imports/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/imports/ImportResolutionSuite.scala
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ImportResolutionSuite extends FunSuite {
     assert(resolve(expr) == expected)
   }
 
-  test("Import as classpath location") {
+  test("Import as local location") {
     val expr = parse("let x = /foo/bar.dhall as Location in x")
     val expected =
       parse(
diff --git a/modules/imports/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/imports/ReferentialSanityCheckSuite.scala b/modules/imports/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/imports/ReferentialSanityCheckSuite.scala
index 35eaa592..9a5eb2d8 100644
--- a/modules/imports/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/imports/ReferentialSanityCheckSuite.scala
+++ b/modules/imports/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/imports/ReferentialSanityCheckSuite.scala
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ class ReferentialSanityCheckSuite extends FunSuite {
     ReferentialSanityCheck[IO](Remote(someUri, null), Missing).unsafeRunSync
   }
 
+  test("Remote imports classpath".fail) {
+    ReferentialSanityCheck[IO](Remote(someUri, null), Classpath(somePath)).unsafeRunSync
+  }
+
   test("Local imports local") {
     ReferentialSanityCheck[IO](Local(somePath), Local(somePath)).unsafeRunSync
   }
diff --git a/modules/parser/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/parser/DhallParserSuite.scala b/modules/parser/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/parser/DhallParserSuite.scala
index 8566aeb0..a06e4d9e 100644
--- a/modules/parser/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/parser/DhallParserSuite.scala
+++ b/modules/parser/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/parser/DhallParserSuite.scala
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package org.dhallj.parser
 
 import java.net.URI
+import java.nio.file.Paths
+
 import munit.{FunSuite, Ignore}
 import org.dhallj.core.Expr
+import org.dhallj.core.Expr.ImportMode
 
 class DhallParserSuite extends FunSuite() {
   test("parse empty list with annotation on element type".tag(Ignore)) {
@@ -30,4 +33,10 @@ class DhallParserSuite extends FunSuite() {
 
     assert(DhallParser.parse(""""# # # $ % ^ #"""") == expected)
   }
+
+  test("parse classpath import") {
+    val expected = Expr.makeClasspathImport(Paths.get("/foo/bar.dhall"), ImportMode.RAW_TEXT, null)
+
+    assert(DhallParser.parse("classpath:/foo/bar.dhall as Text") == expected)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/tests/BinaryDecodingTests.scala b/tests/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/tests/BinaryDecodingTests.scala
index 6cc3f879..896d2d3f 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/tests/BinaryDecodingTests.scala
+++ b/tests/src/test/scala/org/dhallj/tests/BinaryDecodingTests.scala
@@ -298,6 +298,28 @@ class BinaryDecodingTests extends FunSuite {
     assert(decoded.equivalent(expected))
   }
 
+  test("Decode classpath import") {
+    val bytes = parse("let x = classpath:/foo/bar.dhall in x").getEncodedBytes
+
+    val decoded = decode(bytes)
+    val expected = parse(
+      "let x = classpath:/foo/bar.dhall in x"
+    )
+
+    assert(decoded.equivalent(expected))
+  }
+
+  test("Decode classpath import as text") {
+    val bytes = parse("let x = classpath:/foo/bar.dhall as Text in x").getEncodedBytes
+
+    val decoded = decode(bytes)
+    val expected = parse(
+      "let x = classpath:/foo/bar.dhall as Text in x"
+    )
+
+    assert(decoded.equivalent(expected))
+  }
+
   private def load(resource: String): Array[Byte] =
     Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(getClass.getResource(s"/binary/$resource").toURI))