diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/comment.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/comment.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e18a5c5cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/comment.c
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * comment.c
+ *    Commands to interact with the comments for all database
+ *    object types.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) Citus Data, Inc.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#include "postgres.h"
+
+#include "access/genam.h"
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
+#include "access/table.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_shdescription.h"
+#include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
+#include "utils/builtins.h"
+#include "utils/fmgroids.h"
+#include "utils/rel.h"
+
+#include "distributed/comment.h"
+
+static char * GetCommentForObject(Oid classOid, Oid objectOid);
+
+
+List *
+GetCommentPropagationCommands(Oid classOid, Oid objOoid, char *objectName, ObjectType
+							  objectType)
+{
+	List *commands = NIL;
+
+	StringInfo commentStmt = makeStringInfo();
+
+	/* Get the comment for the database */
+	char *comment = GetCommentForObject(classOid, objOoid);
+	char const *commentObjectType = ObjectTypeNames[objectType];
+
+	/* Create the SQL command to propagate the comment to other nodes */
+	if (comment != NULL)
+	{
+		appendStringInfo(commentStmt, "COMMENT ON %s %s IS %s;", commentObjectType,
+						 quote_identifier(objectName),
+						 quote_literal_cstr(comment));
+	}
+
+
+	/* Add the command to the list */
+	if (commentStmt->len > 0)
+	{
+		commands = list_make1(commentStmt->data);
+	}
+
+	return commands;
+}
+
+
+static char *
+GetCommentForObject(Oid classOid, Oid objectOid)
+{
+	HeapTuple tuple;
+	char *comment = NULL;
+
+	/* Open pg_shdescription catalog */
+	Relation shdescRelation = table_open(SharedDescriptionRelationId, AccessShareLock);
+
+	/* Scan the table */
+	ScanKeyData scanKey[2];
+
+	ScanKeyInit(&scanKey[0],
+				Anum_pg_shdescription_objoid,
+				BTEqualStrategyNumber, F_OIDEQ,
+				ObjectIdGetDatum(objectOid));
+	ScanKeyInit(&scanKey[1],
+				Anum_pg_shdescription_classoid,
+				BTEqualStrategyNumber, F_OIDEQ,
+				ObjectIdGetDatum(classOid));
+	bool indexOk = true;
+	int scanKeyCount = 2;
+	SysScanDesc scan = systable_beginscan(shdescRelation, SharedDescriptionObjIndexId,
+										  indexOk, NULL, scanKeyCount,
+										  scanKey);
+	if ((tuple = systable_getnext(scan)) != NULL)
+	{
+		bool isNull = false;
+
+		TupleDesc tupdesc = RelationGetDescr(shdescRelation);
+
+		Datum descDatum = heap_getattr(tuple, Anum_pg_shdescription_description, tupdesc,
+									   &isNull);
+
+
+		/* Add the command to the list */
+		if (!isNull)
+		{
+			comment = TextDatumGetCString(descDatum);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			comment = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* End the scan and close the catalog */
+	systable_endscan(scan);
+	table_close(shdescRelation, AccessShareLock);
+
+	return comment;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * CommentObjectAddress resolves the ObjectAddress for the object
+ * on which the comment is placed. Optionally errors if the object does not
+ * exist based on the missing_ok flag passed in by the caller.
+ */
+List *
+CommentObjectAddress(Node *node, bool missing_ok, bool isPostprocess)
+{
+	CommentStmt *stmt = castNode(CommentStmt, node);
+	Relation relation;
+
+	ObjectAddress objectAddress = get_object_address(stmt->objtype, stmt->object,
+													 &relation, AccessExclusiveLock,
+													 missing_ok);
+
+	ObjectAddress *objectAddressCopy = palloc0(sizeof(ObjectAddress));
+	*objectAddressCopy = objectAddress;
+	return list_make1(objectAddressCopy);
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/database.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/database.c
index 049af3a64..0eb87ec19 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/database.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/database.c
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 
+#include "access/genam.h"
 #include "access/heapam.h"
 #include "access/htup_details.h"
+#include "access/table.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/objectaddress.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_collation.h"
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "commands/defrem.h"
 #include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
+#include "utils/fmgroids.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "distributed/adaptive_executor.h"
 #include "distributed/commands.h"
 #include "distributed/commands/utility_hook.h"
+#include "distributed/comment.h"
 #include "distributed/deparse_shard_query.h"
 #include "distributed/deparser.h"
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
@@ -45,7 +49,6 @@
 #include "distributed/worker_protocol.h"
 #include "distributed/worker_transaction.h"
 
-
 /*
  * DatabaseCollationInfo is used to store collation related information of a database.
