diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/alter_table.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/alter_table.c
index afac591a8..f109cdbd5 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/alter_table.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/alter_table.c
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ CreateDistributedTableLike(TableConversionState *con)
 	}
 	char partitionMethod = PartitionMethod(con->relationId);
 	CreateDistributedTable(con->newRelationId, newDistributionKey, partitionMethod,
-						   newShardCount, newColocateWith, false);
+						   newShardCount, true, newColocateWith, false);
 }
 
 
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ CreateCitusTableLike(TableConversionState *con)
 	}
 	else if (IsCitusTableType(con->relationId, REFERENCE_TABLE))
 	{
-		CreateDistributedTable(con->newRelationId, NULL, DISTRIBUTE_BY_NONE, 0,
+		CreateDistributedTable(con->newRelationId, NULL, DISTRIBUTE_BY_NONE, 0, false,
 							   NULL, false);
 	}
 	else if (IsCitusTableType(con->relationId, CITUS_LOCAL_TABLE))
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c
index 8d424a04f..dcdd292db 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include "distributed/reference_table_utils.h"
 #include "distributed/relation_access_tracking.h"
 #include "distributed/remote_commands.h"
+#include "distributed/shared_library_init.h"
 #include "distributed/worker_protocol.h"
 #include "distributed/worker_transaction.h"
 #include "distributed/version_compat.h"
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@ static void CreateHashDistributedTableShards(Oid relationId, int shardCount,
 											 Oid colocatedTableId, bool localTableEmpty);
 static uint32 ColocationIdForNewTable(Oid relationId, Var *distributionColumn,
 									  char distributionMethod, char replicationModel,
-									  int shardCount, char *colocateWithTableName,
+									  int shardCount, bool shardCountIsStrict,
+									  char *colocateWithTableName,
 									  bool viaDeprecatedAPI);
 static void EnsureRelationCanBeDistributed(Oid relationId, Var *distributionColumn,
 										   char distributionMethod, uint32 colocationId,
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ master_create_distributed_table(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	char distributionMethod = LookupDistributionMethod(distributionMethodOid);
 
 	CreateDistributedTable(relationId, distributionColumn, distributionMethod,
-						   ShardCount, colocateWithTableName, viaDeprecatedAPI);
+						   ShardCount, false, colocateWithTableName, viaDeprecatedAPI);
 
 	relation_close(relation, NoLock);
 
@@ -191,12 +193,37 @@ master_create_distributed_table(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 Datum
 create_distributed_table(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
+	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0) || PG_ARGISNULL(1) || PG_ARGISNULL(2) || PG_ARGISNULL(3))
+	{
+		PG_RETURN_VOID();
+	}
 	bool viaDeprecatedAPI = false;
 
 	Oid relationId = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
 	text *distributionColumnText = PG_GETARG_TEXT_P(1);
 	Oid distributionMethodOid = PG_GETARG_OID(2);
 	text *colocateWithTableNameText = PG_GETARG_TEXT_P(3);
+	char *colocateWithTableName = text_to_cstring(colocateWithTableNameText);
+
+	bool shardCountIsStrict = false;
+	int shardCount = ShardCount;
+	if (!PG_ARGISNULL(4))
+	{
+		if (pg_strncasecmp(colocateWithTableName, "default", NAMEDATALEN) != 0 &&
+			pg_strncasecmp(colocateWithTableName, "none", NAMEDATALEN) != 0)
+		{
+			ereport(ERROR, (errmsg("Cannot use colocate_with with a table "
+								   "and shard_count at the same time")));
+		}
+
+		shardCount = PG_GETARG_INT32(4);
+
+		/*
+		 * if shard_count parameter is given than we have to
+		 * make sure table has that many shards
+		 */
+		shardCountIsStrict = true;
+	}
 
 	CheckCitusVersion(ERROR);
 
@@ -225,10 +252,16 @@ create_distributed_table(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	Assert(distributionColumn != NULL);
 	char distributionMethod = LookupDistributionMethod(distributionMethodOid);
 
-	char *colocateWithTableName = text_to_cstring(colocateWithTableNameText);
+	if (shardCount < 1 || shardCount > MAX_SHARD_COUNT)
+	{
+		ereport(ERROR, (errmsg("%d is outside the valid range for "
+							   "parameter \"shard_count\" (1 .. %d)",
+							   shardCount, MAX_SHARD_COUNT)));
+	}
 
 	CreateDistributedTable(relationId, distributionColumn, distributionMethod,
-						   ShardCount, colocateWithTableName, viaDeprecatedAPI);
+						   shardCount, shardCountIsStrict, colocateWithTableName,
+						   viaDeprecatedAPI);
 
