diff --git a/citus.control b/citus.control
index 86f89c819..7dc8c29f6 100644
--- a/citus.control
+++ b/citus.control
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Citus extension
 comment = 'Citus distributed database'
-default_version = '8.0-8'
+default_version = '8.0-10'
 module_pathname = '$libdir/citus'
 relocatable = false
 schema = pg_catalog
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/Makefile b/src/backend/distributed/Makefile
index 764065655..b8db6fc77 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ EXTVERSIONS = 5.0 5.0-1 5.0-2  \
 	7.3-1 7.3-2 7.3-3 \
 	7.4-1 7.4-2 7.4-3 \
 	7.5-1 7.5-2 7.5-3 7.5-4 7.5-5 7.5-6 7.5-7 \
-	8.0-1 8.0-2 8.0-3 8.0-4 8.0-5 8.0-6 8.0-7 8.0-8 8.0-9
+	8.0-1 8.0-2 8.0-3 8.0-4 8.0-5 8.0-6 8.0-7 8.0-8 8.0-9 8.0-10
 
 # All citus--*.sql files in the source directory
 DATA = $(patsubst $(citus_abs_srcdir)/%.sql,%.sql,$(wildcard $(citus_abs_srcdir)/$(EXTENSION)--*--*.sql))
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ $(EXTENSION)--8.0-8.sql: $(EXTENSION)--8.0-7.sql $(EXTENSION)--8.0-7--8.0-8.sql
 	cat $^ > $@
 $(EXTENSION)--8.0-9.sql: $(EXTENSION)--8.0-8.sql $(EXTENSION)--8.0-8--8.0-9.sql
 	cat $^ > $@
+$(EXTENSION)--8.0-10.sql: $(EXTENSION)--8.0-9.sql $(EXTENSION)--8.0-9--8.0-10.sql
+	cat $^ > $@
 
 NO_PGXS = 1
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/citus--8.0-9--8.0-10.sql b/src/backend/distributed/citus--8.0-9--8.0-10.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd13b6fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/citus--8.0-9--8.0-10.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* citus--8.0-9--8.0-10 */
+SET search_path = 'pg_catalog';
+
+CREATE FUNCTION worker_execute_sql_task(jobid bigint, taskid integer, query text, binary bool)
+RETURNS bigint
+LANGUAGE C STRICT
+AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', $$worker_execute_sql_task$$;
+COMMENT ON FUNCTION worker_execute_sql_task(bigint, integer, text, bool)
+IS 'execute a query and write the results to a task file';
+
+RESET search_path;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/citus.control b/src/backend/distributed/citus.control
index 12f9faa74..7dc8c29f6 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/citus.control
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/citus.control
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Citus extension
 comment = 'Citus distributed database'
-default_version = '8.0-9'
+default_version = '8.0-10'
 module_pathname = '$libdir/citus'
 relocatable = false
 schema = pg_catalog
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/worker/worker_sql_task_protocol.c b/src/backend/distributed/worker/worker_sql_task_protocol.c
index dfbeca81f..1648a0c2c 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/worker/worker_sql_task_protocol.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/worker/worker_sql_task_protocol.c
@@ -60,6 +60,37 @@ static void TaskFileDestReceiverShutdown(DestReceiver *destReceiver);
 static void TaskFileDestReceiverDestroy(DestReceiver *destReceiver);
 
 
+/* exports for SQL callable functions */
+PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(worker_execute_sql_task);
+
+
+/*
+ * worker_execute_sql_task executes a query and writes the results to
+ * a file according to the usual task naming scheme.
+ */
+Datum
+worker_execute_sql_task(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	uint64 jobId = PG_GETARG_INT64(0);
+	uint32 taskId = PG_GETARG_UINT32(1);
+	text *queryText = PG_GETARG_TEXT_P(2);
+	char *queryString = text_to_cstring(queryText);
+	bool binaryCopyFormat = PG_GETARG_BOOL(3);
+
+	int64 tuplesSent = 0;
+	Query *query = NULL;
+
+	/* job directory is created prior to scheduling the task */
+	StringInfo jobDirectoryName = JobDirectoryName(jobId);
+	StringInfo taskFilename = TaskFilename(jobDirectoryName, taskId);
+
+	query = ParseQueryString(queryString);
+	tuplesSent = WorkerExecuteSqlTask(query, taskFilename->data, binaryCopyFormat);
+
+	PG_RETURN_INT64(tuplesSent);
+}
+
+
 /*
  * WorkerExecuteSqlTask executes an already-parsed query and writes the result
  * to the given task file.
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
index b191afe2e..c1dfc0c9c 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.0-5';
 ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.0-6';
 ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.0-7';
 ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.0-8';
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.0-9';
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.0-10';
 -- show running version
 SHOW citus.version;
  citus.version 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_extension.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_extension.sql
index 284c435ad..4c2724570 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_extension.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_extension.sql
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.0-5';
 ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.0-6';
 ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.0-7';
 ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.0-8';
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.0-9';
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.0-10';
 
 -- show running version
 SHOW citus.version;