diff --git a/doc/api/esm.md b/doc/api/esm.md
index 926555fc771484..12805224dac52e 100644
--- a/doc/api/esm.md
+++ b/doc/api/esm.md
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ node --experimental-modules my-app.mjs
 ### Supported
 
 Only the CLI argument for the main entry point to the program can be an entry
-point into an ESM graph. In the future `import()` can be used to create entry
-points into ESM graphs at run time.
+point into an ESM graph. Dynamic import can also be used to create entry points
+into ESM graphs at runtime.
 
 ### Unsupported
 
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index ac73f62d190aff..694497eb0a4093 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -4154,6 +4154,8 @@ static void ParseArgs(int* argc,
       config_preserve_symlinks = true;
     } else if (strcmp(arg, "--experimental-modules") == 0) {
       config_experimental_modules = true;
+      new_v8_argv[new_v8_argc] = "--harmony-dynamic-import";
+      new_v8_argc += 1;
     }  else if (strcmp(arg, "--loader") == 0) {
       const char* module = argv[index + 1];
       if (!config_experimental_modules) {
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-dynamic-import.js b/test/es-module/test-esm-dynamic-import.js
index a099a2ddb8a1ce..773b77350180fe 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-esm-dynamic-import.js
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-dynamic-import.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Flags: --experimental-modules --harmony-dynamic-import
+// Flags: --experimental-modules
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');