 	PG_RETURN_VOID();
 }
@@ -284,7 +317,7 @@ create_reference_table(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	}
 
 	CreateDistributedTable(relationId, distributionColumn, DISTRIBUTE_BY_NONE,
-						   ShardCount, colocateWithTableName, viaDeprecatedAPI);
+						   ShardCount, false, colocateWithTableName, viaDeprecatedAPI);
 	PG_RETURN_VOID();
 }
 
@@ -341,7 +374,8 @@ EnsureRelationExists(Oid relationId)
  */
 void
 CreateDistributedTable(Oid relationId, Var *distributionColumn, char distributionMethod,
-					   int shardCount, char *colocateWithTableName, bool viaDeprecatedAPI)
+					   int shardCount, bool shardCountIsStrict,
+					   char *colocateWithTableName, bool viaDeprecatedAPI)
 {
 	/*
 	 * EnsureTableNotDistributed errors out when relation is a citus table but
@@ -416,7 +450,8 @@ CreateDistributedTable(Oid relationId, Var *distributionColumn, char distributio
 	 */
 	uint32 colocationId = ColocationIdForNewTable(relationId, distributionColumn,
 												  distributionMethod, replicationModel,
-												  shardCount, colocateWithTableName,
+												  shardCount, shardCountIsStrict,
+												  colocateWithTableName,
 												  viaDeprecatedAPI);
 
 	EnsureRelationCanBeDistributed(relationId, distributionColumn, distributionMethod,
@@ -489,7 +524,7 @@ CreateDistributedTable(Oid relationId, Var *distributionColumn, char distributio
 		foreach_oid(partitionRelationId, partitionList)
 		{
 			CreateDistributedTable(partitionRelationId, distributionColumn,
-								   distributionMethod, shardCount,
+								   distributionMethod, shardCount, false,
 								   colocateWithTableName, viaDeprecatedAPI);
 		}
 	}
@@ -694,8 +729,8 @@ CreateHashDistributedTableShards(Oid relationId, int shardCount,
 static uint32
 ColocationIdForNewTable(Oid relationId, Var *distributionColumn,
 						char distributionMethod, char replicationModel,
-						int shardCount, char *colocateWithTableName,
-						bool viaDeprecatedAPI)
+						int shardCount, bool shardCountIsStrict,
+						char *colocateWithTableName, bool viaDeprecatedAPI)
 {
 	uint32 colocationId = INVALID_COLOCATION_ID;
 
@@ -742,6 +777,27 @@ ColocationIdForNewTable(Oid relationId, Var *distributionColumn,
 										distributionColumnType,
 										distributionColumnCollation);
 
+			/*
+			 * if the shardCount is strict then we check if the shard count
+			 * of the colocated table is actually shardCount
+			 */
+			if (shardCountIsStrict && colocationId != INVALID_COLOCATION_ID)
+			{
+				Oid colocatedTableId = ColocatedTableId(colocationId);
+
+				if (colocatedTableId != InvalidOid)
+				{
+					CitusTableCacheEntry *cacheEntry =
+						GetCitusTableCacheEntry(colocatedTableId);
+					int colocatedTableShardCount = cacheEntry->shardIntervalArrayLength;
+
+					if (colocatedTableShardCount != shardCount)
+					{
+						colocationId = INVALID_COLOCATION_ID;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (colocationId == INVALID_COLOCATION_ID)
 			{
 				colocationId = CreateColocationGroup(shardCount, ShardReplicationFactor,
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
index a0f5cb09b..41d9fc3ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ PostprocessCreateTableStmtPartitionOf(CreateStmt *createStatement, const
 		bool viaDeprecatedAPI = false;
 
 		CreateDistributedTable(relationId, parentDistributionColumn,
-							   parentDistributionMethod, ShardCount,
+							   parentDistributionMethod, ShardCount, false,
 							   parentRelationName, viaDeprecatedAPI);
 	}
 }
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ PostprocessAlterTableStmtAttachPartition(AlterTableStmt *alterTableStatement,
 				bool viaDeprecatedAPI = false;
 
 				CreateDistributedTable(partitionRelationId, distributionColumn,
-									   distributionMethod, ShardCount,
+									   distributionMethod, ShardCount, false,
 									   parentRelationName, viaDeprecatedAPI);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.0-3--10.1-1.sql b/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.0-3--10.1-1.sql
index 867041e18..6784e6950 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.0-3--10.1-1.sql
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.0-3--10.1-1.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 -- citus--10.0-3--10.1-1
 
