diff --git a/beets/importer.py b/beets/importer.py
index 76c90dbea5..ba534b0ea3 100644
--- a/beets/importer.py
+++ b/beets/importer.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def _open_state():
     try:
         with open(config['statefile'].as_filename()) as f:
             return pickle.load(f)
-    except (IOError, EOFError):
+    except:
         return {}
 
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 53ed48e0db..0a5ba81ac1 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Changelog
 
 This release adds **sorting** to beets queries. See :ref:`query-sort`.
 
+Fixes:
+
+* Invalid state files don't crash the importer.
+
 
 1.3.7 (August 22, 2014)
 -----------------------
diff --git a/test/test_importer.py b/test/test_importer.py
index 80a94833a3..d3d1e686dc 100644
--- a/test/test_importer.py
+++ b/test/test_importer.py
@@ -1197,6 +1197,13 @@ def test_incremental_item(self):
         importer.run()
         self.assertEqual(len(self.lib.items()), 2)
 
+    def test_invalid_state_file(self):
+        importer = self.create_importer()
+        with open(self.config['statefile'].as_filename(), 'w') as f:
+            f.write('000')
+        importer.run()
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.lib.albums()), 1)
+
 
 def suite():
     return unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromName(__name__)