diff --git a/src/test/regress/Makefile b/src/test/regress/Makefile
index a300e7379..5398ecaff 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/regress/Makefile
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ check-base-vg: all
 	--valgrind --pg_ctl-timeout=360 --connection-timeout=500000 --valgrind-path=valgrind --valgrind-log-file=$(VALGRIND_LOG_FILE) \
 	-- $(MULTI_REGRESS_OPTS) --schedule=$(citus_abs_srcdir)/base_schedule $(EXTRA_TESTS)
 
+check-base-mx: all
+	$(pg_regress_multi_check) --load-extension=citus \
+	-- $(MULTI_REGRESS_OPTS) --schedule=$(citus_abs_srcdir)/mx_base_schedule $(EXTRA_TESTS)
+
 check-empty: all
 	$(pg_regress_multi_check) --load-extension=citus \
 	-- $(MULTI_REGRESS_OPTS) $(EXTRA_TESTS)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/base_enable_mx.out b/src/test/regress/expected/base_enable_mx.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4fe70c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/base_enable_mx.out
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--
+-- Setup MX data syncing
+--
+SELECT start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+ start_metadata_sync_to_node 
+-----------------------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ start_metadata_sync_to_node 
+-----------------------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/regress/mx_base_schedule b/src/test/regress/mx_base_schedule
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03c0a6ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/mx_base_schedule
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# ----------
+# Only run few basic tests to set up a testing environment
+# ----------
+test: multi_cluster_management
+test: multi_test_helpers
+
+# the following test has to be run sequentially
+test: base_enable_mx
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/base_enable_mx.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/base_enable_mx.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce0861f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/base_enable_mx.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+--
+-- Setup MX data syncing
+--
+SELECT start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+SELECT start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+