diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema.go
index 4ba6527d24..accbde271e 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema.go
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ func leastPermissiveNumericType(strVal string, floatThreshold float64) (ti typei
 		if err != nil {
 			return typeinfo.UnknownType
 		}
+
+		// handle leading zero case
+		if strVal[0] == '0' {
+			return typeinfo.StringDefaultType
+		}
+
 		if ui <= math.MaxUint32 {
 			return typeinfo.Uint32Type
 		} else {
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/import-create-tables.bats b/integration-tests/bats/import-create-tables.bats
index f40abe2880..1f69342339 100755
--- a/integration-tests/bats/import-create-tables.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/import-create-tables.bats
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ teardown() {
 }
 
 @test "import-create-tables: import data from csv and create the table different types" {
-    skip "unable to cast to uint64, parse error"
     run dolt table import -c --pk=pk test people.csv
     [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
     [[ "$output" =~ "Import completed successfully." ]] || false