diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/ImportBeatmapTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/ImportBeatmapTest.cs
index 0b49bc8bb9..a7ff308c6b 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/ImportBeatmapTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/ImportBeatmapTest.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,35 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.IO
             }
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestImportThenDelete()
+        {
+            //unfortunately for the time being we need to reference osu.Framework.Desktop for a game host here.
+            using (HeadlessGameHost host = new CleanRunHeadlessGameHost("TestImportThenDelete"))
+            {
+                var osu = loadOsu(host);
+
+                var temp = prepareTempCopy(osz_path);
+                Assert.IsTrue(File.Exists(temp));
+
+                var manager = osu.Dependencies.Get<BeatmapManager>();
+
+                var imported = manager.Import(temp);
+
+                ensureLoaded(osu);
+
+                manager.Delete(imported.First());
+
+                Assert.IsTrue(manager.GetAllUsableBeatmapSets().Count == 0);
+                Assert.IsTrue(manager.QueryBeatmapSets(_ => true).ToList().Count() == 1);
+                Assert.IsTrue(manager.QueryBeatmapSets(_ => true).First().DeletePending);
+
+                waitForOrAssert(() => !File.Exists(temp), "Temporary file still exists after standard import", 5000);
+
+                host.Exit();
+            }
+        }
+
         [Test]
         [NonParallelizable]
         [Ignore("Binding IPC on Appveyor isn't working (port in use). Need to figure out why")]
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
index 8b8a8e197a..049be49e44 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         /// This will post a notification tracking import progress.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="paths">One or more beatmap locations on disk.</param>
-        public void Import(params string[] paths)
+        public List<BeatmapSetInfo> Import(params string[] paths)
         {
             var notification = new ProgressNotification
             {
@@ -153,18 +153,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
             PostNotification?.Invoke(notification);
 
+            List<BeatmapSetInfo> imported = new List<BeatmapSetInfo>();
+
             int i = 0;
             foreach (string path in paths)
             {
                 if (notification.State == ProgressNotificationState.Cancelled)
                     // user requested abort
-                    return;
+                    return imported;
 
                 try
                 {
                     notification.Text = $"Importing ({i} of {paths.Length})\n{Path.GetFileName(path)}";
                     using (ArchiveReader reader = getReaderFrom(path))
-                        Import(reader);
+                        imported.Add(Import(reader));
 
                     notification.Progress = (float)++i / paths.Length;
 
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             }
 
             notification.State = ProgressNotificationState.Completed;
+            return imported;
         }
 
         private readonly object importContextLock = new object();