diff --git a/cmd/argocd/commands/app.go b/cmd/argocd/commands/app.go
index 79c4dfcb0e..aabb29e36e 100644
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/app.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/app.go
@@ -153,8 +153,15 @@ func NewApplicationCreateCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.
 					log.Fatalf("app name '%s' does not match app spec metadata.name '%s'", args[0], app.Name)
 				}
 				if appName != "" && appName != app.Name {
-					log.Fatalf("--name argument '%s' does not match app spec metadata.name '%s'", appName, app.Name)
+					app.Name = appName
 				}
+				if app.Name == "" {
+					log.Fatalf("app.Name is empty. --name argument can be used to provide app.Name")
+				}
+				setAppSpecOptions(c.Flags(), &app.Spec, &appOpts)
+				setParameterOverrides(&app, appOpts.parameters)
+				setLabels(&app, labels)
+
 			} else {
 				// read arguments
 				if len(args) == 1 {
diff --git a/test/e2e/app_management_test.go b/test/e2e/app_management_test.go
index b5196483f7..79d3789cac 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app_management_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/app_management_test.go
@@ -1381,3 +1381,24 @@ func TestCreateDisableValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		AppSet("--path", "baddir3", "--validate=false")
 
 }
+
+func TestCreateFromPartialFile(t *testing.T) {
+	partialApp :=
+		`spec:
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated: {prune: true }`
+
+	path := "helm-values"
+	Given(t).
+		When().
+		// app should be auto-synced once created
+		CreateFromPartialFile(partialApp, "--path", path, "--helm-set", "foo=foo").
+		Then().
+		Expect(Success("")).
+		Expect(SyncStatusIs(SyncStatusCodeSynced)).
+		Expect(NoConditions()).
+		And(func(app *Application) {
+			assert.Equal(t, path, app.Spec.Source.Path)
+			assert.Equal(t, []HelmParameter{{Name: "foo", Value: "foo"}}, app.Spec.Source.Helm.Parameters)
+		})
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/fixture/app/actions.go b/test/e2e/fixture/app/actions.go
index c660a1843f..b52f069647 100644
--- a/test/e2e/fixture/app/actions.go
+++ b/test/e2e/fixture/app/actions.go
@@ -58,7 +58,26 @@ func (a *Actions) AddSignedFile(fileName, fileContents string) *Actions {
 	return a
 }
 
-func (a *Actions) CreateFromFile(handler func(app *Application)) *Actions {
+func (a *Actions) CreateFromPartialFile(data string, flags ...string) *Actions {
+	a.context.t.Helper()
+	tmpFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
+	errors.CheckError(err)
+	_, err = tmpFile.Write([]byte(data))
+	errors.CheckError(err)
+
+	args := append([]string{
+		"app", "create",
+		"-f", tmpFile.Name(),
+		"--name", a.context.name,
+		"--repo", fixture.RepoURL(a.context.repoURLType),
+		"--dest-server", a.context.destServer,
+		"--dest-namespace", fixture.DeploymentNamespace(),
+	}, flags...)
+
+	a.runCli(args...)
+	return a
+}
+func (a *Actions) CreateFromFile(handler func(app *Application), flags ...string) *Actions {
 	a.context.t.Helper()
 	app := &Application{
 		ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -108,7 +127,12 @@ func (a *Actions) CreateFromFile(handler func(app *Application)) *Actions {
 	_, err = tmpFile.Write(data)
 	errors.CheckError(err)
 
-	a.runCli("app", "create", "-f", tmpFile.Name())
+	args := append([]string{
+		"app", "create",
+		"-f", tmpFile.Name(),
+	}, flags...)
+
+	a.runCli(args...)
 	return a
 }