 #include "../../columnar/sql/columnar--10.0-3--10.1-1.sql"
+#include "udfs/create_distributed_table/10.1-1.sql";
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/sql/downgrades/citus--10.1-1--10.0-3.sql b/src/backend/distributed/sql/downgrades/citus--10.1-1--10.0-3.sql
index 9612cf9d4..c4949049e 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/sql/downgrades/citus--10.1-1--10.0-3.sql
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/sql/downgrades/citus--10.1-1--10.0-3.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
 -- citus--10.1-1--10.0-2
 
 #include "../../../columnar/sql/downgrades/columnar--10.1-1--10.0-3.sql"
+
+DROP FUNCTION pg_catalog.create_distributed_table(regclass, text, citus.distribution_type, text, int);
+CREATE FUNCTION create_distributed_table(table_name regclass,
+										 distribution_column text,
+										 distribution_type citus.distribution_type DEFAULT 'hash',
+										 colocate_with text DEFAULT 'default')
+    RETURNS void
+    LANGUAGE C STRICT
+    AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', $$create_distributed_table$$;
+COMMENT ON FUNCTION create_distributed_table(table_name regclass,
+											 distribution_column text,
+											 distribution_type citus.distribution_type,
+											 colocate_with text)
+    IS 'creates a distributed table';
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/create_distributed_table/10.1-1.sql b/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/create_distributed_table/10.1-1.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dacb6bd93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/create_distributed_table/10.1-1.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+DROP FUNCTION create_distributed_table(regclass, text,  citus.distribution_type, text);
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION create_distributed_table(table_name regclass,
+                                                    distribution_column text,
+                                                    distribution_type citus.distribution_type DEFAULT 'hash',
+                                                    colocate_with text DEFAULT 'default',
+                                                    shard_count int DEFAULT NULL)
+    RETURNS void
+    LANGUAGE C
+    AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', $$create_distributed_table$$;
+COMMENT ON FUNCTION create_distributed_table(table_name regclass,
+											 distribution_column text,
+											 distribution_type citus.distribution_type,
+											 colocate_with text,
+                                             shard_count int)
+    IS 'creates a distributed table';
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/create_distributed_table/latest.sql b/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/create_distributed_table/latest.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dacb6bd93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/sql/udfs/create_distributed_table/latest.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+DROP FUNCTION create_distributed_table(regclass, text,  citus.distribution_type, text);
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION create_distributed_table(table_name regclass,
+                                                    distribution_column text,
+                                                    distribution_type citus.distribution_type DEFAULT 'hash',
+                                                    colocate_with text DEFAULT 'default',
+                                                    shard_count int DEFAULT NULL)
+    RETURNS void
+    LANGUAGE C
+    AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', $$create_distributed_table$$;
+COMMENT ON FUNCTION create_distributed_table(table_name regclass,
+											 distribution_column text,
+											 distribution_type citus.distribution_type,
+											 colocate_with text,
+                                             shard_count int)
+    IS 'creates a distributed table';
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/metadata_utility.h b/src/include/distributed/metadata_utility.h
index 4b453966f..e86dc2f73 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/metadata_utility.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/metadata_utility.h
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ extern void UpdateShardPlacementState(uint64 placementId, char shardState);
 extern void DeleteShardPlacementRow(uint64 placementId);
 extern void CreateDistributedTable(Oid relationId, Var *distributionColumn,
 								   char distributionMethod, int shardCount,
-								   char *colocateWithTableName, bool viaDeprecatedAPI);
+								   bool shardCountIsStrict, char *colocateWithTableName,
+								   bool viaDeprecatedAPI);
 extern void CreateTruncateTrigger(Oid relationId);
 extern TableConversionReturn * UndistributeTable(TableConversionParameters *params);
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_create_table.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_create_table.out
index ba527c975..dddef65eb 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_create_table.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_create_table.out
@@ -339,3 +339,71 @@ SELECT create_distributed_table('pg_class', 'relname');
 ERROR:  cannot create a citus table from a catalog table
 SELECT create_reference_table('pg_class');
 ERROR:  cannot create a citus table from a catalog table
+-- test shard_count parameter
+-- first set citus.shard_count so we know the parameter works
+SET citus.shard_count TO 10;
+CREATE TABLE shard_count_table (a INT, b TEXT);
+CREATE TABLE shard_count_table_2 (a INT, b TEXT);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table', 'a', shard_count:=5);
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT shard_count FROM citus_tables WHERE table_name::text = 'shard_count_table';
+ shard_count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+           5
