diff --git a/crates/xlsx/src/chart.rs b/crates/xlsx/src/chart.rs
index dee33c83d..cbe8a1eb1 100644
--- a/crates/xlsx/src/chart.rs
+++ b/crates/xlsx/src/chart.rs
@@ -193,8 +193,11 @@ pub fn read_chart(root: &El) -> Option<Chart> {
     for (gi, (g, k)) in groups.iter().enumerate() {
         for s in g.kids("ser") {
             let mut ser = read_series(s);
-            if gi > 0 {
+            if groups.len() > 1 {
+                // Every series of a combo chart keeps its own group's kind, the first group's included.
                 ser.kind = Some(*k);
+            }
+            if gi > 0 {
                 ser.secondary = axis_ids(g) != first_axes;
             }
             series.push(ser);
diff --git a/crates/xlsx/src/tests/chart_combo_kinds.rs b/crates/xlsx/src/tests/chart_combo_kinds.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6857683ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/xlsx/src/tests/chart_combo_kinds.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//! Importing a combination chart keeps each series' own group kind, the first group's included.
+
+use gridcraft_model::ChartKind;
+
+use crate::chart::read_chart;
+use crate::xml::parse;
+
+fn ser(i: usize) -> String {
+    format!("<c:ser><c:idx val=\"{i}\"/><c:order val=\"{i}\"/><c:val><c:numRef><c:f>Data!$A$1:$A$5</c:f></c:numRef></c:val></c:ser>")
+}
+
+const AX: &str = "<c:axId val=\"1\"/><c:axId val=\"2\"/>";
+
+fn bar(sers: &str) -> String {
+    format!("<c:barChart><c:barDir val=\"col\"/><c:grouping val=\"clustered\"/>{sers}{AX}</c:barChart>")
+}
+
+fn line(sers: &str) -> String {
+    format!("<c:lineChart><c:grouping val=\"standard\"/>{sers}{AX}</c:lineChart>")
+}
+
+fn kinds(first: &str, second: &str) -> Vec<Option<ChartKind>> {
+    let xml = format!(
+        "<c:chartSpace xmlns:c=\"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/chart\">\
+         <c:chart><c:plotArea>{first}{second}</c:plotArea></c:chart></c:chartSpace>"
+    );
+    let root = parse(xml.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    let ch = read_chart(&root).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(ch.kind, ChartKind::Combo);
+    ch.series.iter().map(|s| s.kind).collect()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn first_group_with_two_columns_stays_columns() {
+    let k = kinds(&bar(&(ser(0) + &ser(1))), &line(&ser(2)));
+    assert_eq!(k[0], Some(ChartKind::ColumnClustered));
+    assert_eq!(k[1], Some(ChartKind::ColumnClustered));
+    assert!(matches!(k[2], Some(ChartKind::Line | ChartKind::LineMarkers)));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn line_first_group_stays_a_line() {
+    let k = kinds(&line(&ser(0)), &bar(&ser(1)));
+    assert!(matches!(k[0], Some(ChartKind::Line | ChartKind::LineMarkers)));
+    assert_eq!(k[1], Some(ChartKind::ColumnClustered));
+}
diff --git a/crates/xlsx/src/tests/mod.rs b/crates/xlsx/src/tests/mod.rs
index bdbd66e05..37ce246c1 100644
--- a/crates/xlsx/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/xlsx/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 mod array_export;
 mod chart_bool_default;
+mod chart_combo_kinds;
 mod csv_tests;
 mod encrypted_tests;
 mod fixtures;