diff --git a/app/Importer/Importer.php b/app/Importer/Importer.php
index 907c8b72c5..0d4b8d4932 100644
--- a/app/Importer/Importer.php
+++ b/app/Importer/Importer.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ abstract class Importer
      * @var array
      */
     private $defaultFieldMap = [
+        'id' => 'id',
         'asset_tag' => 'asset tag',
         'activated' => 'activated',
         'category' => 'category',
diff --git a/app/Importer/ItemImporter.php b/app/Importer/ItemImporter.php
index 6b1d647136..435f081aba 100644
--- a/app/Importer/ItemImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/ItemImporter.php
@@ -456,14 +456,13 @@ class ItemImporter extends Importer
     {
         if (empty($asset_location)) {
             $this->log('No location given, so none created.');
-
             return null;
         }
+
         $location = Location::where(['name' => $asset_location])->first();
 
         if ($location) {
             $this->log('Location '.$asset_location.' already exists');
-
             return $location->id;
         }
         // No matching locations in the collection, create a new one.
diff --git a/app/Importer/LocationImporter.php b/app/Importer/LocationImporter.php
index a9a5152234..b875d66c6a 100644
--- a/app/Importer/LocationImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/LocationImporter.php
@@ -38,7 +38,14 @@ class LocationImporter extends ItemImporter
     {
 
         $editingLocation = false;
-        $location = Location::where('name', '=', $this->findCsvMatch($row, 'name'))->first();
+
+        if ($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'id')) {
+            $location = Location::find($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'id'));
+        } else {
+            $location = Location::where('name', '=', $this->findCsvMatch($row, 'name'))->first();
+        }
+
+
 
         if ($location) {
             if (! $this->updating) {
diff --git a/app/Livewire/Importer.php b/app/Livewire/Importer.php
index 75b707b8ad..aee6b852d4 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Importer.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Importer.php
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ class Importer extends Component
         ];
 
         $this->locations_fields = [
+            'id' => trans('general.id'),
             'name' => trans('general.item_name_var', ['item' => trans('general.location')]),
             'address' => trans('general.address'),
             'address2' => trans('general.importer.address2'),
@@ -400,7 +401,6 @@ class Importer extends Component
                     'requestable',
                     'Requestable',
                 ],
-
             'gravatar' =>
                 [
                     'gravatar',