diff --git a/superset/commands/dataset/importers/v1/utils.py b/superset/commands/dataset/importers/v1/utils.py
index f96717c0bbe..4841922a5cd 100644
--- a/superset/commands/dataset/importers/v1/utils.py
+++ b/superset/commands/dataset/importers/v1/utils.py
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ from sqlalchemy.exc import MultipleResultsFound
 from sqlalchemy.sql.visitors import VisitableType
 
 from superset import db, security_manager
-from superset.commands.dataset.exceptions import DatasetForbiddenDataURI
+from superset.commands.dataset.exceptions import (
+    DatasetAccessDeniedError,
+    DatasetForbiddenDataURI,
+)
 from superset.commands.exceptions import ImportFailedError
 from superset.connectors.sqla.models import SqlaTable
+from superset.exceptions import SupersetSecurityException
 from superset.models.core import Database
 from superset.sql.parse import Table
 from superset.utils import json
@@ -172,6 +176,12 @@ def import_dataset(  # noqa: C901
     if dataset.id is None:
         db.session.flush()
 
+    if not ignore_permissions:
+        try:
+            security_manager.raise_for_access(datasource=dataset)
+        except SupersetSecurityException as ex:
+            raise DatasetAccessDeniedError() from ex
+
     try:
         table_exists = dataset.database.has_table(
             Table(dataset.table_name, dataset.schema, dataset.catalog),
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/datasets/commands/importers/v1/import_test.py b/tests/unit_tests/datasets/commands/importers/v1/import_test.py
index 81980ec149b..79f2400c7c3 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/datasets/commands/importers/v1/import_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/datasets/commands/importers/v1/import_test.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
 
 from superset import db, security_manager
 from superset.commands.dataset.exceptions import (
+    DatasetAccessDeniedError,
     DatasetForbiddenDataURI,
 )
 from superset.commands.dataset.importers.v1.utils import (
@@ -744,6 +745,44 @@ def test_import_dataset_without_owner_permission(
     mock_can_access.assert_called_with("can_write", "Dataset")
 
 
+def test_import_dataset_access_check(
+    mocker: MockerFixture,
+    session: Session,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Test that import_dataset raises DatasetAccessDeniedError when the user does not
+    have datasource-level access to the target dataset.
+    """
+    from superset.errors import ErrorLevel, SupersetError, SupersetErrorType
+    from superset.exceptions import SupersetSecurityException
+
+    mocker.patch.object(security_manager, "can_access", return_value=True)
+    mocker.patch.object(
+        security_manager,
+        "raise_for_access",
+        side_effect=SupersetSecurityException(
+            SupersetError(
+                error_type=SupersetErrorType.DATASOURCE_SECURITY_ACCESS_ERROR,
+                message="User does not have access to this datasource",
+                level=ErrorLevel.ERROR,
+            )
+        ),
+    )
+
+    engine = db.session.get_bind()
+    SqlaTable.metadata.create_all(engine)  # pylint: disable=no-member
+
+    database = Database(database_name="my_database", sqlalchemy_uri="sqlite://")
+    db.session.add(database)
+    db.session.flush()
+
+    config = copy.deepcopy(dataset_fixture)
+    config["database_id"] = database.id
+
+    with pytest.raises(DatasetAccessDeniedError):
+        import_dataset(config)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "allowed_urls, data_uri, expected, exception_class",
     [