diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceUtils.java b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceUtils.java
index 0dafba4e5..b98417ef2 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceUtils.java
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceUtils.java
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ public class DataSourceUtils {
             SlashEncodedDayPartitionValueExtractor.class.getName());
     hiveSyncConfig.useJdbc = Boolean.valueOf(props.getString(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_USE_JDBC().key(),
         DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_USE_JDBC().defaultValue()));
+    if (props.containsKey(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_SYNC_MODE().key())) {
+      hiveSyncConfig.syncMode = props.getString(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_SYNC_MODE().key());
+    }
     hiveSyncConfig.autoCreateDatabase = Boolean.valueOf(props.getString(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_AUTO_CREATE_DATABASE().key(),
         DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_AUTO_CREATE_DATABASE().defaultValue()));
     hiveSyncConfig.ignoreExceptions = Boolean.valueOf(props.getString(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_IGNORE_EXCEPTIONS().key(),
diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/TestDataSourceUtils.java b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/TestDataSourceUtils.java
index 081a8e4e6..6353aa216 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/TestDataSourceUtils.java
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/TestDataSourceUtils.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.hudi;
 
 import org.apache.hudi.avro.HoodieAvroUtils;
 import org.apache.hudi.client.SparkRDDWriteClient;
+import org.apache.hudi.common.config.TypedProperties;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieRecord;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieRecordPayload;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.WriteOperationType;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.hudi.common.util.Option;
 import org.apache.hudi.config.HoodieWriteConfig;
 import org.apache.hudi.exception.HoodieException;
 import org.apache.hudi.execution.bulkinsert.RDDCustomColumnsSortPartitioner;
+import org.apache.hudi.hive.HiveSyncConfig;
 import org.apache.hudi.table.BulkInsertPartitioner;
 
 import org.apache.avro.Conversions;
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.Row;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.Captor;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
@@ -49,13 +53,18 @@ import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 
+import static org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieFileFormat.PARQUET;
+import static org.apache.hudi.hive.ddl.HiveSyncMode.HMS;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.instanceOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
@@ -65,6 +74,9 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
 public class TestDataSourceUtils {
 
+  private static final String HIVE_DATABASE = "testdb1";
+  private static final String HIVE_TABLE = "hive_trips";
+
   @Mock
   private SparkRDDWriteClient hoodieWriteClient;
 
@@ -199,6 +211,29 @@ public class TestDataSourceUtils {
     assertThat(partitioner.isPresent(), is(true));
   }
 
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @ValueSource(booleans = {true, false})
+  public void testBuildHiveSyncConfig(boolean useSyncMode) {
+    TypedProperties props = new TypedProperties();
+    if (useSyncMode) {
+      props.setProperty(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_SYNC_MODE().key(), HMS.name());
+      props.setProperty(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_USE_JDBC().key(), String.valueOf(false));
+    }
+    props.setProperty(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_DATABASE().key(), HIVE_DATABASE);
+    props.setProperty(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_TABLE().key(), HIVE_TABLE);
+    HiveSyncConfig hiveSyncConfig = DataSourceUtils.buildHiveSyncConfig(props, config.getBasePath(), PARQUET.name());
+
+    if (useSyncMode) {
+      assertFalse(hiveSyncConfig.useJdbc);
+      assertEquals(HMS.name(), hiveSyncConfig.syncMode);
+    } else {
+      assertTrue(hiveSyncConfig.useJdbc);
+      assertNull(hiveSyncConfig.syncMode);
+    }
+    assertEquals(HIVE_DATABASE, hiveSyncConfig.databaseName);
+    assertEquals(HIVE_TABLE, hiveSyncConfig.tableName);
+  }
+
   private void setAndVerifyHoodieWriteClientWith(final String partitionerClassName) {
     config = HoodieWriteConfig.newBuilder().withPath(config.getBasePath())
         .withUserDefinedBulkInsertPartitionerClass(partitionerClassName)