  */
@@ -672,6 +675,31 @@ GetTablespaceName(Oid tablespaceOid)
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * GetDatabaseMetadataSyncCommands returns a list of sql statements
+ * for the given database id. The list contains the database ddl command,
+ * grant commands and comment propagation commands.
+ */
+List *
+GetDatabaseMetadataSyncCommands(Oid dbOid)
+{
+	char *databaseName = get_database_name(dbOid);
+	char *databaseDDLCommand = CreateDatabaseDDLCommand(dbOid);
+
+	List *ddlCommands = list_make1(databaseDDLCommand);
+
+	List *grantDDLCommands = GrantOnDatabaseDDLCommands(dbOid);
+	List *commentDDLCommands = GetCommentPropagationCommands(DatabaseRelationId, dbOid,
+															 databaseName,
+															 OBJECT_DATABASE);
+
+	ddlCommands = list_concat(ddlCommands, grantDDLCommands);
+	ddlCommands = list_concat(ddlCommands, commentDDLCommands);
+
+	return ddlCommands;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * GetDatabaseCollation gets oid of a database and returns all the collation related information
  * We need this method since collation related info in Form_pg_database is not accessible.
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/dependencies.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/dependencies.c
index 3b3b3cfd6..c7de5d874 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/dependencies.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/dependencies.c
@@ -584,15 +584,7 @@ GetDependencyCreateDDLCommands(const ObjectAddress *dependency)
 			 */
 			if (dependency->objectId != MyDatabaseId && EnableCreateDatabasePropagation)
 			{
-				char *databaseDDLCommand = CreateDatabaseDDLCommand(dependency->objectId);
-
-				List *ddlCommands = list_make1(databaseDDLCommand);
-
-				List *grantDDLCommands = GrantOnDatabaseDDLCommands(dependency->objectId);
-
-				ddlCommands = list_concat(ddlCommands, grantDDLCommands);
-
-				return ddlCommands;
+				return GetDatabaseMetadataSyncCommands(dependency->objectId);
 			}
 
 			return NIL;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/distribute_object_ops.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/distribute_object_ops.c
index fe1f422b6..5a62dd2c8 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/distribute_object_ops.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/distribute_object_ops.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "distributed/commands.h"
 #include "distributed/commands/utility_hook.h"
+#include "distributed/comment.h"
 #include "distributed/deparser.h"
 #include "distributed/version_compat.h"
 
@@ -304,6 +305,17 @@ static DistributeObjectOps Any_DropRole = {
 	.address = NULL,
 	.markDistributed = false,
 };
+
+static DistributeObjectOps Role_Comment = {
+	.deparse = DeparseCommentStmt,
+	.qualify = NULL,
+	.preprocess = PreprocessAlterDistributedObjectStmt,
+	.postprocess = NULL,
+	.objectType = OBJECT_DATABASE,
+	.operationType = DIST_OPS_ALTER,
+	.address = CommentObjectAddress,
+	.markDistributed = false,
+};
 static DistributeObjectOps Any_CreateForeignServer = {
 	.deparse = DeparseCreateForeignServerStmt,
 	.qualify = NULL,
@@ -533,6 +545,17 @@ static DistributeObjectOps Database_Set = {
 	.markDistributed = false,
 };
 
+static DistributeObjectOps Database_Comment = {
+	.deparse = DeparseCommentStmt,
+	.qualify = NULL,
+	.preprocess = PreprocessAlterDistributedObjectStmt,
+	.postprocess = NULL,
+	.objectType = OBJECT_DATABASE,
+	.operationType = DIST_OPS_ALTER,
+	.address = CommentObjectAddress,
+	.markDistributed = false,
+};
+
 static DistributeObjectOps Database_Rename = {
 	.deparse = DeparseAlterDatabaseRenameStmt,
 	.qualify = NULL,
@@ -972,13 +995,18 @@ static DistributeObjectOps TextSearchConfig_AlterOwner = {
