diff --git a/packages/core/src/css_composer/index.ts b/packages/core/src/css_composer/index.ts
index 99d18a831..89a486246 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/css_composer/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/css_composer/index.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import { ObjectAny, PrevToNewIdMap } from '../common';
 import { UpdateStyleOptions } from '../domain_abstract/model/StyleableModel';
 import { CssEvents } from './types';
 import CssRuleView from './view/CssRuleView';
+import type { DataBindingImportPolicy } from '../data_sources/types';
 
 /** @private */
 interface RuleOptions {
@@ -73,6 +74,12 @@ export interface GetSetRuleOptions extends UpdateStyleOptions {
 
 type CssRuleStyle = Required<CssRuleProperties>['style'];
 
+export interface AddCollectionOptions extends UpdateStyleOptions {
+  extend?: boolean | number;
+  avoidUpdateStyle?: boolean;
+  dataBindingImportPolicy?: DataBindingImportPolicy;
+}
+
 export default class CssComposer extends ItemManagerModule<CssComposerConfig & { pStylePrefix?: string }> {
   classes = {
     CssRule,
@@ -295,10 +302,10 @@ export default class CssComposer extends ItemManagerModule<CssComposerConfig & {
    * @return {Array<Model>}
    * @private
    */
-  addCollection(data: string | CssRuleJSON[], opts: Record<string, any> = {}, props = {}) {
+  addCollection(data: string | CssRuleJSON[], opts: AddCollectionOptions = {}, props = {}) {
     const { em } = this;
     const result: CssRule[] = [];
-    const parsedImportOpts = { parsedImportSource: 'css', ...opts };
+    const parsedImportOpts: AddCollectionOptions = { ...opts, parsedImportSource: 'css' as const };
 
     if (isString(data)) {
       data = em.Parser.parseCss(data);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/Components.ts b/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/Components.ts
index d76ac7ec0..9492f3265 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/Components.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/Components.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import ComponentText from './ComponentText';
 import ComponentWrapper from './ComponentWrapper';
 import { ComponentsEvents, ParseStringOptions } from '../types';
 import { isSymbolInstance, isSymbolRoot, updateSymbolComps } from './SymbolUtils';
+import type { DataBindingImportPolicy } from '../../data_sources/types';
 
 export interface ResetCommonUpdateProps {
   component: Component;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ export interface ResetCommonUpdateProps {
 export interface ResetFromStringOptions {
   visitedCmps?: Record<string, ComponentDefinitionDefined[]>;
   keepIds?: string[];
+  dataBindingImportPolicy?: DataBindingImportPolicy;
   updateOptions?: {
     onAttributes?: (props: ResetCommonUpdateProps & { attributes: Record<string, any> }) => void;
     onStyle?: (props: ResetCommonUpdateProps & { style: Record<string, any> }) => void;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ModelResolverWatcher.ts b/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ModelResolverWatcher.ts
index bf16402ab..36ba59f84 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ModelResolverWatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ModelResolverWatcher.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface DataWatchersOptions {
   skipWatcherUpdates?: boolean;
   fromDataSource?: boolean;
   parsedImportSource?: DataBindingImportSource;
+  dataBindingImportPolicy?: DataBindingImportPolicy;
 }
 
 export interface ModelResolverWatcherOptions {
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ export class ModelResolverWatcher<T extends ObjectHash> {
 
   private applyImportPolicy(values: ObjectAny | undefined, options: DataWatchersOptions = {}) {
     const { parsedImportSource } = options;
-    const { dataBindingImportPolicy } = this.em.DataSources.config;
+    const dataBindingImportPolicy = options.dataBindingImportPolicy ?? this.em.DataSources.config.dataBindingImportPolicy;
 
     if (!values || !parsedImportSource || dataBindingImportPolicy === 'overwrite') return values;
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom_components/types.ts b/packages/core/src/dom_components/types.ts
index 885426a2a..e9df3bc85 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom_components/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom_components/types.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import type {
   ComponentResizeEventStartProps,
   ComponentResizeEventUpdateProps,
 } from '../commands/view/Resize';
-import type { DataBindingImportSource } from '../data_sources/types';
+import type { DataBindingImportPolicy, DataBindingImportSource } from '../data_sources/types';
 import type { StyleProps } from '../domain_abstract/model/StyleableModel';
 import type Selector from '../selector_manager/model/Selector';
 import type Component from './model/Component';
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export interface ParseStringOptions extends AddOptions, OptionAsDocument, WithHT
   keepIds?: string[];
   cloneRules?: boolean;
   parsedImportSource?: DataBindingImportSource;
+  dataBindingImportPolicy?: DataBindingImportPolicy;
 }
 
 export enum ComponentsEvents {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/dataBindingImportPolicy.ts b/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/dataBindingImportPolicy.ts
index 5d355132c..3683dfc45 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/dataBindingImportPolicy.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/dataBindingImportPolicy.ts
@@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ describe('Data source import policy', () => {
 
   const importStaticHtml = (
     html = '<section id="bound-cmp" data-attr="Imported Title" style="color: green;">Imported</section>',
+    opts = {},
   ) => {
-    cmpRoot.components().resetFromString(html);
+    cmpRoot.components().resetFromString(html, opts);
   };
 
   const createBoundRule = () => {
@@ -132,8 +133,8 @@ describe('Data source import policy', () => {
     ])[0] as CssRule;
   };
 
-  const importStaticCss = (css = '.bound-rule { color: green; }') => {
-    em.Css.addCollection(css, { extend: 1 });
+  const importStaticCss = (css = '.bound-rule { color: green; }', opts = {}) => {
+    em.Css.addCollection(css, { extend: 1, ...opts });
   };
 
   const expectUntouchedComponentValues = (
@@ -366,6 +367,39 @@ describe('Data source import policy', () => {
     expectUntouchedComponentValues(component);
   });
 
+  test('supports per-call override on parsed HTML import', () => {
+    init({
+      dataSources: { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'skip' },
+    });
+    addBaseDataSource();
+    const component = createBoundComponent();
+
+    importStaticHtml(undefined, { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'update' });
+
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.tagName')).toBe('section');
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.title')).toBe('Imported Title');
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.color')).toBe('green');
+    expect(component.get('tagName', { skipResolve: true })).toEqual(makeTagNameVar());
+    expect(component.get('tagName')).toBe('section');
+    expect(component.getAttributes({ skipResolve: true })['data-attr']).toEqual(makeTitleVar());
+    expect(component.getStyle({ skipResolve: true }).color).toEqual(makeColorVar());
+  });
+
+  test('supports per-call override on parsed CSS import', () => {
+    init({
+      dataSources: { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'skip' },
+    });
+    addBaseDataSource();
+    const rule = createBoundRule();
+
+    importStaticCss(undefined, { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'update' });
+
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.color')).toBe('green');
+    expect(rule.getStyle('', { skipResolve: true }).color).toEqual(makeColorVar());
+    expect(rule.getStyle().color).toBe('green');
+    expectUntouchedRuleValues(rule);
+  });
+
   test('keeps bindings and warns when update cannot write data-condition values', () => {
     init({
       dataSources: { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'update' },