diff --git a/tests/compile-fail/useless_attribute.rs b/tests/compile-fail/useless_attribute.rs
index 645d7c154f1..1826f3a20e9 100644
--- a/tests/compile-fail/useless_attribute.rs
+++ b/tests/compile-fail/useless_attribute.rs
@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@
 //~| SUGGESTION #![allow(dead_code)]
 extern crate clippy_lints;
 
+// don't lint on unused_import for `use` items
+#[allow(unused_imports)]
+use std::collections;
+
 fn main() {}