 	.markDistributed = false,
 };
 static DistributeObjectOps TextSearchConfig_Comment = {
-	.deparse = DeparseTextSearchConfigurationCommentStmt,
+	.deparse = DeparseCommentStmt,
+
+	/* TODO: When adding new comment types we should create an abstracted
+	 * qualify function, just like we have an abstract deparse
+	 * and adress function
+	 */
 	.qualify = QualifyTextSearchConfigurationCommentStmt,
 	.preprocess = PreprocessAlterDistributedObjectStmt,
 	.postprocess = NULL,
 	.objectType = OBJECT_TSCONFIGURATION,
 	.operationType = DIST_OPS_ALTER,
-	.address = TextSearchConfigurationCommentObjectAddress,
+	.address = CommentObjectAddress,
 	.markDistributed = false,
 };
 static DistributeObjectOps TextSearchConfig_Define = {
@@ -1041,13 +1069,13 @@ static DistributeObjectOps TextSearchDict_AlterOwner = {
 	.markDistributed = false,
 };
 static DistributeObjectOps TextSearchDict_Comment = {
-	.deparse = DeparseTextSearchDictionaryCommentStmt,
+	.deparse = DeparseCommentStmt,
 	.qualify = QualifyTextSearchDictionaryCommentStmt,
 	.preprocess = PreprocessAlterDistributedObjectStmt,
 	.postprocess = NULL,
 	.objectType = OBJECT_TSDICTIONARY,
 	.operationType = DIST_OPS_ALTER,
-	.address = TextSearchDictCommentObjectAddress,
+	.address = CommentObjectAddress,
 	.markDistributed = false,
 };
 static DistributeObjectOps TextSearchDict_Define = {
@@ -1780,6 +1808,16 @@ GetDistributeObjectOps(Node *node)
 					return &TextSearchDict_Comment;
 				}
 
+				case OBJECT_DATABASE:
+				{
+					return &Database_Comment;
+				}
+
+				case OBJECT_ROLE:
+				{
+					return &Role_Comment;
+				}
+
 				default:
 				{
 					return &NoDistributeOps;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/role.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/role.c
index e6cd1d112..d0b33ccb9 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/role.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/role.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include "distributed/citus_safe_lib.h"
 #include "distributed/commands.h"
 #include "distributed/commands/utility_hook.h"
+#include "distributed/comment.h"
 #include "distributed/coordinator_protocol.h"
 #include "distributed/deparser.h"
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
@@ -582,6 +583,17 @@ GenerateCreateOrAlterRoleCommand(Oid roleOid)
 		{
 			completeRoleList = lappend(completeRoleList, DeparseTreeNode(stmt));
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * append COMMENT ON ROLE commands for this specific user
+		 * When we propagate user creation, we also want to make sure that we propagate
+		 * all the comments it has been given. For this, we check pg_shdescription
+		 * for the ROLE entry corresponding to roleOid, and generate the relevant
+		 * Comment stmts to be run in the new node.
+		 */
+		List *commentStmts = GetCommentPropagationCommands(AuthIdRelationId, roleOid,
+														   rolename, OBJECT_ROLE);
+		completeRoleList = list_concat(completeRoleList, commentStmts);
 	}
 
 	return completeRoleList;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/text_search.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/text_search.c
index 4a386e321..cce246a73 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/text_search.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/text_search.c
@@ -790,45 +790,6 @@ AlterTextSearchDictionarySchemaStmtObjectAddress(Node *node, bool missing_ok, bo
 }
 
 
-/*
- * TextSearchConfigurationCommentObjectAddress resolves the ObjectAddress for the TEXT
- * SEARCH CONFIGURATION on which the comment is placed. Optionally errors if the
- * configuration does not exist based on the missing_ok flag passed in by the caller.
