diff --git a/src/Refitter.Core/RefitInterfaceImports.cs b/src/Refitter.Core/RefitInterfaceImports.cs
index 7787f0f05..a037468bc 100644
--- a/src/Refitter.Core/RefitInterfaceImports.cs
+++ b/src/Refitter.Core/RefitInterfaceImports.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public static string[] GetImportedNamespaces(RefitGeneratorSettings settings)
             namespaces = namespaces.Except(excludedNamespaces).ToList();
         }
 
-        if (settings.GenerateMultipleFiles && settings.ContractsNamespace is not null)
+        if (settings.ContractsNamespace is not null && settings.Namespace != settings.ContractsNamespace)
         {
             namespaces.Add(settings.ContractsNamespace);
         }
diff --git a/src/Refitter.Tests/SwaggerPetstoreTests.cs b/src/Refitter.Tests/SwaggerPetstoreTests.cs
index b72532c7b..1033c9ec1 100644
--- a/src/Refitter.Tests/SwaggerPetstoreTests.cs
+++ b/src/Refitter.Tests/SwaggerPetstoreTests.cs
@@ -848,4 +848,22 @@ public async Task Can_Generate_Interfaces_Filtered_By_Path_Match(SampleOpenSpeci
         generateCode.Should().Contain("\"/pet\"");
         generateCode.Should().Contain("\"/pet/{petId}\"");
     }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(SampleOpenSpecifications.SwaggerPetstoreJsonV3, "SwaggerPetstore.json")]
+#if !DEBUG
+    [InlineData(SampleOpenSpecifications.SwaggerPetstoreYamlV3, "SwaggerPetstore.yaml")]
+    [InlineData(SampleOpenSpecifications.SwaggerPetstoreJsonV2, "SwaggerPetstore.json")]
+    [InlineData(SampleOpenSpecifications.SwaggerPetstoreYamlV2, "SwaggerPetstore.yaml")]
+#endif
+    public async Task Can_Import_Contracts_Namespace(SampleOpenSpecifications version, string filename)
+    {
+        var settings = new RefitGeneratorSettings { ContractsNamespace = "Contracts" };
+        var generateCode = await GenerateCode(version, filename, settings);
+        generateCode.Should().Contain("using Contracts;");
+        BuildHelper
+            .BuildCSharp(generateCode)
+            .Should()
+            .BeTrue();
+    }
 }