diff --git a/doc/api/esm.md b/doc/api/esm.md
index e9b38735bef990..2a37040798d209 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. Dynamic import can also be used with the flag
-`--harmony-dynamic-import` to create entry points into ESM graphs at runtime.
+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 bcb764e400aea7..e86e48060c3ce8 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -3678,6 +3678,8 @@ 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, "--experimental-vm-modules") == 0) {
       config_experimental_vm_modules = true;
     }  else if (strcmp(arg, "--loader") == 0) {
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-dynamic-import.js b/test/es-module/test-esm-dynamic-import.js
index 997eed289eb931..9c4d48aaf02da6 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');