diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/publication.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/publication.c
index 3e03c5505..0e48738f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/publication.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/publication.c
@@ -196,6 +196,27 @@ BuildCreatePublicationStmt(Oid publicationId)
 											-1);
 	createPubStmt->options = lappend(createPubStmt->options, pubViaRootOption);
 
+/* WITH (publish_generated_columns = ...) option (PG18+) */
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= PG_VERSION_18
+    if (publicationForm->pubgencols == 's')    /* stored */
+    {
+        DefElem *pubGenColsOption =
+            makeDefElem("publish_generated_columns",
+                        (Node *) makeString("stored"),
+                        -1);
+
+        createPubStmt->options =
+            lappend(createPubStmt->options, pubGenColsOption);
+    }
+    else if (publicationForm->pubgencols != 'n') /* 'n' = none (default) */
+    {
+        ereport(ERROR,
+                (errmsg("unexpected pubgencols value '%c' for publication %u",
+                        publicationForm->pubgencols, publicationId)));
+    }
+#endif
+
+
 	/* WITH (publish = 'insert, update, delete, truncate') option */
 	List *publishList = NIL;
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/pg18.out b/src/test/regress/expected/pg18.out
index 174da2457..352d1cfb1 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/pg18.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/pg18.out
@@ -1070,6 +1070,78 @@ CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW copytest_mv AS
 SELECT create_distributed_table('copytest_mv', 'id');
 ERROR:  copytest_mv is not a regular, foreign or partitioned table
 -- After that, any command on the materialized view is outside Citus support.
+-- PG18: verify publish_generated_columns is preserved for distributed tables
+-- https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/7054186c4
+\c - - - :master_port
+CREATE SCHEMA pg18_publication;
+SET search_path TO pg18_publication;
+-- table with a stored generated column
+CREATE TABLE gen_pub_tab (
+    id int primary key,
+    a  int,
+    b  int GENERATED ALWAYS AS (a * 10) STORED
+);
+-- make it distributed so CREATE PUBLICATION goes through Citus metadata/DDL path
+SELECT create_distributed_table('gen_pub_tab', 'id', colocate_with := 'none');
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+-- publication using the new PG18 option: stored
+CREATE PUBLICATION pub_gen_cols_stored
+    FOR TABLE gen_pub_tab
+    WITH (publish = 'insert, update', publish_generated_columns = stored);
+-- second publication explicitly using "none" for completeness
+CREATE PUBLICATION pub_gen_cols_none
+    FOR TABLE gen_pub_tab
+    WITH (publish = 'insert, update', publish_generated_columns = none);
+-- On coordinator: pubgencols must be 's' and 'n' respectively
+SELECT pubname, pubgencols
+FROM pg_publication
+WHERE pubname IN ('pub_gen_cols_stored', 'pub_gen_cols_none')
+ORDER BY pubname;
+       pubname       | pubgencols
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ pub_gen_cols_none   | n
+ pub_gen_cols_stored | s
+(2 rows)
+
+-- On worker 1: both publications must exist and keep pubgencols in sync
+\c - - - :worker_1_port
+SET search_path TO pg18_publication;
+SELECT pubname, pubgencols
+FROM pg_publication
+WHERE pubname IN ('pub_gen_cols_stored', 'pub_gen_cols_none')
+ORDER BY pubname;
+       pubname       | pubgencols
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ pub_gen_cols_none   | n
+ pub_gen_cols_stored | s
+(2 rows)
+
+-- On worker 2: same check
+\c - - - :worker_2_port
+SET search_path TO pg18_publication;
+SELECT pubname, pubgencols
+FROM pg_publication
+WHERE pubname IN ('pub_gen_cols_stored', 'pub_gen_cols_none')
+ORDER BY pubname;
+       pubname       | pubgencols
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ pub_gen_cols_none   | n
+ pub_gen_cols_stored | s
+(2 rows)
+
+-- back to coordinator for subsequent tests / cleanup
+\c - - - :master_port
+SET search_path TO pg18_publication;
+DROP PUBLICATION pub_gen_cols_stored;
+DROP PUBLICATION pub_gen_cols_none;
+DROP SCHEMA pg18_publication CASCADE;
+NOTICE:  drop cascades to table gen_pub_tab
+SET search_path TO pg18_nn;
+-- PG18: verify publish_generated_columns is preserved for distributed tables
 -- cleanup with minimum verbosity
 SET client_min_messages TO ERROR;
 RESET search_path;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/pg18.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/pg18.sql
index af077bf4c..d84a5dbaa 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/pg18.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/pg18.sql
@@ -632,6 +632,65 @@ CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW copytest_mv AS
 SELECT create_distributed_table('copytest_mv', 'id');
 -- After that, any command on the materialized view is outside Citus support.
 
+-- PG18: verify publish_generated_columns is preserved for distributed tables
+-- https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/7054186c4
+\c - - - :master_port
+CREATE SCHEMA pg18_publication;
+SET search_path TO pg18_publication;
+
+-- table with a stored generated column
+CREATE TABLE gen_pub_tab (
+    id int primary key,
+    a  int,
+    b  int GENERATED ALWAYS AS (a * 10) STORED
+);
+
+-- make it distributed so CREATE PUBLICATION goes through Citus metadata/DDL path
+SELECT create_distributed_table('gen_pub_tab', 'id', colocate_with := 'none');
+
+-- publication using the new PG18 option: stored
+CREATE PUBLICATION pub_gen_cols_stored
+    FOR TABLE gen_pub_tab
+    WITH (publish = 'insert, update', publish_generated_columns = stored);
+
+-- second publication explicitly using "none" for completeness
+CREATE PUBLICATION pub_gen_cols_none
+    FOR TABLE gen_pub_tab
+    WITH (publish = 'insert, update', publish_generated_columns = none);
+
+-- On coordinator: pubgencols must be 's' and 'n' respectively
+SELECT pubname, pubgencols
+FROM pg_publication
+WHERE pubname IN ('pub_gen_cols_stored', 'pub_gen_cols_none')
+ORDER BY pubname;
+
+-- On worker 1: both publications must exist and keep pubgencols in sync
+\c - - - :worker_1_port
+SET search_path TO pg18_publication;
+
+SELECT pubname, pubgencols
+FROM pg_publication
+WHERE pubname IN ('pub_gen_cols_stored', 'pub_gen_cols_none')
+ORDER BY pubname;
+
+-- On worker 2: same check
+\c - - - :worker_2_port
+SET search_path TO pg18_publication;
+
+SELECT pubname, pubgencols
+FROM pg_publication
+WHERE pubname IN ('pub_gen_cols_stored', 'pub_gen_cols_none')
+ORDER BY pubname;
+
+-- back to coordinator for subsequent tests / cleanup
+\c - - - :master_port
+SET search_path TO pg18_publication;
+DROP PUBLICATION pub_gen_cols_stored;
+DROP PUBLICATION pub_gen_cols_none;
+DROP SCHEMA pg18_publication CASCADE;
+SET search_path TO pg18_nn;
+-- PG18: verify publish_generated_columns is preserved for distributed tables
+
 -- cleanup with minimum verbosity
 SET client_min_messages TO ERROR;
 RESET search_path;