diff --git a/src/Core/UserImport.php b/src/Core/UserImport.php
index 5488fe43f0..1e2693a944 100644
--- a/src/Core/UserImport.php
+++ b/src/Core/UserImport.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace Friendica\Core;
 use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
+use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\Model\Photo;
 use Friendica\Object\Image;
@@ -129,6 +130,9 @@ class UserImport
 			$old_handle = $account['user']['nickname'].$oldaddr;
 		}
 
+		// Creating a new guid to avoid problems with Diaspora
+		$account['user']['guid'] = System::createUUID();
+
 		$olduid = $account['user']['uid'];
 
 		unset($account['user']['uid']);