diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/connection/remote_commands.c b/src/backend/distributed/connection/remote_commands.c
index da484a13b..b4d68299e 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/connection/remote_commands.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/connection/remote_commands.c
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@
 #include "utils/palloc.h"
 
 
-#define MAX_PUT_COPY_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE (8 * 1024 * 1024)
+/*
+ * Setting that controls how many bytes of COPY data libpq is allowed to buffer
+ * internally before we force a flush.
+ */
+int RemoteCopyFlushThreshold = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
 
 
 /* GUC, determining whether statements sent to remote nodes are logged */
@@ -620,7 +624,7 @@ PutRemoteCopyData(MultiConnection *connection, const char *buffer, int nbytes)
 	 */
 
 	connection->copyBytesWrittenSinceLastFlush += nbytes;
-	if (connection->copyBytesWrittenSinceLastFlush > MAX_PUT_COPY_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE)
+	if (connection->copyBytesWrittenSinceLastFlush > RemoteCopyFlushThreshold)
 	{
 		connection->copyBytesWrittenSinceLastFlush = 0;
 		return FinishConnectionIO(connection, allowInterrupts);
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
index efa467801..b0499c8d8 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
@@ -701,6 +701,19 @@ RegisterCitusConfigVariables(void)
 		GUC_NO_SHOW_ALL,
 		NoticeIfSubqueryPushdownEnabled, NULL, NULL);
 
+	DefineCustomIntVariable(
+		"citus.remote_copy_flush_threshold",
+		gettext_noop("Sets the threshold for remote copy to be flushed."),
+		gettext_noop("When sending data over remote connections via the COPY protocol, "
+					 "bytes are first buffered internally by libpq. If the number of "
+					 "bytes buffered exceeds the threshold, Citus waits for all the "
+					 "bytes to flush."),
+		&RemoteCopyFlushThreshold,
+		8 * 1024 * 1024, 0, INT_MAX,
+		PGC_USERSET,
+		GUC_UNIT_BYTE | GUC_NO_SHOW_ALL,
+		NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
 	DefineCustomIntVariable(
 		"citus.local_copy_flush_threshold",
 		gettext_noop("Sets the threshold for local copy to be flushed."),
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/remote_commands.h b/src/include/distributed/remote_commands.h
index b4b7c11e9..4463ad8f0 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/remote_commands.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/remote_commands.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 /* GUC, determining whether statements sent to remote nodes are logged */
 extern bool LogRemoteCommands;
 
+/* GUC that determines the number of bytes after which remote COPY is flushed */
+extern int RemoteCopyFlushThreshold;
+
 
 /* simple helpers */
 extern bool IsResponseOK(PGresult *result);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_insert_select.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_insert_select.out
index 6d2343960..e556d3e8e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_insert_select.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_insert_select.out
@@ -3059,6 +3059,13 @@ DO UPDATE
    SET    user_id = 42
 RETURNING user_id, value_1_agg;
 ERROR:  modifying the partition value of rows is not allowed
+-- test a small citus.remote_copy_flush_threshold
+BEGIN;
+SET LOCAL citus.remote_copy_flush_threshold TO 1;
+INSERT INTO raw_events_first
+SELECT * FROM raw_events_first OFFSET 0
+ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;
+ABORT;
 -- wrap in a transaction to improve performance
 BEGIN;
 DROP TABLE coerce_events;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_insert_select.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_insert_select.sql
index af63780b6..2ab82dad4 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_insert_select.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_insert_select.sql
@@ -2251,6 +2251,14 @@ DO UPDATE
    SET    user_id = 42
 RETURNING user_id, value_1_agg;
 
+-- test a small citus.remote_copy_flush_threshold
+BEGIN;
+SET LOCAL citus.remote_copy_flush_threshold TO 1;
+INSERT INTO raw_events_first
+SELECT * FROM raw_events_first OFFSET 0
+ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;
+ABORT;
+
 -- wrap in a transaction to improve performance
 BEGIN;
 DROP TABLE coerce_events;