diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 082f99239820852fa960afc963ae35eede65c8fb_TkVXUy5yc3Q=..c0b3edd1cb7b142d36a5defa4826dbfdb14fda81_TkVXUy5yc3Q= 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 Make docker_pylint work on Odoo 11 projects that uses python3.8.
 
+Detect import errors in run_tests.
+
 16.6.0
 ------
 
diff --git a/run_tests b/run_tests
index 082f99239820852fa960afc963ae35eede65c8fb_cnVuX3Rlc3Rz..c0b3edd1cb7b142d36a5defa4826dbfdb14fda81_cnVuX3Rlc3Rz 100755
--- a/run_tests
+++ b/run_tests
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@
   then
       tests_errors=0
   fi
+  import_errors=$(grep -P 'o(penerp|doo).(modules.module|[^ ]+): Can not `import [a-z0-9_]+`.' $logfile)
+  import_errors_number=$(cat $import_errors|wc -l)
+  if [[ "$import_errors_number" -ne 0 ]];
+  then
+      test_errors=$((test_errors+import_errors_number))
+  fi
 fi
 # create a OpenMetrics metrics file
 if [ "$CI" = "true" ];
@@ -85,6 +91,10 @@
 fi
 # odoo 13 uses FAIL as the error message, in the form: FAIL: TestReorderingRule.test_reordering_rule
 failed=$(grep ' FAIL\(ED\|:\)\| CRITICAL\| ERROR [^ ]* openerp.modules.module: Can not .import openerp\.addons\.\| TEST .* ERROR:\|Failed to initialize database\| ERROR \([[:alnum:]]\|_\)* .\+\.test_.\+ ERROR: ' $logfile -c)
+if [[ -n "$import_errors_number" ]];
+then
+    failed=$((failed+$import_errors_number))
+fi
 warnings=$(grep ' WARNING ' $logfile -c)
 # XXX Not sure this is needed anymore with the tests_failures/tests_errors detection
 if [[ $failed -eq 0 ]];
@@ -121,6 +131,10 @@
     GREP_COLOR='0;31' grep --color=always "TEST .* ERROR:" $logfile
     # this one is for odoo 13 for tests that produces errors (failures are matched with FAIL: )
     GREP_COLOR='0;31' grep --color=always "ERROR \([[:alnum:]]\|_\)* .\+\.test_.\+ ERROR:" $logfile
+    if [[ -n "$import_errors" ]];
+    then
+        echo $import_errors
+    fi
 fi
 
 echo ''