diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
index 346b9a7afabc..d15e263ce777 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
@@ -268,6 +268,12 @@ class Typer(@constructorOnly nestingLevel: Int = 0) extends Namer
           // special cases: definitions beat imports, and named imports beat
           // wildcard imports, provided both are in contexts with same scope
           found
+        else if newPrec == WildImport && ctx.outersIterator.exists: ctx =>
+          ctx.isImportContext && namedImportRef(ctx.importInfo.uncheckedNN).exists
+        then
+          // Don't let two ambiguous wildcard imports rule over
+          // a winning named import. See pos/i18529.
+          found
         else
           if !scala2pkg && !previous.isError && !found.isError then
             fail(AmbiguousReference(name, newPrec, prevPrec, prevCtx,
diff --git a/tests/pos/i18529/JCode1.java b/tests/pos/i18529/JCode1.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e1f12f852c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i18529/JCode1.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package bug.code;
+
+import bug.util.List;
+import bug.util.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class JCode1 {
+    public void m1(List<Integer> xs) { return; }
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/i18529/JCode2.java b/tests/pos/i18529/JCode2.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a1ec812852c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i18529/JCode2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package bug.code;
+
+import bug.util.*;
+import bug.util.List;
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class JCode2 {
+    public void m1(List<Integer> xs) { return; }
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/i18529/List.java b/tests/pos/i18529/List.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..caf3c0b8036b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i18529/List.java
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package bug.util;
+
+public final class List<E> {}
diff --git a/tests/pos/i18529/SCode1.scala b/tests/pos/i18529/SCode1.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6796b1540c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i18529/SCode1.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package bug.code
+
+import bug.util.List
+import bug.util.*
+import java.util.*
+
+class SCode1 {
+  def work(xs: List[Int]): Unit = {}
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/i18529/SCode2.scala b/tests/pos/i18529/SCode2.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..30fc7d0e6f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i18529/SCode2.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package bug.code
+
+import bug.util.*
+import bug.util.List
+import java.util.*
+
+class SCode2 {
+  def work(xs: List[Int]): Unit = {}
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/i18529/Test.scala b/tests/pos/i18529/Test.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be7795442a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i18529/Test.scala
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+class Test