diff --git a/application/Espo/Repositories/PhoneNumber.php b/application/Espo/Repositories/PhoneNumber.php
index 1a879f2a7b..d57dccdbb3 100644
--- a/application/Espo/Repositories/PhoneNumber.php
+++ b/application/Espo/Repositories/PhoneNumber.php
@@ -228,9 +228,14 @@ class PhoneNumber extends \Espo\Core\ORM\Repositories\RDB
         foreach ($phoneNumberData as $row) {
             $key = trim($row->phoneNumber);
             if (empty($key)) continue;
+            if (isset($row->type)) {
+                $type = $row->type;
+            } else {
+                $type = $this->getMetadata()->get(['entityDefs', $entity->getEntityType(), 'fields', 'phoneNumber', 'defaultType']);
+            }
             $hash->$key = [
                 'primary' => $row->primary ? true : false,
-                'type' => $row->type,
+                'type' => $type,
                 'optOut' => !empty($row->optOut) ? true : false,
                 'invalid' => !empty($row->invalid) ? true : false,
             ];
diff --git a/application/Espo/Services/Import.php b/application/Espo/Services/Import.php
index 9b76675617..7526eb8f3f 100644
--- a/application/Espo/Services/Import.php
+++ b/application/Espo/Services/Import.php
@@ -599,6 +599,18 @@ class Import extends \Espo\Services\Record
                             continue;
                         }
 
+                        if ($attribute === 'phoneNumber' && $type === 'phone') {
+                            $phoneNumberData = $entity->get('phoneNumberData');
+                            $phoneNumberData = $phoneNumberData ?? [];
+                            $o = (object) [
+                                'phoneNumber' => $value,
+                                'primary' => true,
+                            ];
+                            $phoneNumberData[] = $o;
+                            $entity->set('phoneNumberData', $phoneNumberData);
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
                         if ($type == 'personName') {
                             $firstNameAttribute = 'first' . ucfirst($attribute);
                             $lastNameAttribute = 'last' . ucfirst($attribute);
@@ -628,12 +640,12 @@ class Import extends \Espo\Services\Record
                         }
                         $type = str_replace('phoneNumber', '', $attribute);
                         $type = str_replace('_', ' ', $type);
-                        $o = (object) [];
-                        $o->phoneNumber = $value;
-                        $o->type = $type;
-                        $o->primary = $isPrimary;
+                        $o = (object) [
+                            'phoneNumber' => $value,
+                            'type' => $type,
+                            'primary' => $isPrimary,
+                        ];
                         $phoneNumberData[] = $o;
-
                         $entity->set('phoneNumberData', $phoneNumberData);
                     }
 
diff --git a/client/src/views/import/step2.js b/client/src/views/import/step2.js
index 01ee1088ef..83d74a5880 100644
--- a/client/src/views/import/step2.js
+++ b/client/src/views/import/step2.js
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ Espo.define('views/import/step2', 'view', function (Dep) {
                 }
 
                 if (d.type == 'phone') {
-                    (this.getMetadata().get('entityDefs.' + this.scope + '.fields.' + field + '.typeList' ) || []).map(function (item) {
+                    attributeList.push(field);
+                    (this.getMetadata().get('entityDefs.' + this.scope + '.fields.' + field + '.typeList') || []).map(function (item) {
                         return item.replace(/\s/g, '_');
                     }, this).forEach(function (item) {
                         attributeList.push(field + Espo.Utils.upperCaseFirst(item));