diff --git a/client/src/model.js b/client/src/model.js
index 96b0feecac..320d42efe7 100644
--- a/client/src/model.js
+++ b/client/src/model.js
@@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ class Model {
      * @param {{
      *     silent?: boolean,
      *     unset?: boolean,
+     *     sync?: boolean,
      * } & Object.<string, *>} [options] Options. `silent` won't trigger a `change` event.
+     *     `sync` can be used to emulate syncing.
      * @return {this}
      * @fires Model#change Unless `{silent: true}`.
      * @copyright Credits to Backbone.js.
@@ -330,6 +332,14 @@ class Model {
             }
         }
 
+        if (options.sync) {
+            if (this.collection) {
+                const modelSyncOptions = {...options, action: 'set'};
+
+                this.collection.trigger('model-sync', this, modelSyncOptions);
+            }
+        }
+
         if (changing) {
             return this;
         }
diff --git a/client/src/views/record/list.js b/client/src/views/record/list.js
index 07be46eeab..063a90dfc7 100644
--- a/client/src/views/record/list.js
+++ b/client/src/views/record/list.js
@@ -2165,7 +2165,7 @@ class ListRecordView extends View {
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (o.action === 'fetch' || o.action === 'save') {
+            if (o.action === 'set' || o.action === 'fetch' || o.action === 'save') {
                 model.setMultiple(m.getClonedAttributes(), o);
             }
         });