diff --git a/app/Importer/CategoryImporter.php b/app/Importer/CategoryImporter.php
index e859c41b829c..10983fa3bb33 100644
--- a/app/Importer/CategoryImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/CategoryImporter.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ protected function handle($row)
 
         // Boolean flags. Present-empty maps to 0; present-with-value uses
         // fetchHumanBoolean; absent leaves the DB value alone on update.
-        foreach (['use_default_eula', 'require_acceptance', 'checkin_email'] as $flag) {
+        foreach (['use_default_eula', 'require_acceptance', 'checkin_email', 'alert_on_response'] as $flag) {
             if ($this->csvRowHas($row, $flag)) {
                 $raw = $this->findCsvMatch($row, $flag);
                 $this->item[$flag] = ($this->fetchHumanBoolean($raw) == 1) ? 1 : 0;
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Importing/Api/ImportCategoriesTest.php b/tests/Feature/Importing/Api/ImportCategoriesTest.php
index 56f3dd51cca3..261292950d97 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Importing/Api/ImportCategoriesTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Importing/Api/ImportCategoriesTest.php
@@ -175,6 +175,57 @@ public function update_mode_clears_field_when_csv_column_is_present_but_empty():
         $this->assertNull($category->eula_text);
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function import_sets_alert_on_response_flag(): void
+    {
+        $this->actingAsForApi(User::factory()->superuser()->create());
+
+        $importFileBuilder = new ImportFileBuilder([[
+            'name' => 'Alerting Laptops',
+            'category_type' => 'asset',
+            'alert_on_response' => 1,
+        ]]);
+        $import = Import::factory()->categories()->create([
+            'file_path' => $importFileBuilder->saveToImportsDirectory(),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->importFileResponse(['import' => $import->id])->assertOk();
+
+        $newCategory = Category::query()->where('name', 'Alerting Laptops')->sole();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $newCategory->alert_on_response);
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function update_mode_updates_alert_on_response_flag(): void
+    {
+        $this->actingAsForApi(User::factory()->superuser()->create());
+
+        $category = Category::factory()->assetLaptopCategory()->create([
+            'alert_on_response' => 1,
+        ])->refresh();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $category->alert_on_response);
+
+        $importFileBuilder = new ImportFileBuilder([[
+            'name' => $category->name,
+            'category_type' => $category->category_type,
+            'alert_on_response' => 0,
+        ]]);
+        $import = Import::factory()->categories()->create([
+            'file_path' => $importFileBuilder->saveToImportsDirectory(),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->importFileResponse([
+            'import' => $import->id,
+            'import-update' => true,
+        ])->assertOk();
+
+        $category->refresh();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $category->alert_on_response);
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function update_mode_preserves_fields_when_csv_column_is_absent(): void
     {