- */
-List *
-TextSearchConfigurationCommentObjectAddress(Node *node, bool missing_ok, bool
-											isPostprocess)
-{
-	CommentStmt *stmt = castNode(CommentStmt, node);
-	Assert(stmt->objtype == OBJECT_TSCONFIGURATION);
-
-	Oid objid = get_ts_config_oid(castNode(List, stmt->object), missing_ok);
-
-	ObjectAddress *address = palloc0(sizeof(ObjectAddress));
-	ObjectAddressSet(*address, TSConfigRelationId, objid);
-	return list_make1(address);
-}
-
-
-/*
- * TextSearchDictCommentObjectAddress resolves the ObjectAddress for the TEXT SEARCH
- * DICTIONARY on which the comment is placed. Optionally errors if the dictionary does not
- * exist based on the missing_ok flag passed in by the caller.
- */
-List *
-TextSearchDictCommentObjectAddress(Node *node, bool missing_ok, bool isPostprocess)
-{
-	CommentStmt *stmt = castNode(CommentStmt, node);
-	Assert(stmt->objtype == OBJECT_TSDICTIONARY);
-
-	Oid objid = get_ts_dict_oid(castNode(List, stmt->object), missing_ok);
-
-	ObjectAddress *address = palloc0(sizeof(ObjectAddress));
-	ObjectAddressSet(*address, TSDictionaryRelationId, objid);
-	return list_make1(address);
-}
-
-
 /*
  * AlterTextSearchConfigurationOwnerObjectAddress resolves the ObjectAddress for the TEXT
  * SEARCH CONFIGURATION for which the owner is changed. Optionally errors if the
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_comment_stmts.c b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_comment_stmts.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36a63c97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_comment_stmts.c
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * deparse_coment_stmts.c
+ *
+ *	  All routines to deparse comment statements.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c), Citus Data, Inc.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#include "postgres.h"
+
+#include "catalog/namespace.h"
+#include "commands/defrem.h"
+#include "lib/stringinfo.h"
+#include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
+#include "parser/parse_type.h"
+#include "utils/builtins.h"
+#include "utils/elog.h"
+
+#include "pg_version_compat.h"
+
+#include "distributed/citus_ruleutils.h"
+#include "distributed/commands.h"
+#include "distributed/comment.h"
+#include "distributed/deparser.h"
+#include "distributed/listutils.h"
+#include "distributed/log_utils.h"
+
+
+const char *ObjectTypeNames[] =
+{
+	[OBJECT_DATABASE] = "DATABASE",
+	[OBJECT_ROLE] = "ROLE",
+	[OBJECT_TSCONFIGURATION] = "TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION",
+	[OBJECT_TSDICTIONARY] = "TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY",
+
+	/* When support for propagating comments to new objects is introduced, an entry for each
+	 * statement type should be added to this list. The first element in each entry is the 'object_type' keyword
+	 * that will be included in the 'COMMENT ON <object_type> ..' statement (i.e. DATABASE,). The second element is the type of
+	 * stmt->object, which represents the name of the propagated object.
+	 */
+};
+
+char *
+DeparseCommentStmt(Node *node)
+{
+	CommentStmt *stmt = castNode(CommentStmt, node);
+	StringInfoData str = { 0 };
+	initStringInfo(&str);
+
+	const char *objectName = NULL;
+	if (IsA(stmt->object, String))
+	{
+		objectName = quote_identifier(strVal(stmt->object));
+	}
+	else if (IsA(stmt->object, List))
+	{
+		objectName = NameListToQuotedString(castNode(List, stmt->object));
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR),
+				 errmsg("unknown object type")));
+	}
+
+	const char *objectType = ObjectTypeNames[stmt->objtype];
+
+	char *comment = stmt->comment != NULL ? quote_literal_cstr(stmt->comment) : "NULL";
+
+
+	appendStringInfo(&str, "COMMENT ON %s %s IS %s;", objectType, objectName, comment);
+
+	return str.data;
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_text_search.c b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_text_search.c
index e0c750d0d..ab5498ad8 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_text_search.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_text_search.c
@@ -395,68 +395,6 @@ DeparseAlterTextSearchDictionarySchemaStmt(Node *node)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * DeparseTextSearchConfigurationCommentStmt returns the sql statement representing
- * COMMENT ON TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION ... IS ...
