diff --git a/superset/cli/importexport.py b/superset/cli/importexport.py
index 21167bc69f4..8ca86939f20 100755
--- a/superset/cli/importexport.py
+++ b/superset/cli/importexport.py
@@ -358,7 +358,9 @@ else:
             with open(path_) as file:
                 contents[path_.name] = file.read()
         try:
-            ImportDatasetsCommand(contents, sync_columns, sync_metrics).run()
+            ImportDatasetsCommand(
+                contents, sync_columns=sync_columns, sync_metrics=sync_metrics
+            ).run()
         except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             logger.exception("Error when importing dataset")
             sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/cli_tests.py b/tests/integration_tests/cli_tests.py
index baae90e2c5c..3f4725640e3 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/cli_tests.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/cli_tests.py
@@ -335,6 +335,111 @@ def test_import_datasets_versioned_export(import_datasets_command, app_context,
     import_datasets_command.assert_called_with(expected_contents, overwrite=True)
 
 
+@mock.patch.dict(
+    "superset.config.DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAGS", {"VERSIONED_EXPORT": False}, clear=True
+)
+@mock.patch("superset.datasets.commands.importers.v0.ImportDatasetsCommand")
+def test_import_datasets_sync_argument_columns_metrics(
+    import_datasets_command, app_context, fs
+):
+    """
+    Test that the --sync command line argument syncs dataset in superset
+    with YAML file. Using both columns and metrics with the --sync flag
+    """
+    # pylint: disable=reimported, redefined-outer-name
+    import superset.cli.importexport  # noqa: F811
+
+    # reload to define export_datasets correctly based on the
+    # feature flags
+    importlib.reload(superset.cli.importexport)
+
+    # write YAML file
+    with open("dataset.yaml", "w") as fp:
+        fp.write("hello: world")
+
+    runner = app.test_cli_runner()
+    response = runner.invoke(
+        superset.cli.importexport.import_datasources,
+        ["-p", "dataset.yaml", "-s", "metrics,columns"],
+    )
+
+    assert response.exit_code == 0
+    expected_contents = {"dataset.yaml": "hello: world"}
+    import_datasets_command.assert_called_with(
+        expected_contents, sync_columns=True, sync_metrics=True,
+    )
+
+
+@mock.patch.dict(
+    "superset.config.DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAGS", {"VERSIONED_EXPORT": False}, clear=True
+)
+@mock.patch("superset.datasets.commands.importers.v0.ImportDatasetsCommand")
+def test_import_datasets_sync_argument_columns(
+    import_datasets_command, app_context, fs
+):
+    """
+    Test that the --sync command line argument syncs dataset in superset
+    with YAML file. Using only columns with the --sync flag
+    """
+    # pylint: disable=reimported, redefined-outer-name
+    import superset.cli.importexport  # noqa: F811
+
+    # reload to define export_datasets correctly based on the
+    # feature flags
+    importlib.reload(superset.cli.importexport)
+
+    # write YAML file
+    with open("dataset.yaml", "w") as fp:
+        fp.write("hello: world")
+
+    runner = app.test_cli_runner()
+    response = runner.invoke(
+        superset.cli.importexport.import_datasources,
+        ["-p", "dataset.yaml", "-s", "columns"],
+    )
+
+    assert response.exit_code == 0
+    expected_contents = {"dataset.yaml": "hello: world"}
+    import_datasets_command.assert_called_with(
+        expected_contents, sync_columns=True, sync_metrics=False,
+    )
+
+
+@mock.patch.dict(
+    "superset.config.DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAGS", {"VERSIONED_EXPORT": False}, clear=True
+)
+@mock.patch("superset.datasets.commands.importers.v0.ImportDatasetsCommand")
+def test_import_datasets_sync_argument_metrics(
+    import_datasets_command, app_context, fs
+):
+    """
+    Test that the --sync command line argument syncs dataset in superset
+    with YAML file. Using only metrics with the --sync flag
+    """
+    # pylint: disable=reimported, redefined-outer-name
+    import superset.cli.importexport  # noqa: F811
+
+    # reload to define export_datasets correctly based on the
+    # feature flags
+    importlib.reload(superset.cli.importexport)
+
+    # write YAML file
+    with open("dataset.yaml", "w") as fp:
+        fp.write("hello: world")
+
+    runner = app.test_cli_runner()
+    response = runner.invoke(
+        superset.cli.importexport.import_datasources,
+        ["-p", "dataset.yaml", "-s", "metrics"],
+    )
+
+    assert response.exit_code == 0
+    expected_contents = {"dataset.yaml": "hello: world"}
+    import_datasets_command.assert_called_with(
+        expected_contents, sync_columns=False, sync_metrics=True,
+    )
+
+
 @mock.patch.dict(
     "superset.cli.lib.feature_flags", {"VERSIONED_EXPORT": True}, clear=True
 )