diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala
index 4e9caa56e0df8..2b3a3498903ff 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ private[hudi] object HoodieSparkSqlWriter {
     hiveSyncConfig.useFileListingFromMetadata = parameters(HoodieMetadataConfig.METADATA_ENABLE_PROP).toBoolean
     hiveSyncConfig.verifyMetadataFileListing = parameters(HoodieMetadataConfig.METADATA_VALIDATE_PROP).toBoolean
     hiveSyncConfig.supportTimestamp = parameters.get(HIVE_SUPPORT_TIMESTAMP).exists(r => r.toBoolean)
+    hiveSyncConfig.autoCreateDatabase = parameters.get(HIVE_AUTO_CREATE_DATABASE_OPT_KEY).exists(r => r.toBoolean)
     hiveSyncConfig.decodePartition = parameters.getOrElse(URL_ENCODE_PARTITIONING_OPT_KEY,
       DEFAULT_URL_ENCODE_PARTITIONING_OPT_VAL).toBoolean
     hiveSyncConfig