- */
-char *
-DeparseTextSearchConfigurationCommentStmt(Node *node)
-{
-	CommentStmt *stmt = castNode(CommentStmt, node);
-	Assert(stmt->objtype == OBJECT_TSCONFIGURATION);
-
-	StringInfoData buf = { 0 };
-	initStringInfo(&buf);
-
-	appendStringInfo(&buf, "COMMENT ON TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION %s IS ",
-					 NameListToQuotedString(castNode(List, stmt->object)));
-
-	if (stmt->comment == NULL)
-	{
-		appendStringInfoString(&buf, "NULL");
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		appendStringInfoString(&buf, quote_literal_cstr(stmt->comment));
-	}
-
-	appendStringInfoString(&buf, ";");
-
-	return buf.data;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * DeparseTextSearchDictionaryCommentStmt returns the sql statement representing
- * COMMENT ON TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY ... IS ...
- */
-char *
-DeparseTextSearchDictionaryCommentStmt(Node *node)
-{
-	CommentStmt *stmt = castNode(CommentStmt, node);
-	Assert(stmt->objtype == OBJECT_TSDICTIONARY);
-
-	StringInfoData buf = { 0 };
-	initStringInfo(&buf);
-
-	appendStringInfo(&buf, "COMMENT ON TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY %s IS ",
-					 NameListToQuotedString(castNode(List, stmt->object)));
-
-	if (stmt->comment == NULL)
-	{
-		appendStringInfoString(&buf, "NULL");
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		appendStringInfoString(&buf, quote_literal_cstr(stmt->comment));
-	}
-
-	appendStringInfoString(&buf, ";");
-
-	return buf.data;
-}
-
-
 /*
  * AppendStringInfoTokentypeList specializes in adding a comma separated list of
  * token_tyoe's to TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION commands
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/commands.h b/src/include/distributed/commands.h
index 4eb6df8bf..de15553e7 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/commands.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/commands.h
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ extern List * PreprocessAlterDatabaseStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString,
 extern List * PreprocessAlterDatabaseRefreshCollStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString,
 													 ProcessUtilityContext
 													 processUtilityContext);
+extern List * GetDatabaseMetadataSyncCommands(Oid dbOid);
 
 
 extern List * PreprocessAlterDatabaseSetStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString,
@@ -693,11 +694,6 @@ extern List * AlterTextSearchConfigurationSchemaStmtObjectAddress(Node *node,
 extern List * AlterTextSearchDictionarySchemaStmtObjectAddress(Node *node,
 															   bool missing_ok, bool
 															   isPostprocess);
-extern List * TextSearchConfigurationCommentObjectAddress(Node *node,
-														  bool missing_ok, bool
-														  isPostprocess);
-extern List * TextSearchDictCommentObjectAddress(Node *node,
-												 bool missing_ok, bool isPostprocess);
 extern List * AlterTextSearchConfigurationOwnerObjectAddress(Node *node,
 															 bool missing_ok, bool
 															 isPostprocess);
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/comment.h b/src/include/distributed/comment.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bef216ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/distributed/comment.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * comment.h
+ *    Declarations for comment related operations.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) Citus Data, Inc.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#ifndef COMMENT_H
+#define COMMENT_H
+
+#include "postgres.h"
+
+#include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
+
+
+extern const char *ObjectTypeNames[];
+
+
+extern List * GetCommentPropagationCommands(Oid classOid, Oid oid, char *objectName,
+											ObjectType objectType);
+extern List * CommentObjectAddress(Node *node, bool missing_ok, bool isPostprocess);
+
+# endif /* COMMENT_H */
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/deparser.h b/src/include/distributed/deparser.h
index 22636b401..437a9fd8e 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/deparser.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/deparser.h
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ extern void DefElemOptionToStatement(StringInfo buf, DefElem *option,
 									 const DefElemOptionFormat *opt_formats,
 									 int opt_formats_len);
 
+/* forward declarations for deparse_comment_stmts.c */
+extern char * DeparseCommentStmt(Node *node);
+
 
 /* forward declarations for deparse_statistics_stmts.c */
 extern char * DeparseCreateStatisticsStmt(Node *node);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/comment_on_database.out b/src/test/regress/expected/comment_on_database.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a56fe8e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/comment_on_database.out
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+set citus.log_remote_commands to on;
+set citus.enable_create_database_propagation to on;
+set citus.grep_remote_commands to 'COMMENT ON DATABASE';
+create database "test1-\!escape";
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+    result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+(3 rows)
+
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is 'comment-needs\!escape';
