diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj b/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
index 48f6e0e2..8e8ecff3 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
@@ -162,10 +162,11 @@
              prog (wrap-depends prog depends parallel?)
              prog (wrap-def task-name prog parallel? last? log-level)
              prog (format "
-(do (require (quote %s))
-%s)"
+(when-not (resolve '%s) (require (quote %s)))
+%s"
+                          task
                           (namespace task)
-                              prog)]
+                          prog)]
              prog)
        (let [task (pr-str task)
              prog (wrap-depends task depends parallel?)
diff --git a/test-resources/task_scripts/tasks.clj b/test-resources/task_scripts/tasks.clj
index 2fadb15d..62457461 100644
--- a/test-resources/task_scripts/tasks.clj
+++ b/test-resources/task_scripts/tasks.clj
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
 
 (defn foo
   "Foo docstring"
-  [])
+  []
+  :foo)
diff --git a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
index f23487d3..daa17137 100644
--- a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
@@ -98,7 +98,19 @@
         (is (= "quux\nbaz\nbar\nfoo\n" (slurp out)))))
     (testing "map returned from task"
       (test-utils/with-config '{:tasks {foo {:task {:a 1 :b 2}}}}
-        (is (= {:a 1 :b 2} (bb "foo")))))))
+        (is (= {:a 1 :b 2} (bb "foo")))))
+    (testing "fully qualified symbol execution"
+      (test-utils/with-config {:paths ["test-resources/task_scripts"]
+                               :tasks '{foo tasks/foo}}
+        (is (= :foo (bb "foo"))))
+      (test-utils/with-config {:paths ["test-resources/task_scripts"]
+                               :tasks '{:requires ([tasks :as t])
+                                        foo t/foo}}
+        (is (= :foo (bb "foo"))))
+      (test-utils/with-config {:paths ["test-resources/task_scripts"]
+                               :tasks '{foo {:requires ([tasks :as t])
+                                             :task t/foo}}}
+        (is (= :foo (bb "foo")))))))
 
 (deftest list-tasks-test
   (test-utils/with-config {}