diff --git a/src/ExternalModule.ts b/src/ExternalModule.ts
index 0b81685625a..f7faeacede3 100644
--- a/src/ExternalModule.ts
+++ b/src/ExternalModule.ts
@@ -110,11 +110,24 @@ export default class ExternalModule {
 						.map(name => `'${name}'`)
 						.join(', ')} and '${unused.slice(-1)}' are`;
 
+		const importersSet = new Set<string>();
+		for (const name of unused) {
+			const {importers, dynamicImporters} = this.declarations[name].module;
+
+			if (Array.isArray(importers)) importers.forEach(v => importersSet.add(v));
+			if (Array.isArray(dynamicImporters)) dynamicImporters.forEach(v => importersSet.add(v));
+		}
+
+		const importersArray = Array.from(importersSet);
+
+		const importerList = ' in' + importersArray.map(s => `\n\t${s};`);
+
 		this.options.onwarn({
 			code: 'UNUSED_EXTERNAL_IMPORT',
-			message: `${names} imported from external module '${this.id}' but never used`,
+			message: `${names} imported from external module '${this.id}' but never used${importerList}`,
 			names: unused,
-			source: this.id
+			source: this.id,
+			sources: importersArray
 		});
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/function/samples/unused-import/_config.js b/test/function/samples/unused-import/_config.js
index 4d9d8219063..2961ff4fe62 100644
--- a/test/function/samples/unused-import/_config.js
+++ b/test/function/samples/unused-import/_config.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const path = require('path');
+
 module.exports = {
 	description: 'warns on unused imports ([#595])',
 	options: {
@@ -13,7 +15,10 @@ module.exports = {
 			code: 'UNUSED_EXTERNAL_IMPORT',
 			source: 'external',
 			names: ['notused', 'neverused'],
-			message: `'notused' and 'neverused' are imported from external module 'external' but never used`
+			message: `'notused' and 'neverused' are imported from external module 'external' but never used in\n\t${path.resolve(__dirname, './main.js')};`,
+			sources: [
+				path.resolve(__dirname, './main.js')
+			]
 		}
 	]
 };