diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_import.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_import.c
index d0df9e3c2a..0d4240406c 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_import.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_import.c
@@ -1337,16 +1337,33 @@ zpool_find_import_impl(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, importargs_t *iarg)
 
 			if (config != NULL) {
 				boolean_t matched = B_TRUE;
+				boolean_t aux = B_FALSE;
 				char *pname;
 
-				if ((iarg->poolname != NULL) &&
+				/*
+				 * Check if it's a spare or l2cache device. If
+				 * it is, we need to skip the name and guid
+				 * check since they don't exist on aux device
+				 * label.
+				 */
+				if (iarg->poolname != NULL ||
+				    iarg->guid != 0) {
+					uint64_t state;
+					aux = nvlist_lookup_uint64(config,
+					    ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_STATE,
+					    &state) == 0 &&
+					    (state == POOL_STATE_SPARE ||
+					    state == POOL_STATE_L2CACHE);
+				}
+
+				if ((iarg->poolname != NULL) && !aux &&
 				    (nvlist_lookup_string(config,
 				    ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_NAME, &pname) == 0)) {
 
 					if (strcmp(iarg->poolname, pname))
 						matched = B_FALSE;
 
-				} else if (iarg->guid != 0) {
+				} else if (iarg->guid != 0 && !aux) {
 					uint64_t this_guid;
 
 					matched = nvlist_lookup_uint64(config,