diff --git a/.ci/scripts/test_export_data_command.sh b/.ci/scripts/test_export_data_command.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..75f5811d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/scripts/test_export_data_command.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Test for the export-data admin command against sqlite and postgres
+
+set -xe
+cd `dirname $0`/../..
+
+echo "--- Install dependencies"
+
+# Install dependencies for this test.
+pip install psycopg2
+
+# Install Synapse itself. This won't update any libraries.
+pip install -e .
+
+echo "--- Generate the signing key"
+
+# Generate the server's signing key.
+python -m synapse.app.homeserver --generate-keys -c .ci/sqlite-config.yaml
+
+echo "--- Prepare test database"
+
+# Make sure the SQLite3 database is using the latest schema and has no pending background update.
+scripts/update_synapse_database --database-config .ci/sqlite-config.yaml --run-background-updates
+
+# Run the export-data command on the sqlite test database
+python -m synapse.app.admin_cmd -c .ci/sqlite-config.yaml  export-data @anon-20191002_181700-832:localhost:8800 \
+--output-directory /tmp/export_data
+
+# Test that the output directory exists and contains the rooms directory
+dir="/tmp/export_data/rooms"
+if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
+  echo "Command successful, this test passes"
+else
+  echo "No output directories found, the command fails against a sqlite database."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Create the PostgreSQL database.
+.ci/scripts/postgres_exec.py "CREATE DATABASE synapse"
+
+# Port the SQLite databse to postgres so we can check command works against postgres
+echo "+++ Port SQLite3 databse to postgres"
+scripts/synapse_port_db --sqlite-database .ci/test_db.db --postgres-config .ci/postgres-config.yaml
+
+# Run the export-data command on postgres database
+python -m synapse.app.admin_cmd -c .ci/postgres-config.yaml  export-data @anon-20191002_181700-832:localhost:8800 \
+--output-directory /tmp/export_data2
+
+# Test that the output directory exists and contains the rooms directory
+dir2="/tmp/export_data2/rooms"
+if [ -d "$dir2" ]; then
+  echo "Command successful, this test passes"
+else
+  echo "No output directories found, the command fails against a postgres database."
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 9e302bf446..8d7e8cafd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -253,6 +253,35 @@ jobs:
             /logs/results.tap
             /logs/**/*.log*
 
+  export-data:
+    if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }} # Allow previous steps to be skipped, but not fail
+    needs: [linting-done, portdb]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      TOP: ${{ github.workspace }}
+
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "postgres"
+          POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: "--lc-collate C --lc-ctype C --encoding UTF8"
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - run: sudo apt-get -qq install xmlsec1
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.9"
+      - run: .ci/scripts/test_export_data_command.sh
+
   portdb:
     if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }} # Allow previous steps to be skipped, but not fail
     needs: linting-done
diff --git a/changelog.d/11078.bugfix b/changelog.d/11078.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc813babe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/11078.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix broken export-data admin command and add test script checking the command to CI.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synapse/app/admin_cmd.py b/synapse/app/admin_cmd.py
index 13d20af457..b156b93bf3 100644
--- a/synapse/app/admin_cmd.py
+++ b/synapse/app/admin_cmd.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from synapse.replication.slave.storage.push_rule import SlavedPushRuleStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.receipts import SlavedReceiptsStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.registration import SlavedRegistrationStore
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.storage.databases.main.room import RoomWorkerStore
 from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ class AdminCmdSlavedStore(
     SlavedEventStore,
     SlavedClientIpStore,
     BaseSlavedStore,
+    RoomWorkerStore,
 ):
     pass
 
@@ -185,11 +187,7 @@ def start(config_options):
     # a full worker config.
     config.worker.worker_app = "synapse.app.admin_cmd"
 
-    if (
-        not config.worker.worker_daemonize
-        and not config.worker.worker_log_file
-        and not config.worker.worker_log_config
-    ):
+    if not config.worker.worker_daemonize and not config.worker.worker_log_config:
         # Since we're meant to be run as a "command" let's not redirect stdio
         # unless we've actually set log config.
         config.logging.no_redirect_stdio = True
@@ -198,9 +196,9 @@ def start(config_options):
     config.server.update_user_directory = False
     config.worker.run_background_tasks = False
     config.worker.start_pushers = False
-    config.pusher_shard_config.instances = []
+    config.worker.pusher_shard_config.instances = []
     config.worker.send_federation = False
-    config.federation_shard_config.instances = []
+    config.worker.federation_shard_config.instances = []
 
     synapse.events.USE_FROZEN_DICTS = config.server.use_frozen_dicts
 
@@ -221,7 +219,7 @@ def start(config_options):
 
     async def run():
         with LoggingContext("command"):
-            _base.start(ss)
+            await _base.start(ss)
             await args.func(ss, args)
 
     _base.start_worker_reactor(