diff --git a/hathor/nanocontracts/custom_builtins.py b/hathor/nanocontracts/custom_builtins.py
index 5685734ab..37b50aba1 100644
--- a/hathor/nanocontracts/custom_builtins.py
+++ b/hathor/nanocontracts/custom_builtins.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def __call__(
         ...
 
 
-def _generate_restriced_import_function(allowed_imports: dict[str, set[str]]) -> ImportFunction:
+def _generate_restricted_import_function(allowed_imports: dict[str, set[str]]) -> ImportFunction:
     """Returns a function equivalent to builtins.__import__ but that will only import `allowed_imports`"""
     @_wraps(builtins.__import__)
     def __import__(
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def __import__(
         fromlist: Sequence[str] = (),
         level: int = 0,
     ) -> types.ModuleType:
-        if level > 0:
+        if level != 0:
             raise ImportError('Relative imports are not allowed')
         if not fromlist and name != 'typing':
             # XXX: typing is allowed here because Foo[T] triggers a __import__('typing', fromlist=None) for some reason
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ def filter(function: None | Callable[[T], object], iterable: Iterable[T]) -> Ite
     # XXX: will trigger the execution of the imported module
     # (name: str, globals: Mapping[str, object] | None = None, locals: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
     #  fromlist: Sequence[str] = (), level: int = 0) -> types.ModuleType
-    '__import__': _generate_restriced_import_function(ALLOWED_IMPORTS),
+    '__import__': _generate_restricted_import_function(ALLOWED_IMPORTS),
 
     # XXX: also required to declare classes
     # XXX: this would be '__main__' for a module that is loaded as the main entrypoint, and the module name otherwise,
diff --git a/tests/nanocontracts/blueprints/unittest.py b/tests/nanocontracts/blueprints/unittest.py
index f8a83d88a..c913f9a92 100644
--- a/tests/nanocontracts/blueprints/unittest.py
+++ b/tests/nanocontracts/blueprints/unittest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from io import TextIOWrapper
 from os import PathLike
 
 from hathor.conf.settings import HATHOR_TOKEN_UID
@@ -88,8 +89,15 @@ def _register_blueprint_class(
     def register_blueprint_file(self, path: PathLike[str], blueprint_id: BlueprintId | None = None) -> BlueprintId:
         """Register a blueprint file with an optional id, allowing contracts to be created from it."""
         with open(path, 'r') as f:
-            code = Code.from_python_code(f.read(), self._settings)
+            return self.register_blueprint_contents(f, blueprint_id)
 
+    def register_blueprint_contents(
+        self,
+        contents: TextIOWrapper,
+        blueprint_id: BlueprintId | None = None,
+    ) -> BlueprintId:
+        """Register blueprint contents with an optional id, allowing contracts to be created from it."""
+        code = Code.from_python_code(contents.read(), self._settings)
         verifier = OnChainBlueprintVerifier(settings=self._settings)
         ocb = OnChainBlueprint(hash=b'', code=code)
         verifier.verify_code(ocb)
diff --git a/tests/nanocontracts/test_custom_import.py b/tests/nanocontracts/test_custom_import.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6197dbf36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nanocontracts/test_custom_import.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#  Copyright 2025 Hathor Labs
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+from io import StringIO
+from textwrap import dedent
+from unittest.mock import ANY, Mock, call
+
+from hathor.nanocontracts.custom_builtins import EXEC_BUILTINS
+from tests.nanocontracts.blueprints.unittest import BlueprintTestCase
+
+
+class TestCustomImport(BlueprintTestCase):
+    def test_custom_import(self) -> None:
+        """Guarantee our custom import function is being called, instead of the builtin one."""
+        contract_id = self.gen_random_contract_id()
+        blueprint = '''
+        from hathor.nanocontracts import Blueprint
+        from hathor.nanocontracts.context import Context
+        from hathor.nanocontracts.types import public
+
+        class MyBlueprint(Blueprint):
+            @public
+            def initialize(self, ctx: Context) -> None:
+                from math import ceil, floor
+                from collections import OrderedDict
+                from hathor.nanocontracts.exception import NCFail
+                from hathor.nanocontracts.types import NCAction, NCActionType
+
+        __blueprint__ = MyBlueprint
+        '''
+
+        # Wrap our custom builtin so we can spy its calls
+        wrapped_import_function = Mock(wraps=EXEC_BUILTINS['__import__'])
+        EXEC_BUILTINS['__import__'] = wrapped_import_function
+
+        # Before being used, the function is uncalled
+        wrapped_import_function.assert_not_called()
+
+        # During blueprint registration, the function is called for each import at the module level.
+        # This happens twice, once during verification and once during the actual registration.
+        blueprint_id = self.register_blueprint_contents(StringIO(dedent(blueprint)))
+        module_level_calls = [
+            call('hathor.nanocontracts', ANY, ANY, ('Blueprint',), 0),
+            call('hathor.nanocontracts.context', ANY, ANY, ('Context',), 0),
+            call('hathor.nanocontracts.types', ANY, ANY, ('public',), 0),
+        ]
+        assert wrapped_import_function.call_count == 2 * len(module_level_calls)
+        wrapped_import_function.assert_has_calls(2 * module_level_calls)
+        wrapped_import_function.reset_mock()
+
+        # During the call to initialize(), the function is called for each import on that method.
+        self.runner.create_contract(contract_id, blueprint_id, self.create_context())
+        method_level_imports = [
+            call('math', ANY, ANY, ('ceil', 'floor'), 0),
+            call('collections', ANY, ANY, ('OrderedDict',), 0),
+            call('hathor.nanocontracts.exception', ANY, ANY, ('NCFail',), 0),
+            call('hathor.nanocontracts.types', ANY, ANY, ('NCAction', 'NCActionType'), 0),
+        ]
+        assert wrapped_import_function.call_count == len(method_level_imports)
+        wrapped_import_function.assert_has_calls(method_level_imports)
diff --git a/tests/nanocontracts/test_exposed_properties.py b/tests/nanocontracts/test_exposed_properties.py
index 5aaf25815..2240b0ea8 100644
--- a/tests/nanocontracts/test_exposed_properties.py
+++ b/tests/nanocontracts/test_exposed_properties.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterator
-from importlib import import_module
 from sys import version_info
 from types import MethodType
 from typing import Any
@@ -314,11 +313,12 @@ def check(self, ctx: Context) -> list[str]:
         mutable_props.extend(search_writeable_properties(MyBlueprint, 'MyBlueprint'))
         mutable_props.extend(search_writeable_properties(self, 'self'))
         mutable_props.extend(search_writeable_properties(ctx, 'ctx'))
+        custom_import = EXEC_BUILTINS['__import__']
         for module_name, import_names in ALLOWED_IMPORTS.items():
             if module_name == 'typing':
                 # FIXME: typing module causes problems for some reason
                 continue
-            module = import_module(module_name)
+            module = custom_import(module_name, fromlist=list(import_names))
             for import_name in import_names:
                 obj = getattr(module, import_name)
                 obj_name = f'{module_name}.{import_name}'