diff --git a/macro_import_depth_test.go b/macro_import_depth_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d70b782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macro_import_depth_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package pongo2_test
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"testing/fstest"
+
+	"github.com/flosch/pongo2/v7"
+)
+
+func TestMacroDepthLimitCoversDefinitionsAndImports(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	tests := map[string]fstest.MapFS{
+		"definition": {
+			"main.tpl": {Data: []byte(
+				`{% macro rec(n) %}{% if n > 0 %}{{ rec(n-1) }}{% endif %}{% endmacro %}{{ rec(1100) }}`)},
+		},
+		"import": {
+			"main.tpl": {Data: []byte(`{% import "macros.tpl" rec %}{{ rec(1100) }}`)},
+			"macros.tpl": {Data: []byte(
+				`{% macro rec(n) export %}{% if n > 0 %}{{ rec(n-1) }}{% endif %}{% endmacro %}`)},
+		},
+	}
+	for name, files := range tests {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			set := pongo2.NewSet(name, pongo2.NewFSLoader(files))
+			tpl, err := set.FromFile("main.tpl")
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("FromFile: %v", err)
+			}
+			_, err = tpl.Execute(nil)
+			if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(),
+				"maximum recursive macro call depth reached (max is 1000)") {
+				t.Fatalf("Execute error = %v, want macro depth limit", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tags_import.go b/tags_import.go
index 97fc92f..449f511 100644
--- a/tags_import.go
+++ b/tags_import.go
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ type tagImportNode struct {
 func (node *tagImportNode) Execute(ctx *ExecutionContext, writer TemplateWriter) error {
 	for name, macro := range node.macros {
 		func(name string, macro *tagMacroNode) {
-			ctx.Private[name] = func(args ...*Value) (*Value, error) {
-				return macro.call(ctx, args...)
-			}
+			ctx.Private[name] = macro.callable(ctx)
 		}(name, macro)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/tags_macro.go b/tags_macro.go
index 59c75ea..07fc404 100644
--- a/tags_macro.go
+++ b/tags_macro.go
@@ -69,7 +69,14 @@ type tagMacroNode struct {
 // Execute registers the macro as a callable function in the private context.
 // The macro can then be called like {{ macro_name(args) }}.
 func (node *tagMacroNode) Execute(ctx *ExecutionContext, writer TemplateWriter) error {
-	ctx.Private[node.name] = func(args ...*Value) (*Value, error) {
+	ctx.Private[node.name] = node.callable(ctx)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// callable applies the same recursion bound to a macro registered at its
+// definition site and to one registered by an import.
+func (node *tagMacroNode) callable(ctx *ExecutionContext) func(args ...*Value) (*Value, error) {
+	return func(args ...*Value) (*Value, error) {
 		ctx.macroDepth++
 		defer func() {
 			ctx.macroDepth--
@@ -81,8 +88,6 @@ func (node *tagMacroNode) Execute(ctx *ExecutionContext, writer TemplateWriter)
 
 		return node.call(ctx, args...)
 	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
 // call executes the macro body with the provided arguments and returns the