diff --git a/docs/CLI.md b/docs/CLI.md
index 13e8b68..5d8ca1b 100644
--- a/docs/CLI.md
+++ b/docs/CLI.md
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ $ svelte-i18n extract [options] <glob-pattern> [output-file]
 - `--overwrite` - overwrite the content of the `output` file instead of just appending missing properties. Default: `false`.
 
 - `-c, --config` - define the path of a `svelte.config.js` in case your svelte components need to be preprocessed.
+
+- `--unsave` - disable the import library check. This can be used if the library name for some reason is not exactly "svelte-i18n". Default: `false`.
diff --git a/src/cli/extract.ts b/src/cli/extract.ts
index 65625e9..7d29659 100644
--- a/src/cli/extract.ts
+++ b/src/cli/extract.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ function isMessagesDefinitionCall(node: Node, methodName: string) {
   );
 }
 
-function getLibImportDeclarations(ast: Ast): ImportDeclaration[] {
+function getLibImportDeclarations(
+  ast: Ast,
+  ignoreImport: boolean,
+): ImportDeclaration[] {
   const bodyElements = [
     ...(ast.instance?.content.body ?? []),
     ...(ast.module?.content.body ?? []),
@@ -58,7 +61,8 @@ function getLibImportDeclarations(ast: Ast): ImportDeclaration[] {
 
   return bodyElements.filter(
     (node) =>
-      node.type === 'ImportDeclaration' && node.source.value === LIB_NAME,
+      node.type === 'ImportDeclaration' &&
+      (node.source.value === LIB_NAME || ignoreImport),
   ) as ImportDeclaration[];
 }
 
@@ -75,8 +79,8 @@ function getFormatSpecifiers(decl: ImportDeclaration) {
   ) as ImportSpecifier[];
 }
 
-export function collectFormatCalls(ast: Ast) {
-  const importDecls = getLibImportDeclarations(ast);
+export function collectFormatCalls(ast: Ast, ignoreLib = false) {
+  const importDecls = getLibImportDeclarations(ast, ignoreLib);
 
   if (importDecls.length === 0) return [];
 
@@ -112,9 +116,9 @@ export function collectFormatCalls(ast: Ast) {
 //       replace: (node: import("estree").BaseNode) => void;
 //   }, node: import("estree").BaseNode, parent: import("estree").BaseNode, key: string, index: number) => void;
 
-export function collectMessageDefinitions(ast: Ast) {
+export function collectMessageDefinitions(ast: Ast, ignoreImport = false) {
   const definitions: ObjectExpression[] = [];
-  const defineImportDecl = getLibImportDeclarations(ast).find(
+  const defineImportDecl = getLibImportDeclarations(ast, ignoreImport).find(
     getDefineMessagesSpecifier,
   );
 
@@ -155,10 +159,13 @@ export function collectMessageDefinitions(ast: Ast) {
   );
 }
 
-export function collectMessages(markup: string): Message[] {
+export function collectMessages(
+  markup: string,
+  ignoreImport = false,
+): Message[] {
   const ast = parse(markup);
-  const calls = collectFormatCalls(ast);
-  const definitions = collectMessageDefinitions(ast);
+  const calls = collectFormatCalls(ast, ignoreImport);
+  const definitions = collectMessageDefinitions(ast, ignoreImport);
 
   return [
     ...definitions.map((definition) => getObjFromExpression(definition)),
@@ -194,13 +201,15 @@ export function extractMessages(
   markup: string,
   {
     accumulator = {},
+    ignoreImport = false,
     shallow = false,
   }: {
     accumulator?: Record<string, any>;
+    ignoreImport?: boolean;
     shallow?: boolean;
   } = {},
 ) {
-  collectMessages(markup).forEach((messageObj) => {
+  collectMessages(markup, ignoreImport).forEach((messageObj) => {
     let defaultValue = messageObj.default;
 
     if (typeof defaultValue === 'undefined') {
diff --git a/src/cli/index.ts b/src/cli/index.ts
index 2828df7..c09f820 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@ program
     'path to the "svelte.config.js" file',
     `${process.cwd()}/svelte.config.js`,
   )
-  .action(async (globStr, output, { shallow, overwrite, config }) => {
+  .option('--unsave', 'disable the import-lib validation', false)
+  .action(async (globStr, output, { shallow, overwrite, config, unsave }) => {
     const filesToExtract = (await glob(globStr)).filter((file) =>
       file.match(/\.html|svelte$/i),
     );
 
+    const ignoreImport = unsave;
     const isConfigDir = await isDirectory(config);
     const resolvedConfigPath = resolve(
       config,
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ program
           content = processed.code;
         }
 
-        extractMessages(content, { accumulator, shallow });
+        extractMessages(content, { accumulator, shallow, ignoreImport });
       } catch (e: unknown) {
         if (
           isSvelteError(e, 'parse-error') &&
diff --git a/test/cli/extract.test.ts b/test/cli/extract.test.ts
index a980092..4fbd401 100644
--- a/test/cli/extract.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli/extract.test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,30 @@ describe('collecting format calls', () => {
     expect(calls).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
+  it('returns nothing if import from wrong lib', () => {
+    const ast = parse(`<script>
+      import { _ } from '../helpers/i18n'
+      let label = $_('bar')
+    </script>`);
+
+    const calls = collectFormatCalls(ast);
+
+    expect(calls).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('returns all format calls if import from wrong lib and import-check is disabled', () => {
+    const ast = parse(`<script>
+      import { _ } from '../helpers/i18n'
+      let label = $_('bar')
+    </script>`);
+
+    const ignoreLib = true;
+    const calls = collectFormatCalls(ast, ignoreLib);
+
+    expect(calls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(calls[0]).toMatchObject({ type: 'CallExpression' });
+  });
+
   it('returns nothing if there are no format imports', () => {
     const ast = parse(
       `<script>