diff --git a/pipreqs/pipreqs.py b/pipreqs/pipreqs.py
index 4778c13..776725a 100755
--- a/pipreqs/pipreqs.py
+++ b/pipreqs/pipreqs.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ REGEXP = [
     re.compile(r'^from ((?!\.+).*?) import (?:.*)$')
 ]
 
-
 def get_all_imports(start_path):
     imports = []
     packages = []
@@ -52,11 +51,9 @@ def get_all_imports(start_path):
                         for item in s.groups():
                             if "," in item:
                                 for match in item.split(","):
-                                    imports.append(match.strip())
+                                    imports.append(get_import_name_without_alias(match))
                             else:
-                                to_append = item.partition(
-                                    ' as ')[0].partition('.')[0]
-                                imports.append(to_append.strip())
+                                imports.append(get_import_name_without_alias(item))
     third_party_packages = set(imports) - set(set(packages) & set(imports))
     logging.debug(
         'Found third-party packages: {0}'.format(third_party_packages))
@@ -128,6 +125,8 @@ def get_pkg_names_from_import_names(pkgs):
 			result.append(toappend)
 	return result
 
+def get_import_name_without_alias(import_name):
+    return import_name.partition(' as ')[0].partition('.')[0].strip()
 
 def init(args):
     print("Looking for imports")