diff --git a/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.test.ts b/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.test.ts
index 1586d8ef4..f5a92bb3e 100644
--- a/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.test.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
 import InteropService_Importer_Md from '../../services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md';
 import Note from '../../models/Note';
-import { setupDatabaseAndSynchronizer, supportDir, switchClient } from '../../testing/test-utils';
+import Folder from '../../models/Folder';
+import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
+import { createTempDir, setupDatabaseAndSynchronizer, supportDir, switchClient } from '../../testing/test-utils';
 import { MarkupToHtml } from '@joplin/renderer';
+import { FolderEntity } from '../database/types';
 
 
-describe('InteropService_Importer_Md: importLocalImages', function() {
+describe('InteropService_Importer_Md', function() {
+	let tempDir: string;
 	async function importNote(path: string) {
 		const importer = new InteropService_Importer_Md();
 		importer.setMetadata({ fileExtensions: ['md', 'html'] });
 		return await importer.importFile(path, 'notebook');
 	}
-
+	async function importNoteDirectory(path: string) {
+		const importer = new InteropService_Importer_Md();
+		importer.setMetadata({ fileExtensions: ['md', 'html'] });
+		return await importer.importDirectory(path, 'notebook');
+	}
 	beforeEach(async (done) => {
 		await setupDatabaseAndSynchronizer(1);
 		await switchClient(1);
+		tempDir = await createTempDir();
 		done();
 	});
+	afterEach(async () => {
+		await fs.remove(tempDir);
+	});
 	it('should import linked files and modify tags appropriately', async function() {
 		const note = await importNote(`${supportDir}/test_notes/md/sample.md`);
 
@@ -117,4 +129,30 @@ describe('InteropService_Importer_Md: importLocalImages', function() {
 		const preservedAlt = note.body.includes('alt="../../photo.jpg"');
 		expect(preservedAlt).toBe(true);
 	});
+	it('should import non-empty directory', async function() {
+		await fs.mkdirp(`${tempDir}/non-empty/non-empty`);
+		await fs.writeFile(`${tempDir}/non-empty/non-empty/sample.md`, '# Sample');
+
+		await importNoteDirectory(`${tempDir}/non-empty`);
+		const allFolders = await Folder.all();
+		expect(allFolders.map((f: FolderEntity) => f.title).indexOf('non-empty')).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+	});
+	it('should not import empty directory', async function() {
+		await fs.mkdirp(`${tempDir}/empty/empty`);
+
+		await importNoteDirectory(`${tempDir}/empty`);
+		const allFolders = await Folder.all();
+		expect(allFolders.map((f: FolderEntity) => f.title).indexOf('empty')).toBe(-1);
+	});
+	it('should import directory with non-empty subdirectory', async function() {
+		await fs.mkdirp(`${tempDir}/non-empty-subdir/non-empty-subdir/subdir-empty`);
+		await fs.mkdirp(`${tempDir}/non-empty-subdir/non-empty-subdir/subdir-non-empty`);
+		await fs.writeFile(`${tempDir}/non-empty-subdir/non-empty-subdir/subdir-non-empty/sample.md`, '# Sample');
+
+		await importNoteDirectory(`${tempDir}/non-empty-subdir`);
+		const allFolders = await Folder.all();
+		expect(allFolders.map((f: FolderEntity) => f.title).indexOf('non-empty-subdir')).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+		expect(allFolders.map((f: FolderEntity) => f.title).indexOf('subdir-empty')).toBe(-1);
+		expect(allFolders.map((f: FolderEntity) => f.title).indexOf('subdir-non-empty')).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+	});
 });
diff --git a/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.ts b/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.ts
index 654077dc0..68ae20236 100644
--- a/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.ts
@@ -47,13 +47,16 @@ export default class InteropService_Importer_Md extends InteropService_Importer_
 
 	async importDirectory(dirPath: string, parentFolderId: string) {
 		console.info(`Import: ${dirPath}`);
-
 		const supportedFileExtension = this.metadata().fileExtensions;
 		const stats = await shim.fsDriver().readDirStats(dirPath);
 		for (let i = 0; i < stats.length; i++) {
 			const stat = stats[i];
 
 			if (stat.isDirectory()) {
+				if (await this.isDirectoryEmpty(`${dirPath}/${stat.path}`)) {
+					console.info(`Ignoring empty directory: ${stat.path}`);
+					continue;
+				}
 				const folderTitle = await Folder.findUniqueItemTitle(basename(stat.path));
 				const folder = await Folder.save({ title: folderTitle, parent_id: parentFolderId });
 				await this.importDirectory(`${dirPath}/${basename(stat.path)}`, folder.id);
@@ -63,6 +66,24 @@ export default class InteropService_Importer_Md extends InteropService_Importer_
 		}
 	}
 
+	private async isDirectoryEmpty(dirPath: string) {
+		const supportedFileExtension = this.metadata().fileExtensions;
+		const innerStats = await shim.fsDriver().readDirStats(dirPath);
+		for (let i = 0; i < innerStats.length; i++) {
+			const innerStat = innerStats[i];
+
+			if (innerStat.isDirectory()) {
+				if (!(await this.isDirectoryEmpty(`${dirPath}/${innerStat.path}`))) {
+					return false;
+				}
+			} else if (supportedFileExtension.indexOf(fileExtension(innerStat.path).toLowerCase()) >= 0) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+
+	}
+
 	private trimAnchorLink(link: string) {
 		if (link.indexOf('#') <= 0) return link;