diff --git a/crates/ide_assists/src/handlers/auto_import.rs b/crates/ide_assists/src/handlers/auto_import.rs
index b220a4ba4183..3ecb3d38ea72 100644
--- a/crates/ide_assists/src/handlers/auto_import.rs
+++ b/crates/ide_assists/src/handlers/auto_import.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ pub(super) fn find_importable_node(ctx: &AssistContext) -> Option<(ImportAssets,
     {
         ImportAssets::for_method_call(&method_under_caret, &ctx.sema)
             .zip(Some(method_under_caret.syntax().clone()))
+    } else if let Some(pat) = ctx
+        .find_node_at_offset_with_descend::<ast::IdentPat>()
+        .filter(ast::IdentPat::is_simple_ident)
+    {
+        ImportAssets::for_ident_pat(&pat, &ctx.sema).zip(Some(pat.syntax().clone()))
     } else {
         None
     }
@@ -995,6 +1000,31 @@ mod foo {}
 const _: () = {
     Foo
 };
+"#,
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn works_on_ident_patterns() {
+        check_assist(
+            auto_import,
+            r#"
+mod foo {
+    pub struct Foo {}
+}
+fn foo() {
+    let Foo$0;
+}
+"#,
+            r#"
+use foo::Foo;
+
+mod foo {
+    pub struct Foo {}
+}
+fn foo() {
+    let Foo;
+}
 "#,
         );
     }
diff --git a/crates/ide_db/src/helpers/import_assets.rs b/crates/ide_db/src/helpers/import_assets.rs
index 9634d872e49c..58fea3b1de5a 100644
--- a/crates/ide_db/src/helpers/import_assets.rs
+++ b/crates/ide_db/src/helpers/import_assets.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ use hir::{
 };
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use rustc_hash::FxHashSet;
-use syntax::{ast, utils::path_to_string_stripping_turbo_fish, AstNode, SyntaxNode};
+use syntax::{
+    ast::{self, NameOwner},
+    utils::path_to_string_stripping_turbo_fish,
+    AstNode, SyntaxNode,
+};
 
 use crate::{
     items_locator::{self, AssocItemSearch, DEFAULT_QUERY_SEARCH_LIMIT},
@@ -115,6 +119,19 @@ impl ImportAssets {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn for_ident_pat(pat: &ast::IdentPat, sema: &Semantics<RootDatabase>) -> Option<Self> {
+        let name = pat.name()?;
+        let candidate_node = pat.syntax().clone();
+        if !pat.is_simple_ident() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        Some(Self {
+            import_candidate: ImportCandidate::for_name(sema, &name)?,
+            module_with_candidate: sema.scope(&candidate_node).module()?,
+            candidate_node,
+        })
+    }
+
     pub fn for_fuzzy_path(
         module_with_candidate: Module,
         qualifier: Option<ast::Path>,
@@ -543,6 +560,20 @@ impl ImportCandidate {
         )
     }
 
+    fn for_name(sema: &Semantics<RootDatabase>, name: &ast::Name) -> Option<Self> {
+        if sema
+            .scope(name.syntax())
+            .speculative_resolve(&ast::make::ext::ident_path(&name.text()))
+            .is_some()
+        {
+            return None;
+        }
+        Some(ImportCandidate::Path(PathImportCandidate {
+            qualifier: None,
+            name: NameToImport::Exact(name.to_string()),
+        }))
+    }
+
     fn for_fuzzy_path(
         qualifier: Option<ast::Path>,
         fuzzy_name: String,