lib/PublicInbox/MdirReader.pm | 1 +
 t/lei-import-maildir.t        | 7 +++++++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/MdirReader.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/MdirReader.pm
index 44724af1524fc9b845a5f8f32286c56fc1a52e95..06806e80eafc02d636a9ce988076387c03a87112 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/MdirReader.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/MdirReader.pm
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ 	$pfx = "$dir/cur/";
 	opendir my $dh, $pfx or return;
 	while (defined(my $bn = readdir($dh))) {
 		my $fl = maildir_basename_flags($bn) // next;
+		next if index($fl, 'T') >= 0;
 		my $f = $pfx.$bn;
 		my $eml = eml_from_path($f) or next;
 		my @kw = sort(map { $c2kw{$_} // () } split(//, $fl));
diff --git a/t/lei-import-maildir.t b/t/lei-import-maildir.t
index a37964912c20bf5944b5e7631c427dbdc8fe85be..bd89677aa1fd7bb899f0b8fa84c7f18e8bdbc943 100644
--- a/t/lei-import-maildir.t
+++ b/t/lei-import-maildir.t
@@ -29,5 +29,12 @@ 	$res = json_utf8->decode($lei_out);
 	like($res->[0]->{'s'}, qr/use boolean/, 'got expected result');
 	is_deeply($res->[0]->{kw}, ['answered', 'seen'], 'keywords set');
 	is($res->[1], undef, 'only got one result');
+
+	symlink(abs_path('t/utf8.eml'), "$md/cur/u:2,ST") or
+		BAIL_OUT "symlink $md $!";
+	lei_ok('import', "maildir:$md", \'import Maildir w/ trashed message');
+	lei_ok(qw(q -d none m:testmessage@example.com));
+	$res = json_utf8->decode($lei_out);
+	is_deeply($res, [ undef ], 'trashed message not imported');
 });
 done_testing;