diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/SkyHook/SkyHookProxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/SkyHook/SkyHookProxy.cs
index ed90091b38..09336c062c 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/SkyHook/SkyHookProxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/SkyHook/SkyHookProxy.cs
@@ -327,6 +327,13 @@ public MovieMetadata MapMovieToTmdbMovie(MovieMetadata movie)
                 }
                 else if (movie.ImdbId.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace())
                 {
+                    newMovie = _movieMetadataService.FindByImdbId(Parser.Parser.NormalizeImdbId(movie.ImdbId));
+
+                    if (newMovie != null)
+                    {
+                        return newMovie;
+                    }
+
                     newMovie = GetMovieByImdbId(movie.ImdbId);
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Movies/MovieMetadataRepository.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Movies/MovieMetadataRepository.cs
index bce1388780..e7e6142cae 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Movies/MovieMetadataRepository.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Movies/MovieMetadataRepository.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Movies
     public interface IMovieMetadataRepository : IBasicRepository<MovieMetadata>
     {
         MovieMetadata FindByTmdbId(int tmdbId);
+        MovieMetadata FindByImdbId(string imdbId);
         List<MovieMetadata> FindById(List<int> tmdbIds);
         List<MovieMetadata> GetMoviesWithCollections();
         List<MovieMetadata> GetMoviesByCollectionTmdbId(int collectionId);
@@ -27,9 +28,14 @@ public MovieMetadataRepository(IMainDatabase database, IEventAggregator eventAgg
             _logger = logger;
         }
 
-        public MovieMetadata FindByTmdbId(int tmdbid)
+        public MovieMetadata FindByTmdbId(int tmdbId)
         {
-            return Query(x => x.TmdbId == tmdbid).FirstOrDefault();
+            return Query(x => x.TmdbId == tmdbId).FirstOrDefault();
+        }
+
+        public MovieMetadata FindByImdbId(string imdbId)
+        {
+            return Query(x => x.ImdbId == imdbId).FirstOrDefault();
         }
 
         public List<MovieMetadata> FindById(List<int> tmdbIds)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Movies/MovieMetadataService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Movies/MovieMetadataService.cs
index b0aab7ff17..8a8114c357 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Movies/MovieMetadataService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Movies/MovieMetadataService.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Movies
     public interface IMovieMetadataService
     {
         MovieMetadata Get(int id);
-        MovieMetadata FindByTmdbId(int tmdbid);
+        MovieMetadata FindByTmdbId(int tmdbId);
+        MovieMetadata FindByImdbId(string imdbId);
         List<MovieMetadata> GetMoviesWithCollections();
         List<MovieMetadata> GetMoviesByCollectionTmdbId(int collectionId);
         bool Upsert(MovieMetadata movie);
@@ -21,9 +22,14 @@ public MovieMetadataService(IMovieMetadataRepository movieMetadataRepository)
             _movieMetadataRepository = movieMetadataRepository;
         }
 
-        public MovieMetadata FindByTmdbId(int tmdbid)
+        public MovieMetadata FindByTmdbId(int tmdbId)
         {
-            return _movieMetadataRepository.FindByTmdbId(tmdbid);
+            return _movieMetadataRepository.FindByTmdbId(tmdbId);
+        }
+
+        public MovieMetadata FindByImdbId(string imdbId)
+        {
+            return _movieMetadataRepository.FindByImdbId(imdbId);
         }
 
         public List<MovieMetadata> GetMoviesWithCollections()