diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/auto_undist_citus_local.out b/src/test/regress/expected/auto_undist_citus_local.out
index d12b9541b..20739bd26 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/auto_undist_citus_local.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/auto_undist_citus_local.out
@@ -493,6 +493,44 @@ SELECT logicalrelid, autoconverted FROM pg_dist_partition
  citus_local_table_3 | f
 (3 rows)
 
+-- verify that tables that are connected to reference tables are marked as autoConverted = true
+CREATE TABLE ref_test(a int UNIQUE);
+SELECT create_reference_table('ref_test');
+ create_reference_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+CREATE TABLE auto_local_table_1(a int UNIQUE);
+CREATE TABLE auto_local_table_2(a int UNIQUE REFERENCES auto_local_table_1(a));
+ALTER TABLE auto_local_table_1 ADD CONSTRAINT fkey_to_ref_tbl FOREIGN KEY (a) REFERENCES ref_test(a);
+SELECT logicalrelid, autoconverted FROM pg_dist_partition
+  WHERE logicalrelid IN ('auto_local_table_1'::regclass,
+                         'auto_local_table_2'::regclass)
+  ORDER BY logicalrelid;
+    logicalrelid    | autoconverted
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ auto_local_table_1 | t
+ auto_local_table_2 | t
+(2 rows)
+
+-- verify that we can mark both of them with autoConverted = false, by converting one of them manually
+SELECT citus_add_local_table_to_metadata('auto_local_table_1');
+ citus_add_local_table_to_metadata
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT logicalrelid, autoconverted FROM pg_dist_partition
+  WHERE logicalrelid IN ('auto_local_table_1'::regclass,
+                         'auto_local_table_2'::regclass)
+  ORDER BY logicalrelid;
+    logicalrelid    | autoconverted
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ auto_local_table_1 | f
+ auto_local_table_2 | f
+(2 rows)
+
 -- a single drop table cascades into multiple undistributes
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS citus_local_table_1, citus_local_table_2, citus_local_table_3, citus_local_table_2, reference_table_1;
 CREATE TABLE reference_table_1(r1 int UNIQUE, r2 int);
@@ -530,9 +568,9 @@ ALTER TABLE reference_table_1 OWNER TO another_user;
 SELECT run_command_on_placements('reference_table_1', 'ALTER TABLE %s OWNER TO another_user');
          run_command_on_placements
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- (localhost,57636,1810042,t,"ALTER TABLE")
- (localhost,57637,1810042,t,"ALTER TABLE")
- (localhost,57638,1810042,t,"ALTER TABLE")
+ (localhost,57636,1810045,t,"ALTER TABLE")
+ (localhost,57637,1810045,t,"ALTER TABLE")
+ (localhost,57638,1810045,t,"ALTER TABLE")
 (3 rows)
 
 SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation to ON;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/auto_undist_citus_local.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/auto_undist_citus_local.sql
index 5ab0fe81f..413b83bf0 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/auto_undist_citus_local.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/auto_undist_citus_local.sql
@@ -230,6 +230,25 @@ SELECT logicalrelid, autoconverted FROM pg_dist_partition
                          'citus_local_table_3'::regclass)
   ORDER BY logicalrelid;
 
+-- verify that tables that are connected to reference tables are marked as autoConverted = true
+CREATE TABLE ref_test(a int UNIQUE);
+SELECT create_reference_table('ref_test');
+CREATE TABLE auto_local_table_1(a int UNIQUE);
+CREATE TABLE auto_local_table_2(a int UNIQUE REFERENCES auto_local_table_1(a));
+ALTER TABLE auto_local_table_1 ADD CONSTRAINT fkey_to_ref_tbl FOREIGN KEY (a) REFERENCES ref_test(a);
+
+SELECT logicalrelid, autoconverted FROM pg_dist_partition
+  WHERE logicalrelid IN ('auto_local_table_1'::regclass,
+                         'auto_local_table_2'::regclass)
+  ORDER BY logicalrelid;
+
+-- verify that we can mark both of them with autoConverted = false, by converting one of them manually
+SELECT citus_add_local_table_to_metadata('auto_local_table_1');
+SELECT logicalrelid, autoconverted FROM pg_dist_partition
+  WHERE logicalrelid IN ('auto_local_table_1'::regclass,
+                         'auto_local_table_2'::regclass)
+  ORDER BY logicalrelid;
+
 -- a single drop table cascades into multiple undistributes
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS citus_local_table_1, citus_local_table_2, citus_local_table_3, citus_local_table_2, reference_table_1;
 CREATE TABLE reference_table_1(r1 int UNIQUE, r2 int);