diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c0e0eb49..c1e50198c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ test-out/
 open-refine.log
 .vscode
 
+.idea
+*.iml
+
 main/target/
 main/webapp/WEB-INF/lib/
 server/target/
diff --git a/extensions/wikidata/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/exporters/QuickStatementsExporter.java b/extensions/wikidata/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/exporters/QuickStatementsExporter.java
index 4a6fdf1ae..a13f1a20e 100644
--- a/extensions/wikidata/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/exporters/QuickStatementsExporter.java
+++ b/extensions/wikidata/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/exporters/QuickStatementsExporter.java
@@ -151,21 +151,38 @@ public class QuickStatementsExporter implements WriterExporter {
         Value val = claim.getValue();
         ValueVisitor<String> vv = new QSValuePrinter();
         String targetValue = val.accept(vv);
-        if (targetValue != null) {
+        if (targetValue != null) { // issue #2320
             if (!add) {
+                // According to: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:QuickStatements#Removing_statements,
+                // Removing statements won't be followed by qualifiers or references.
                 writer.write("- ");
-            }
-            writer.write(qid + "\t" + pid + "\t" + targetValue);
-            for (SnakGroup q : claim.getQualifiers()) {
-                translateSnakGroup(q, false, writer);
-            }
-            for (Reference r : statement.getReferences()) {
-                for (SnakGroup g : r.getSnakGroups()) {
-                    translateSnakGroup(g, true, writer);
+                writer.write(qid + "\t" + pid + "\t" + targetValue);
+                writer.write("\n");
+            } else { // add statements
+                if (statement.getReferences().isEmpty()) {
+                    writer.write(qid + "\t" + pid + "\t" + targetValue);
+                    for (SnakGroup q : claim.getQualifiers()) {
+                        translateSnakGroup(q, false, writer);
+                    }
+                    writer.write("\n");
+                } else {
+                    // According to: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:QuickStatements#Add_statement_with_sources
+                    // Existing statements with an exact match (property and value) will not be added again;
+                    // however additional references might be added to the statement.
+
+                    // So, to handle multiple references, we can duplicate the statement just with different references.
+                    for (Reference r : statement.getReferences()) {
+                        writer.write(qid + "\t" + pid + "\t" + targetValue);
+                        for (SnakGroup q : claim.getQualifiers()) {
+                            translateSnakGroup(q, false, writer);
+                        }
+                        for (SnakGroup g : r.getSnakGroups()) {
+                            translateSnakGroup(g, true, writer);
+                        }
+                        writer.write("\n");
+                    }
                 }
-                break; // QS only supports one reference
             }
-            writer.write("\n");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/wikidata/tests/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/exporters/QuickStatementsExporterTest.java b/extensions/wikidata/tests/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/exporters/QuickStatementsExporterTest.java
index d7350681c..8f74729ab 100644
--- a/extensions/wikidata/tests/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/exporters/QuickStatementsExporterTest.java
+++ b/extensions/wikidata/tests/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/exporters/QuickStatementsExporterTest.java
@@ -38,12 +38,7 @@ import org.openrefine.wikidata.updates.ItemUpdate;
 import org.openrefine.wikidata.updates.ItemUpdateBuilder;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.helpers.Datamodel;
-import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.Claim;
-import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.ItemIdValue;
-import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.Snak;
-import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.SnakGroup;
-import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.Statement;
-import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.StatementRank;
+import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.*;
 
 import com.google.refine.browsing.Engine;
 import com.google.refine.model.Project;
@@ -139,6 +134,35 @@ public class QuickStatementsExporterTest extends WikidataRefineTest {
         assertEquals("Q1377\tP38\tQ865528\tP38\tQ1377\n", export(update));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * issue #2320
+     *
+     * A statement with different references should be duplicated,
+     * but each with a different reference.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testReferences()
+            throws IOException {
+        Statement baseStatement = TestingData.generateStatement(qid1, qid2);
+        Statement otherStatement = TestingData.generateStatement(qid2, qid1);
+
+        Snak snak1 = baseStatement.getClaim().getMainSnak();
+        Snak snak2 = otherStatement.getClaim().getMainSnak();
+        SnakGroup group1 = Datamodel.makeSnakGroup(Collections.singletonList(snak1));
+        SnakGroup group2 = Datamodel.makeSnakGroup(Collections.singletonList(snak2));
+        Claim claim = Datamodel.makeClaim(qid1, baseStatement.getClaim().getMainSnak(),
+                Collections.singletonList(group2));
+
+        Reference reference1 = Datamodel.makeReference(Collections.singletonList(group1));
+        Reference reference2 = Datamodel.makeReference(Collections.singletonList(group2));
+
+        Statement statement = Datamodel.makeStatement(claim, Arrays.asList(reference1, reference2), StatementRank.NORMAL, "");
+        ItemUpdate update = new ItemUpdateBuilder(qid1).addStatement(statement).build();
+
+        assertEquals("Q1377\tP38\tQ865528\tP38\tQ1377\tS38\tQ865528\n" +
+                "Q1377\tP38\tQ865528\tP38\tQ1377\tS38\tQ1377\n", export(update));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testNoSchema()
             throws IOException {