diff --git a/src/Chunk.ts b/src/Chunk.ts
index b9ee6619f57..7085a2942d4 100644
--- a/src/Chunk.ts
+++ b/src/Chunk.ts
@@ -659,7 +659,8 @@ export default class Chunk {
 			freeze: options.freeze !== false,
 			indent: this.indentString,
 			namespaceToStringTag: options.namespaceToStringTag === true,
-			varOrConst: options.preferConst ? 'const' : 'var'
+			varOrConst: options.preferConst ? 'const' : 'var',
+			dynamicImportFunction: options.dynamicImportFunction || 'import'
 		};
 
 		// Make sure the direct dependencies of a chunk are present to maintain execution order
diff --git a/src/ast/nodes/Import.ts b/src/ast/nodes/Import.ts
index 37164af3578..c2a7ffea870 100644
--- a/src/ast/nodes/Import.ts
+++ b/src/ast/nodes/Import.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ interface DynamicImportMechanism {
 	interopRight?: string;
 }
 
-const getDynamicImportMechanism = (format: string, compact: boolean): DynamicImportMechanism => {
-	switch (format) {
+const getDynamicImportMechanism = (options: RenderOptions): DynamicImportMechanism => {
+	switch (options.format) {
 		case 'cjs': {
-			const _ = compact ? '' : ' ';
+			const _ = options.compact ? '' : ' ';
 			return {
 				left: 'Promise.resolve(require(',
 				right: '))',
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ const getDynamicImportMechanism = (format: string, compact: boolean): DynamicImp
 			};
 		}
 		case 'amd': {
-			const _ = compact ? '' : ' ';
-			const resolve = compact ? 'c' : 'resolve';
-			const reject = compact ? 'e' : 'reject';
+			const _ = options.compact ? '' : ' ';
+			const resolve = options.compact ? 'c' : 'resolve';
+			const reject = options.compact ? 'e' : 'reject';
 			return {
 				left: `new Promise(function${_}(${resolve},${_}${reject})${_}{${_}require([`,
 				right: `],${_}${resolve},${_}${reject})${_}})`,
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ const getDynamicImportMechanism = (format: string, compact: boolean): DynamicImp
 				left: 'module.import(',
 				right: ')'
 			};
+		case 'es':
+			return {
+				left: `${options.dynamicImportFunction}(`,
+				right: ')'
+			};
 	}
 };
 
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ export default class Import extends NodeBase {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		const importMechanism = getDynamicImportMechanism(options.format, options.compact);
+		const importMechanism = getDynamicImportMechanism(options);
 		if (importMechanism) {
 			const leftMechanism =
 				(this.resolutionInterop && importMechanism.interopLeft) || importMechanism.left;
diff --git a/src/rollup/types.d.ts b/src/rollup/types.d.ts
index 8489f31d6f6..d0a80077ea1 100644
--- a/src/rollup/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/rollup/types.d.ts
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ export interface OutputOptions {
 	sourcemapFile?: string;
 	sourcemapPathTransform?: (sourcePath: string) => string;
 	strict?: boolean;
+	dynamicImportFunction?: string;
 }
 
 export type WarningHandler = (warning: string | RollupWarning) => void;
diff --git a/src/utils/mergeOptions.ts b/src/utils/mergeOptions.ts
index 30abada9b8f..6dccbdb0cdf 100644
--- a/src/utils/mergeOptions.ts
+++ b/src/utils/mergeOptions.ts
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ function getOutputOptions(
 		sourcemapExcludeSources: getOption('sourcemapExcludeSources'),
 		sourcemapFile: getOption('sourcemapFile'),
 		sourcemapPathTransform: getOption('sourcemapPathTransform'),
-		strict: getOption('strict', true)
+		strict: getOption('strict', true),
+		dynamicImportFunction: getOption('dynamicImportFunction', 'import')
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/renderHelpers.ts b/src/utils/renderHelpers.ts
index dc11da21357..c8c8fdb2b05 100644
--- a/src/utils/renderHelpers.ts
+++ b/src/utils/renderHelpers.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export interface RenderOptions {
 	indent: string;
 	namespaceToStringTag: boolean;
 	varOrConst: 'var' | 'const';
+	dynamicImportFunction: string;
 }
 
 export interface NodeRenderOptions {
diff --git a/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_config.js b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca14189518e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module.exports = {
+	description: 'marks dynamic imports as external when resolveDynamicImport returns false',
+	options: {
+		input: 'main.js',
+		plugins: {
+			resolveDynamicImport(specifier) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		},
+		output: {
+			dynamicImportFunction: 'foobar'
+		}
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_expected/amd/main.js b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_expected/amd/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b81e4d74b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_expected/amd/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+define(['require'], function (require) { 'use strict';
+
+	new Promise(function (resolve, reject) { require(['./foo.js'], resolve, reject) });
+
+});
diff --git a/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_expected/cjs/main.js b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_expected/cjs/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1acd589703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_expected/cjs/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+'use strict';
+
+Promise.resolve(require('./foo.js'));
diff --git a/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_expected/es/main.js b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_expected/es/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51e216a3931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_expected/es/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+foobar('./foo.js');
diff --git a/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_expected/system/main.js b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_expected/system/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0824bad8d3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/_expected/system/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+System.register([], function (exports, module) {
+	'use strict';
+	return {
+		execute: function () {
+
+			module.import('./foo.js');
+
+		}
+	};
+});
diff --git a/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/foo.js b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/foo.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81afa3157c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/foo.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log('foo');
diff --git a/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/main.js b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bbe4a5cc219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/chunking-form/samples/dynamic-import-name/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+import('./foo.js');
diff --git a/test/misc/optionList.js b/test/misc/optionList.js
index 50080676ae6..93204262061 100644
--- a/test/misc/optionList.js
+++ b/test/misc/optionList.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 exports.input = 'acorn, acornInjectPlugins, cache, chunkGroupingSize, context, experimentalCacheExpiry, experimentalOptimizeChunks, experimentalTopLevelAwait, external, inlineDynamicImports, input, manualChunks, moduleContext, onwarn, perf, plugins, preserveModules, preserveSymlinks, shimMissingExports, treeshake, watch';
 exports.flags = 'acorn, acornInjectPlugins, amd, assetFileNames, banner, c, cache, chunkFileNames, chunkGroupingSize, compact, config, context, d, dir, e, entryFileNames, environment, esModule, experimentalCacheExpiry, experimentalOptimizeChunks, experimentalTopLevelAwait, exports, extend, external, f, file, footer, format, freeze, g, globals, h, i, indent, inlineDynamicImports, input, interop, intro, m, manualChunks, moduleContext, n, name, namespaceToStringTag, noConflict, o, onwarn, outro, paths, perf, plugins, preferConst, preserveModules, preserveSymlinks, shimMissingExports, silent, sourcemap, sourcemapExcludeSources, sourcemapFile, strict, treeshake, v, w, watch';
-exports.output = 'amd, assetFileNames, banner, dir, chunkFileNames, compact, entryFileNames, esModule, exports, extend, file, footer, format, freeze, globals, indent, interop, intro, name, namespaceToStringTag, noConflict, outro, paths, preferConst, sourcemap, sourcemapExcludeSources, sourcemapFile, sourcemapPathTransform, strict';
+exports.output = 'amd, assetFileNames, banner, dir, chunkFileNames, compact, entryFileNames, esModule, exports, extend, file, footer, format, freeze, globals, indent, interop, intro, name, namespaceToStringTag, noConflict, outro, paths, preferConst, sourcemap, sourcemapExcludeSources, sourcemapFile, sourcemapPathTransform, strict, dynamicImportFunction';