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+        result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ comment-needs\!escape
+ comment-needs\!escape
+ comment-needs\!escape
+(3 rows)
+
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is null;
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+ result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+(3 rows)
+
+drop DATABASE "test1-\!escape";
+--test metadata sync
+select 1 from citus_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+create database "test1-\!escape";
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+    result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+(2 rows)
+
+select 1 from citus_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+    result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+(3 rows)
+
+drop DATABASE "test1-\!escape";
+reset citus.enable_create_database_propagation;
+reset citus.grep_remote_commands;
+reset citus.log_remote_commands;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/comment_on_role.out b/src/test/regress/expected/comment_on_role.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2981195f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/comment_on_role.out
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+set citus.log_remote_commands to on;
+set citus.grep_remote_commands to 'COMMENT ON ROLE';
+create role "role1-\!escape";
+comment on ROLE "role1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+    result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+(3 rows)
+
+comment on role "role1-\!escape" is 'comment-needs\!escape';
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+        result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ comment-needs\!escape
+ comment-needs\!escape
+ comment-needs\!escape
+(3 rows)
+
+comment on role "role1-\!escape" is NULL;
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+ result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+(3 rows)
+
+drop role "role1-\!escape";
+--test metadata sync
+select 1 from citus_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+create role "role1-\!escape";
+comment on ROLE "role1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+    result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+(2 rows)
+
+select 1 from citus_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+    result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+(3 rows)
+
+drop role "role1-\!escape";
+reset citus.grep_remote_commands;
+reset citus.log_remote_commands;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
index 2b9fdeb2d..cfff00942 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ test: create_single_shard_table
 test: create_drop_database_propagation
 test: create_drop_database_propagation_pg15
 test: create_drop_database_propagation_pg16
+test: comment_on_database
+test: comment_on_role
 # don't parallelize single_shard_table_udfs to make sure colocation ids are sequential
 test: single_shard_table_udfs
 test: schema_based_sharding
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/comment_on_database.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/comment_on_database.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c5ced81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/comment_on_database.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+set citus.log_remote_commands to on;
+
+set citus.enable_create_database_propagation to on;
+set citus.grep_remote_commands to 'COMMENT ON DATABASE';
+
+create database "test1-\!escape";
+
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is 'comment-needs\!escape';
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is null;
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+drop DATABASE "test1-\!escape";
+
+--test metadata sync
+select 1 from citus_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+create database "test1-\!escape";
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+select 1 from citus_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+drop DATABASE "test1-\!escape";
+
+
+reset citus.enable_create_database_propagation;
+reset citus.grep_remote_commands;
+reset citus.log_remote_commands;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/comment_on_role.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/comment_on_role.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d65d57cca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/comment_on_role.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+set citus.log_remote_commands to on;
+
+set citus.grep_remote_commands to 'COMMENT ON ROLE';
+
+create role "role1-\!escape";
+
+comment on ROLE "role1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+comment on role "role1-\!escape" is 'comment-needs\!escape';
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+comment on role "role1-\!escape" is NULL;
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+drop role "role1-\!escape";
+
+
+--test metadata sync
+
+select 1 from citus_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+create role "role1-\!escape";
+comment on ROLE "role1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+select 1 from citus_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+drop role "role1-\!escape";
+
+reset citus.grep_remote_commands;
+reset citus.log_remote_commands;