diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
index 6cc2b6ea5..95a061510 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ StartMetadataSyncToNode(const char *nodeNameString, int32 nodePort)
 
 	CheckCitusVersion(ERROR);
 	EnsureCoordinator();
-	EnsureSuperUser();
 	EnsureModificationsCanRun();
 
 	EnsureSequentialModeMetadataOperations();
@@ -289,7 +288,6 @@ stop_metadata_sync_to_node(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	CheckCitusVersion(ERROR);
 	EnsureCoordinator();
-	EnsureSuperUser();
 
 	text *nodeName = PG_GETARG_TEXT_P(0);
 	int32 nodePort = PG_GETARG_INT32(1);
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.2-3--11.0-1.sql b/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.2-3--11.0-1.sql
index 9210b7e98..437c5f3eb 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.2-3--11.0-1.sql
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.2-3--11.0-1.sql
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@
 DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS pg_catalog.master_apply_delete_command(text);
 DROP FUNCTION pg_catalog.master_get_table_metadata(text);
 ALTER TABLE pg_catalog.pg_dist_partition ADD COLUMN autoconverted boolean DEFAULT false;
+
+REVOKE ALL ON FUNCTION start_metadata_sync_to_node(text, integer) FROM PUBLIC;
+REVOKE ALL ON FUNCTION stop_metadata_sync_to_node(text, integer,bool) FROM PUBLIC;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/sql/downgrades/citus--11.0-1--10.2-3.sql b/src/backend/distributed/sql/downgrades/citus--11.0-1--10.2-3.sql
index dd3c6a03c..fe216e830 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/sql/downgrades/citus--11.0-1--10.2-3.sql
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/sql/downgrades/citus--11.0-1--10.2-3.sql
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.master_get_table_metadata(
 COMMENT ON FUNCTION master_get_table_metadata(relation_name text)
     IS 'fetch metadata values for the table';
 ALTER TABLE pg_catalog.pg_dist_partition DROP COLUMN autoconverted;
+
+GRANT ALL ON FUNCTION start_metadata_sync_to_node(text, integer) TO PUBLIC;
+GRANT ALL ON FUNCTION stop_metadata_sync_to_node(text, integer,bool) TO PUBLIC;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_metadata_sync.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_metadata_sync.out
index 2e7d42a50..7a1677992 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_metadata_sync.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_metadata_sync.out
@@ -1782,6 +1782,51 @@ DROP TABLE mx_test_schema_1.mx_table_1 CASCADE;
 DROP TABLE mx_testing_schema.mx_test_table;
 DROP TABLE mx_ref;
 DROP TABLE dist_table_1, dist_table_2;
+SET client_min_messages TO ERROR;
+SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation TO off; -- for enterprise
+CREATE USER non_super_metadata_user;
+SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation TO on;
+RESET client_min_messages;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers('CREATE USER non_super_metadata_user');
+      run_command_on_workers
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ (localhost,57637,t,"CREATE ROLE")
+ (localhost,57638,t,"CREATE ROLE")
+(2 rows)
+
+GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION start_metadata_sync_to_node(text,int) TO non_super_metadata_user;
+GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION stop_metadata_sync_to_node(text,int,bool) TO non_super_metadata_user;
+GRANT ALL ON pg_dist_node TO non_super_metadata_user;
+GRANT ALL ON pg_dist_local_group TO non_super_metadata_user;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers('GRANT ALL ON pg_dist_node TO non_super_metadata_user');
+  run_command_on_workers
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ (localhost,57637,t,GRANT)
+ (localhost,57638,t,GRANT)
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT run_command_on_workers('GRANT ALL ON pg_dist_local_group TO non_super_metadata_user');
+  run_command_on_workers
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ (localhost,57637,t,GRANT)
+ (localhost,57638,t,GRANT)
+(2 rows)
+
+SET ROLE non_super_metadata_user;
+SELECT stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+NOTICE:  dropping metadata on the node (localhost,57637)
+ stop_metadata_sync_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+ start_metadata_sync_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+RESET ROLE;
 RESET citus.shard_count;
 RESET citus.shard_replication_factor;
 ALTER SEQUENCE pg_catalog.pg_dist_groupid_seq RESTART :last_group_id;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_metadata_sync.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_metadata_sync.sql
index ad9ae7168..07b7148a5 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_metadata_sync.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_metadata_sync.sql
@@ -815,6 +815,26 @@ DROP TABLE mx_testing_schema.mx_test_table;
 DROP TABLE mx_ref;
 DROP TABLE dist_table_1, dist_table_2;
 
+SET client_min_messages TO ERROR;
+SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation TO off; -- for enterprise
+CREATE USER non_super_metadata_user;
+SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation TO on;
+RESET client_min_messages;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers('CREATE USER non_super_metadata_user');
+GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION start_metadata_sync_to_node(text,int) TO non_super_metadata_user;
+GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION stop_metadata_sync_to_node(text,int,bool) TO non_super_metadata_user;
+GRANT ALL ON pg_dist_node TO non_super_metadata_user;
+GRANT ALL ON pg_dist_local_group TO non_super_metadata_user;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers('GRANT ALL ON pg_dist_node TO non_super_metadata_user');
+SELECT run_command_on_workers('GRANT ALL ON pg_dist_local_group TO non_super_metadata_user');
+
+SET ROLE non_super_metadata_user;
+
+SELECT stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+SELECT start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+
+RESET ROLE;
+
 RESET citus.shard_count;
 RESET citus.shard_replication_factor;