diff --git a/src/preset_cli/cli/superset/sync/dbt/command.py b/src/preset_cli/cli/superset/sync/dbt/command.py
index f9b7a1e8..3f1c8253 100644
--- a/src/preset_cli/cli/superset/sync/dbt/command.py
+++ b/src/preset_cli/cli/superset/sync/dbt/command.py
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 """
 
 import os.path
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import click
 import yaml
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
     JobSchema,
     MetricSchema,
     MFMetricWithSQLSchema,
+    MFSQLEngine,
     ModelSchema,
 )
 from preset_cli.api.clients.superset import SupersetClient
@@ -137,6 +139,9 @@ def dbt_core(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments, too-many-branches, too-many
 
     if profiles is None:
         profiles = os.path.expanduser("~/.dbt/profiles.yml")
+    with open(profiles, encoding="utf-8") as inp:
+        config = yaml.safe_load(inp)
+        dialect = MFSQLEngine(config[project]["outputs"][target]["type"].upper())
 
     file_path = Path(file)
 
@@ -200,14 +205,18 @@ def dbt_core(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments, too-many-branches, too-many
         ]
     else:
         og_metrics = []
+        sl_metrics = []
         metric_schema = MetricSchema()
         for config in configs["metrics"].values():
-            # conform to the same schema that dbt Cloud uses for metrics
-            config["dependsOn"] = config.pop("depends_on")["nodes"]
-            config["uniqueId"] = config.pop("unique_id")
-            og_metrics.append(metric_schema.load(config))
+            if "calculation_method" in config or "sql" in config:
+                # conform to the same schema that dbt Cloud uses for metrics
+                config["dependsOn"] = config.pop("depends_on")["nodes"]
+                config["uniqueId"] = config.pop("unique_id")
+                og_metrics.append(metric_schema.load(config))
+            elif sl_metric := get_sl_metric(config, model_map, dialect):
+                sl_metrics.append(sl_metric)
 
-        superset_metrics = get_superset_metrics_per_model(og_metrics)
+        superset_metrics = get_superset_metrics_per_model(og_metrics, sl_metrics)
 
         try:
             database = sync_database(
@@ -338,7 +347,44 @@ def get_job(
     raise ValueError(f"Job {job_id} not available")
 
 
-def process_sl_metrics(
+def get_sl_metric(
+    metric: Dict[str, Any],
+    model_map: Dict[ModelKey, ModelSchema],
+    dialect: MFSQLEngine,
+) -> Optional[MFMetricWithSQLSchema]:
+    """
+    Compute a SL metric using the ``mf`` CLI.
+    """
+    mf_metric_schema = MFMetricWithSQLSchema()
+
+    command = ["mf", "query", "--explain", "--metrics", metric["name"]]
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        return None
+
+    output = result.stdout.strip()
+    start = output.find("SELECT")
+    sql = output[start:]
+
+    models = get_models_from_sql(sql, dialect, model_map)
+    if len(models) > 1:
+        return None
+    model = models[0]
+
+    return mf_metric_schema.load(
+        {
+            "name": metric["name"],
+            "type": metric["type"],
+            "description": metric["description"],
+            "sql": sql,
+            "dialect": dialect.value,
+            "model": model["unique_id"],
+        },
+    )
+
+
+def fetch_sl_metrics(
     dbt_client: DBTClient,
     environment_id: int,
     model_map: Dict[ModelKey, ModelSchema],
@@ -498,7 +544,7 @@ def dbt_cloud(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments, too-many-locals
     model_map = {ModelKey(model["schema"], model["name"]): model for model in models}
 
     og_metrics = dbt_client.get_og_metrics(job["id"])
-    sl_metrics = process_sl_metrics(dbt_client, job["environment_id"], model_map)
+    sl_metrics = fetch_sl_metrics(dbt_client, job["environment_id"], model_map)
     superset_metrics = get_superset_metrics_per_model(og_metrics, sl_metrics)
 
     if exposures_only:
diff --git a/src/preset_cli/cli/superset/sync/dbt/metrics.py b/src/preset_cli/cli/superset/sync/dbt/metrics.py
index 79f0be97..a9cc160f 100644
--- a/src/preset_cli/cli/superset/sync/dbt/metrics.py
+++ b/src/preset_cli/cli/superset/sync/dbt/metrics.py
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@ def get_metric_expression(unique_id: str, metrics: Dict[str, MetricSchema]) -> s
         # dbt >= 1.3
         type_ = metric["calculation_method"]
         sql = metric["expression"]
-    else:
+    elif "sql" in metric:
         # dbt < 1.3
         type_ = metric["type"]
         sql = metric["sql"]
+    else:
+        raise Exception(f"Unable to generate metric expression from: {metric}")
 
     if metric.get("filters"):
         sql = apply_filters(sql, metric["filters"])