diff --git a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
index fcbba795f9..7a1f11e20d 100644
--- a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
+++ b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@
 - CLI: fixes theme flag not being passed to GIF outputs [#2071](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2071)
 - CLI: fixes scale flag not being passed to animated SVG outputs [#2071](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2071)
 - CLI: pptx exports use theme flags correctly [#2099](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2099)
+- Imports: importing files with url links is fixed [#2105](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2105)
diff --git a/d2compiler/compile_test.go b/d2compiler/compile_test.go
index 662fe1062b..fe842e2d96 100644
--- a/d2compiler/compile_test.go
+++ b/d2compiler/compile_test.go
@@ -1504,6 +1504,25 @@ x -> y: {
 				}
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "import_url_link",
+
+			text: `...@test
+`,
+			files: map[string]string{
+				"test.d2": `elem: elem {
+  link: https://google.com
+}`,
+			},
+			assertions: func(t *testing.T, g *d2graph.Graph) {
+				if len(g.Objects) != 1 {
+					t.Fatal(g.Objects)
+				}
+				if g.Objects[0].Link.Value != "https://google.com" {
+					t.Fatal(g.Objects[0].Link.Value)
+				}
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "url_tooltip",
 			text: `x: {tooltip: https://google.com}`,
diff --git a/d2ir/compile.go b/d2ir/compile.go
index d1dd2e7341..8fb31aad95 100644
--- a/d2ir/compile.go
+++ b/d2ir/compile.go
@@ -945,6 +945,13 @@ func (c *compiler) extendLinks(m *Map, importF *Field, importDir string) {
 				continue
 			}
 			val := f.Primary().Value.ScalarString()
+
+			u, err := url.Parse(html.UnescapeString(val))
+			isRemote := err == nil && strings.HasPrefix(u.Scheme, "http")
+			if isRemote {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			link, err := d2parser.ParseKey(val)
 			if err != nil {
 				continue
diff --git a/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/import_url_link.exp.json b/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/import_url_link.exp.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66f878da6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/import_url_link.exp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+{
+  "graph": {
+    "name": "",
+    "isFolderOnly": false,
+    "ast": {
+      "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/import_url_link.d2,0:0:0-1:0:9",
+      "nodes": [
+        {
+          "import": {
+            "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/import_url_link.d2,0:0:0-0:8:8",
+            "spread": true,
+            "pre": "",
+            "path": [
+              {
+                "unquoted_string": {
+                  "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/import_url_link.d2,0:4:4-0:8:8",
+                  "value": [
+                    {
+                      "string": "test",
+                      "raw_string": "test"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "id": "",
+      "id_val": "",
+      "attributes": {
+        "label": {
+          "value": ""
+        },
+        "labelDimensions": {
+          "width": 0,
+          "height": 0
+        },
+        "style": {},
+        "near_key": null,
+        "shape": {
+          "value": ""
+        },
+        "direction": {
+          "value": ""
+        },
+        "constraint": null
+      },
+      "zIndex": 0
+    },
+    "edges": null,
+    "objects": [
+      {
+        "id": "elem",
+        "id_val": "elem",
+        "references": [
+          {
+            "key": {
+              "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/test.d2,0:0:0-0:4:4",
+              "path": [
+                {
+                  "unquoted_string": {
+                    "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/test.d2,0:0:0-0:4:4",
+                    "value": [
+                      {
+                        "string": "elem",
+                        "raw_string": "elem"
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            "key_path_index": 0,
+            "map_key_edge_index": -1
+          }
+        ],
+        "attributes": {
+          "label": {
+            "value": "elem"
+          },
+          "labelDimensions": {
+            "width": 0,
+            "height": 0
+          },
+          "style": {},
+          "link": {
+            "value": "https://google.com"
+          },
+          "near_key": null,
+          "shape": {
+            "value": "rectangle"
+          },
+          "direction": {
+            "value": ""
+          },
+          "constraint": null
+        },
+        "zIndex": 0
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "err": null
+}