diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
index e672cb3e7..57c0da666 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
@@ -1386,6 +1386,44 @@ ShardListInsertCommand(List *shardIntervalList)
 }
 
 
+const char *
+ShardgroupInsertCommand(List *shardgroups)
+{
+	StringInfoData command = { 0 };
+	initStringInfo(&command);
+
+	appendStringInfoString(&command,
+						   "WITH shardgroup_data(shardgroupid, colocationid, "
+						   "shardminvalue, shardmaxvalue) AS (VALUES ");
+
+	Shardgroup *shardgroup = NULL;
+	bool firstShardGroup = true;
+	foreach_ptr(shardgroup, shardgroups)
+	{
+		if (!firstShardGroup)
+		{
+			appendStringInfoString(&command, ", ");
+		}
+		firstShardGroup = false;
+
+		appendStringInfo(&command, "(%ld, %d, %s, %s)",
+						 shardgroup->shardgroupId,
+						 shardgroup->colocationId,
+						 TextToSQLLiteral(IntegerToText(
+											  DatumGetInt32(shardgroup->minShardValue))),
+						 TextToSQLLiteral(IntegerToText(
+											  DatumGetInt32(shardgroup->maxShardValue))));
+	}
+	appendStringInfo(&command, ") ");
+
+	appendStringInfo(&command,
+					 "SELECT citus_internal_add_shardgroup_metadata(shardgroupid, "
+					 "colocationid, shardminvalue, shardmaxvalue) FROM shardgroup_data;");
+
+	return command.data;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * ShardListDeleteCommand generates a command list that can be executed to delete
  * shard and shard placement metadata for the given shard.
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/operations/create_shards.c b/src/backend/distributed/operations/create_shards.c
index 71a78ef5f..06e8f660a 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/operations/create_shards.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/operations/create_shards.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ master_create_worker_shards(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 }
 
 
-static char *
+char *
 TextToSQLLiteral(text *value)
 {
 	if (!value)
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/operations/shard_split.c b/src/backend/distributed/operations/shard_split.c
index facc1dcaa..e1345cf5c 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/operations/shard_split.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/operations/shard_split.c
@@ -1207,7 +1207,11 @@ InsertSplitChildrenShardgroupMetadata(List *newShardgroups)
 			IntegerToText(DatumGetInt32(shardgroup->maxShardValue)));
 	}
 
-	/* TODO sync new shardgroups to workers */
+	if (/* TODO check if shardgroup needs to propagate */ true)
+	{
+		const char *command = ShardgroupInsertCommand(newShardgroups);
+		SendCommandToWorkersWithMetadata(command);
+	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/coordinator_protocol.h b/src/include/distributed/coordinator_protocol.h
index 5aff81487..358303387 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/coordinator_protocol.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/coordinator_protocol.h
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ extern List * InsertShardPlacementRows(Oid relationId, int64 shardId,
 									   List *workerNodeList, int workerStartIndex,
 									   int replicationFactor);
 extern uint64 UpdateShardStatistics(int64 shardId);
+extern char * TextToSQLLiteral(text *value);
 extern void CreateShardsWithRoundRobinPolicy(Oid distributedTableId, int32 shardCount,
 											 int32 replicationFactor,
 											 bool useExclusiveConnections);
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/metadata_sync.h b/src/include/distributed/metadata_sync.h
index 73fe7c8b3..9c7786326 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/metadata_sync.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/metadata_sync.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ extern char * DistributionDeleteMetadataCommand(Oid relationId);
 extern char * TableOwnerResetCommand(Oid distributedRelationId);
 extern char * NodeListInsertCommand(List *workerNodeList);
 extern List * ShardListInsertCommand(List *shardIntervalList);
+extern const char * ShardgroupInsertCommand(List *shardgroups);
 extern List * ShardDeleteCommandList(ShardInterval *shardInterval);
 extern char * NodeDeleteCommand(uint32 nodeId);
 extern char * NodeStateUpdateCommand(uint32 nodeId, bool isActive);