diff --git a/cmd/bd/import_multipart_id_test.go b/cmd/bd/import_multipart_id_test.go
index edf0584a..0a1c51a4 100644
--- a/cmd/bd/import_multipart_id_test.go
+++ b/cmd/bd/import_multipart_id_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,92 @@ func TestImportMultiPartIDs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestImportMultiHyphenPrefix tests GH#422: importing with multi-hyphen prefixes
+// like "asianops-audit-" should not cause false positive prefix mismatch errors.
+func TestImportMultiHyphenPrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	dbPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, ".beads", "beads.db")
+
+	// Create database with multi-hyphen prefix "asianops-audit"
+	st := newTestStoreWithPrefix(t, dbPath, "asianops-audit")
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Create issues with hash-like suffixes that could be mistaken for words
+	// The key is that "test", "task", "demo" look like English words (4+ chars, no digits)
+	// which previously caused ExtractIssuePrefix to fall back to first hyphen
+	issues := []*types.Issue{
+		{
+			ID:          "asianops-audit-sa0",
+			Title:       "Issue with short hash suffix",
+			Description: "Short hash suffix should work",
+			Status:      "open",
+			Priority:    1,
+			IssueType:   "task",
+		},
+		{
+			ID:          "asianops-audit-test",
+			Title:       "Issue with word-like suffix",
+			Description: "Word-like suffix 'test' was causing false positive",
+			Status:      "open",
+			Priority:    1,
+			IssueType:   "task",
+		},
+		{
+			ID:          "asianops-audit-task",
+			Title:       "Another word-like suffix",
+			Description: "Word-like suffix 'task' was also problematic",
+			Status:      "open",
+			Priority:    1,
+			IssueType:   "task",
+		},
+		{
+			ID:          "asianops-audit-demo",
+			Title:       "Demo issue",
+			Description: "Word-like suffix 'demo'",
+			Status:      "open",
+			Priority:    1,
+			IssueType:   "task",
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Import should succeed without prefix mismatch errors
+	opts := ImportOptions{
+		DryRun:     false,
+		SkipUpdate: false,
+		Strict:     false,
+	}
+
+	result, err := importIssuesCore(ctx, dbPath, st, issues, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Import failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// GH#422: Should NOT detect prefix mismatch
+	if result.PrefixMismatch {
+		t.Errorf("Import incorrectly detected prefix mismatch for multi-hyphen prefix")
+		t.Logf("Expected prefix: asianops-audit")
+		t.Logf("Mismatched prefixes detected: %v", result.MismatchPrefixes)
+	}
+
+	// All issues should be created
+	if result.Created != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 4 issues created, got %d", result.Created)
+	}
+
+	// Verify issues exist in database
+	for _, issue := range issues {
+		dbIssue, err := st.GetIssue(ctx, issue.ID)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Failed to get issue %s: %v", issue.ID, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if dbIssue.Title != issue.Title {
+			t.Errorf("Issue %s title mismatch: got %q, want %q", issue.ID, dbIssue.Title, issue.Title)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TestDetectPrefixFromIssues tests the detectPrefixFromIssues function
 // with multi-part IDs
 func TestDetectPrefixFromIssues(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/importer/importer.go b/internal/importer/importer.go
index a19410f2..6adb527a 100644
--- a/internal/importer/importer.go
+++ b/internal/importer/importer.go
@@ -231,8 +231,13 @@ func handlePrefixMismatch(ctx context.Context, sqliteStore *sqlite.SQLiteStorage
 	var tombstonesToRemove []string
 
 	for _, issue := range issues {
-		prefix := utils.ExtractIssuePrefix(issue.ID)
-		if !allowedPrefixes[prefix] {
+		// GH#422: Check if issue ID starts with configured prefix directly
+		// rather than extracting/guessing. This handles multi-hyphen prefixes
+		// like "asianops-audit-" correctly.
+		prefixMatches := strings.HasPrefix(issue.ID, configuredPrefix+"-")
+		if !prefixMatches {
+			// Extract prefix for error reporting (best effort)
+			prefix := utils.ExtractIssuePrefix(issue.ID)
 			if issue.IsTombstone() {
 				tombstoneMismatchPrefixes[prefix]++
 				tombstonesToRemove = append(tombstonesToRemove, issue.ID)