diff --git a/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/layers/core/KerasReshape.java b/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/layers/core/KerasReshape.java
index 6a5e1ff2a..4035e9298 100644
--- a/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/layers/core/KerasReshape.java
+++ b/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/layers/core/KerasReshape.java
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ public class KerasReshape extends KerasLayer {
             List<Integer> targetShapeList = (List<Integer>) innerConfig.get(targetShape);
             this.targetShape = listToLongArray(targetShapeList);
         }
-
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/preprocessors/ReshapePreprocessor.java b/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/preprocessors/ReshapePreprocessor.java
index dbd5ccd8c..e9aef5b90 100644
--- a/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/preprocessors/ReshapePreprocessor.java
+++ b/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/preprocessors/ReshapePreprocessor.java
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ public class ReshapePreprocessor extends BaseInputPreProcessor {
         if (!this.hasMiniBatchDimension) {
             targetShape = prependMiniBatchSize(targetShape, miniBatchSize);
             inputShape = prependMiniBatchSize(inputShape, miniBatchSize);
-            this.hasMiniBatchDimension = true;
             this.miniBatchSize = miniBatchSize;
         }
         if (this.miniBatchSize != miniBatchSize) {
diff --git a/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/utils/KerasLossUtils.java b/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/utils/KerasLossUtils.java
index 1149401c6..35cf34170 100644
--- a/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/utils/KerasLossUtils.java
+++ b/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/utils/KerasLossUtils.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class KerasLossUtils {
         } else if (kerasLoss.equals(conf.getKERAS_LOSS_HINGE())) {
             dl4jLoss = LossFunctions.LossFunction.HINGE;
         } else if (kerasLoss.equals(conf.getKERAS_LOSS_SPARSE_CATEGORICAL_CROSSENTROPY())) {
-            throw new UnsupportedKerasConfigurationException("Loss function " + kerasLoss + " not supported yet.");
+            dl4jLoss = LossFunctions.LossFunction.SPARSE_MCXENT;
         } else if (kerasLoss.equals(conf.getKERAS_LOSS_BINARY_CROSSENTROPY())) {
             dl4jLoss = LossFunctions.LossFunction.XENT;
         } else if (kerasLoss.equals(conf.getKERAS_LOSS_CATEGORICAL_CROSSENTROPY())) {
diff --git a/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/test/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/e2e/KerasModelEndToEndTest.java b/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/test/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/e2e/KerasModelEndToEndTest.java
index b33ff8d1f..0565cc091 100644
--- a/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/test/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/e2e/KerasModelEndToEndTest.java
+++ b/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/test/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/e2e/KerasModelEndToEndTest.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.factory.Nd4j;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.learning.config.NoOp;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.lossfunctions.LossFunctions;
+import org.nd4j.linalg.lossfunctions.impl.LossSparseMCXENT;
 import org.nd4j.resources.Resources;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ public class KerasModelEndToEndTest extends BaseDL4JTest {
     @Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
     public void fileNotFoundEndToEnd() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/foo/bar.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, null, true, true, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, null, true, true, false, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -98,28 +99,28 @@ public class KerasModelEndToEndTest extends BaseDL4JTest {
     public void importMnistMlpTfKeras1() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_mlp/mnist_mlp_tf_keras_1_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_mlp/mnist_mlp_tf_keras_1_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false, false);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void importMnistMlpThKeras1() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_mlp/mnist_mlp_th_keras_1_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_mlp/mnist_mlp_th_keras_1_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, false, true, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, false, true, false, false);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void importMnistMlpTfKeras2() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_mlp/mnist_mlp_tf_keras_2_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_mlp/mnist_mlp_tf_keras_2_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false, false);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void importMnistMlpReshapeTfKeras1() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_mlp_reshape/mnist_mlp_reshape_tf_keras_1_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_mlp_reshape/mnist_mlp_reshape_tf_keras_1_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, true);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, true, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -129,21 +130,21 @@ public class KerasModelEndToEndTest extends BaseDL4JTest {
     public void importMnistCnnTfKeras1() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_cnn/mnist_cnn_tf_keras_1_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_cnn/mnist_cnn_tf_keras_1_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, false, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, false, false, false);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void importMnistCnnThKeras1() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_cnn/mnist_cnn_th_keras_1_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_cnn/mnist_cnn_th_keras_1_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, false, true, true);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, false, true, true, false);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void importMnistCnnTfKeras2() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_cnn/mnist_cnn_tf_keras_2_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/mnist_cnn/mnist_cnn_tf_keras_2_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, true);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, true, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -153,28 +154,28 @@ public class KerasModelEndToEndTest extends BaseDL4JTest {
     public void importImdbLstmTfKeras1() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_lstm/imdb_lstm_tf_keras_1_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_lstm/imdb_lstm_tf_keras_1_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false, false);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void importImdbLstmThKeras1() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_lstm/imdb_lstm_th_keras_1_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_lstm/imdb_lstm_th_keras_1_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false, false);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void importImdbLstmTfKeras2() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_lstm/imdb_lstm_tf_keras_2_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_lstm/imdb_lstm_tf_keras_2_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false, false);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void importImdbLstmThKeras2() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_lstm/imdb_lstm_th_keras_2_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_lstm/imdb_lstm_th_keras_2_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, false, true, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, false, true, false, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -185,21 +186,21 @@ public class KerasModelEndToEndTest extends BaseDL4JTest {
     public void importImdbFasttextTfKeras1() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_fasttext/imdb_fasttext_tf_keras_1_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_fasttext/imdb_fasttext_tf_keras_1_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, false, false, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, false, false, false, false);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void importImdbFasttextThKeras1() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_fasttext/imdb_fasttext_th_keras_1_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_fasttext/imdb_fasttext_th_keras_1_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, false, false, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, false, false, false, false);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void importImdbFasttextTfKeras2() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_fasttext/imdb_fasttext_tf_keras_2_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/imdb_fasttext/imdb_fasttext_tf_keras_2_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, false, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, false, false, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -209,21 +210,21 @@ public class KerasModelEndToEndTest extends BaseDL4JTest {
     public void importSimpleLstmTfKeras1() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_lstm/simple_lstm_tf_keras_1_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_lstm/simple_lstm_tf_keras_1_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false, false);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void importSimpleLstmThKeras1() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_lstm/simple_lstm_th_keras_1_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_lstm/simple_lstm_th_keras_1_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false, false);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void importSimpleLstmTfKeras2() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_lstm/simple_lstm_tf_keras_2_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_lstm/simple_lstm_tf_keras_2_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, false, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, false, false, false);
     }
 
