diff --git a/pelican/tools/pelican_import.py b/pelican/tools/pelican_import.py
index b6437c92..c2d259f2 100755
--- a/pelican/tools/pelican_import.py
+++ b/pelican/tools/pelican_import.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def fields2pelican(fields, out_markup, output_path, dircat=False, strip_raw=Fals
         filename = os.path.basename(filename)
 
         # option to put files in directories with categories names
-        if dircat and (len(categories) == 1):
+        if dircat and (len(categories) > 0):
             catname = slugify(categories[0])
             out_filename = os.path.join(output_path, catname, filename+ext)
             if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(output_path, catname)):