diff --git a/tools/wowsimsexporter/WowSimsExporter/WowSimsExporter.lua b/tools/wowsimsexporter/WowSimsExporter/WowSimsExporter.lua
index d7a3cd6e45..4d9b875b5d 100644
--- a/tools/wowsimsexporter/WowSimsExporter/WowSimsExporter.lua
+++ b/tools/wowsimsexporter/WowSimsExporter/WowSimsExporter.lua
@@ -71,32 +71,18 @@ end
 function WowSimsExporter:CreateGlyphEntry()
 	local minor = {}
 	local major = {}
-
-    for t = 1, 6 do
-
-		local enabled, glyphType, glyphTooltipIndex, glyphSpellID, icon = GetGlyphSocketInfo(t);
-		local link = GetGlyphLink(t);
-
-		if(enabled) then	
-			
-			local name, _ = string.match(link,"Glyph of .+]")
-			if(name) then
-				local formattedName = name:gsub('%]', '')
-
-				if(glyphType == 1 ) then-- major
-					table.insert(major, formattedName)
-				else if(glyphType == 2 ) then -- minor
-					table.insert(minor, formattedName)
-				end
+	for t = 1, 6 do
+		local enabled, glyphType, glyphSpellID = GetGlyphSocketInfo(t)
+		if enabled and glyphSpellID then
+			local localizedName = GetSpellInfo(glyphSpellID)
+			if localizedName then
+				local t = glyphType == 1 and major or minor
+				table.insert(t, {["name"] = localizedName, ["spellID"] = glyphSpellID})
 			end
-
 		end
 		self.Character.glyphs.major = major
 		self.Character.glyphs.minor = minor
-	
-    end
-
-end
+	end
 end
 
 function WowSimsExporter:CreateProfessionEntry()
diff --git a/ui/core/components/importers.ts b/ui/core/components/importers.ts
index 5f7c49f562..89872d97d7 100644
--- a/ui/core/components/importers.ts
+++ b/ui/core/components/importers.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { classGlyphsConfig, talentSpellIdsToTalentString } from '../talents/fact
 import { GlyphConfig } from '../talents/glyphs_picker';
 import { BaseModal } from './base_modal';
 import { buf2hex } from '../utils';
+import { JsonObject } from '@protobuf-ts/runtime';
 
 export abstract class Importer extends BaseModal {
 	protected readonly textElem: HTMLTextAreaElement;
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@ export class IndividualAddonImporter<SpecType extends Spec> extends Importer {
 		`;
 	}
 
-	onImport(data: string) {
+	async onImport(data: string) {
 		const importJson = JSON.parse(data);
 
 		// Parse all the settings.
@@ -431,10 +432,12 @@ export class IndividualAddonImporter<SpecType extends Spec> extends Importer {
 		});
 
 		const talentsStr = (importJson['talents'] as string) || '';
-
 		const glyphsConfig = classGlyphsConfig[charClass];
-		const majorGlyphIDs = (importJson['glyphs']['major'] as Array<string>).map(glyphName => glyphNameToID(glyphName, glyphsConfig.majorGlyphs));
-		const minorGlyphIDs = (importJson['glyphs']['minor'] as Array<string>).map(glyphName => glyphNameToID(glyphName, glyphsConfig.minorGlyphs));
+
+		const db = await Database.get();
+		const majorGlyphIDs = (importJson['glyphs']['major'] as Array<string|JsonObject>).map(g => glyphToID(g, db, glyphsConfig.majorGlyphs));
+		const minorGlyphIDs = (importJson['glyphs']['minor'] as Array<string|JsonObject>).map(g => glyphToID(g, db, glyphsConfig.minorGlyphs));
+
 		const glyphs = Glyphs.create({
 			major1: majorGlyphIDs[0] || 0,
 			major2: majorGlyphIDs[1] || 0,
@@ -469,3 +472,12 @@ function glyphNameToID(glyphName: string, glyphsConfig: Record<number, GlyphConf
 	}
 	throw new Error(`Unknown glyph name '${glyphName}'`);
 }
+
+function glyphToID(glyph: string|JsonObject, db: Database, glyphsConfig: Record<number, GlyphConfig>): number {
+	if (typeof glyph === 'string') {
+		// Legacy version: AddOn exports Glyphs by name (string) only. Names must be in English.
+		return glyphNameToID(glyph, glyphsConfig);
+	}
+	// New version exports glyph information in a table that includes the name and the glyph spell ID.
+	return db.glyphSpellToItemId(glyph['spellID'] as number);
+}