 
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ public class KerasModelEndToEndTest extends BaseDL4JTest {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_flatten_lstm/simple_flatten_lstm_tf_keras_2_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_flatten_lstm/" +
                 "simple_flatten_lstm_tf_keras_2_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ public class KerasModelEndToEndTest extends BaseDL4JTest {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_flatten_rnn/simple_flatten_rnn_tf_keras_2_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_flatten_rnn/" +
                 "simple_flatten_rnn_tf_keras_2_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ public class KerasModelEndToEndTest extends BaseDL4JTest {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_rnn/simple_rnn_tf_keras_2_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_rnn/" +
                 "simple_rnn_tf_keras_2_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, false, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -267,7 +268,18 @@ public class KerasModelEndToEndTest extends BaseDL4JTest {
     public void importCnnNoBiasTfKeras2() throws Exception {
         String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/cnn_no_bias/mnist_cnn_no_bias_tf_keras_2_model.h5";
         String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/cnn_no_bias/mnist_cnn_no_bias_tf_keras_2_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, false, true);
+        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, true, false);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void importSparseXent() throws Exception {
+        String modelPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_sparse_xent/simple_sparse_xent_mlp_keras_2_model.h5";
+        String inputsOutputPath = "modelimport/keras/examples/simple_sparse_xent/simple_sparse_xent_mlp_keras_2_inputs_and_outputs.h5";
+        MultiLayerNetwork net = importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputPath, true, true, true, true);
+        Layer outLayer = net.getOutputLayer();
+        assertTrue(outLayer instanceof org.deeplearning4j.nn.layers.LossLayer);
+        LossLayer llConf = (LossLayer) outLayer.getConfig();
+        assertEquals(new LossSparseMCXENT(), llConf.getLossFn());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -626,19 +638,14 @@ public class KerasModelEndToEndTest extends BaseDL4JTest {
         }
     }
 
-
-    private void importEndModelTest(String modelPath, String inputsOutputsPath, boolean tfOrdering, boolean checkPredictions) throws Exception {
-        importEndModelTest(modelPath, inputsOutputsPath, tfOrdering, checkPredictions, false);
-    }
-
-    public void importEndModelTest(String modelPath, String inputsOutputsPath, boolean tfOrdering, boolean checkPredictions,
-                                    boolean checkGradients) throws Exception {
+    public MultiLayerNetwork importEndModelTest(String modelPath, String inputsOutputsPath, boolean tfOrdering, boolean checkPredictions,
+                                    boolean checkGradients, boolean enforceTrainingConfig) throws Exception {
         MultiLayerNetwork model;
         try(InputStream is = Resources.asStream(modelPath)) {
             File modelFile = createTempFile(TEMP_MODEL_FILENAME, H5_EXTENSION);
             Files.copy(is, modelFile.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
             KerasSequentialModel kerasModel = new KerasModel().modelBuilder().modelHdf5Filename(modelFile.getAbsolutePath())
-                    .enforceTrainingConfig(false).buildSequential();
+                    .enforceTrainingConfig(enforceTrainingConfig).buildSequential();
 
             model = kerasModel.getMultiLayerNetwork();
         }
@@ -699,6 +706,8 @@ public class KerasModelEndToEndTest extends BaseDL4JTest {
                 checkGradients(model, input, testLabels);
             }
         }
+
+        return model;
     }
 
     private static INDArray[] getInputs(Hdf5Archive archive, boolean tensorFlowImageDimOrdering) throws Exception {