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table_2', 'a', shard_count:=0);
+ERROR:  0 is outside the valid range for parameter "shard_count" (1 .. 64000)
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table_2', 'a', shard_count:=-100);
+ERROR:  -100 is outside the valid range for parameter "shard_count" (1 .. 64000)
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table_2', 'a', shard_count:=64001);
+ERROR:  64001 is outside the valid range for parameter "shard_count" (1 .. 64000)
+-- shard count with colocate with table should error
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table_2', 'a', shard_count:=12, colocate_with:='shard_count');
+ERROR:  Cannot use colocate_with with a table and shard_count at the same time
+-- none should not error
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table_2', 'a', shard_count:=12, colocate_with:='none');
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+DROP TABLE shard_count_table, shard_count_table_2;
+-- test a shard count with an empty default colocation group
+-- ensure there is no colocation group with 13 shards
+SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_colocation WHERE shardcount = 13;
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+SET citus.shard_count TO 13;
+CREATE TABLE shard_count_drop_table (a int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_drop_table', 'a');
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+DROP TABLE shard_count_drop_table;
+CREATE TABLE shard_count_table_3 (a int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table_3', 'a', shard_count:=13);
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT shardcount FROM pg_dist_colocation WHERE colocationid IN
+(
+	SELECT colocation_id FROM citus_tables WHERE table_name = 'shard_count_table_3'::regclass
+);
+ shardcount
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+         13
+(1 row)
+
+DROP TABLE shard_count_table_3;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_create_table_superuser.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_create_table_superuser.out
index 5e8927546..ff34e8ef3 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_create_table_superuser.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_create_table_superuser.out
@@ -848,3 +848,41 @@ DROP SCHEMA sc5 CASCADE;
 NOTICE:  drop cascades to table sc5.alter_replica_table
 DROP SCHEMA sc6 CASCADE;
 NOTICE:  drop cascades to table sc6.alter_replica_table
+CREATE TABLE shard_col_table (a INT, b INT);
+CREATE TABLE shard_col_table_2 (a INT, b INT);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_col_table', 'a');
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+-- ensure there are no colocation group with 11 shards
+SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_colocation WHERE shardcount = 11;
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+UPDATE pg_dist_colocation SET shardcount = 11 WHERE colocationid IN
+(
+	SELECT colocation_id FROM citus_tables WHERE table_name = 'shard_col_table'::regclass
+);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_col_table_2', 'a', shard_count:=11);
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+-- ensure shard_col_table and shard_col_table_2 are not colocated
+SELECT a.colocation_id = b.colocation_id FROM citus_tables a, citus_tables b
+	WHERE a.table_name = 'shard_col_table'::regclass AND b.table_name = 'shard_col_table_2'::regclass;
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+UPDATE pg_dist_colocation SET shardcount = 12 WHERE colocationid IN
+(
+	SELECT colocation_id FROM citus_tables WHERE table_name = 'shard_col_table'::regclass
+);
+DROP TABLE shard_col_table, shard_col_table_2;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
index e51bdacf6..72256f545 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
@@ -562,7 +562,9 @@ ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '10.1-1';
 SELECT * FROM print_extension_changes();
  previous_object |              current_object
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-(0 rows)
+ function create_distributed_table(regclass,text,citus.distribution_type,text) |
+                                                                               | function create_distributed_table(regclass,text,citus.distribution_type,text,integer)
+(2 rows)
 
 DROP TABLE prev_objects, extension_diff;
 -- show running version
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_list_citus_objects.out b/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_list_citus_objects.out
index d25d2858e..d8f3a6998 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_list_citus_objects.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_list_citus_objects.out
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ ORDER BY 1;
  function coord_combine_agg_ffunc(internal,oid,cstring,anyelement)
  function coord_combine_agg_sfunc(internal,oid,cstring,anyelement)
  function create_distributed_function(regprocedure,text,text)
- function create_distributed_table(regclass,text,citus.distribution_type,text)
+ function create_distributed_table(regclass,text,citus.distribution_type,text,integer)
  function create_intermediate_result(text,text)
  function create_reference_table(regclass)
  function distributed_tables_colocated(regclass,regclass)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_list_citus_objects_0.out b/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_list_citus_objects_0.out
index 6df1b6a71..d69060a7d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_list_citus_objects_0.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_list_citus_objects_0.out
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ ORDER BY 1;
  function coord_combine_agg_ffunc(internal,oid,cstring,anyelement)
  function coord_combine_agg_sfunc(internal,oid,cstring,anyelement)
  function create_distributed_function(regprocedure,text,text)
- function create_distributed_table(regclass,text,citus.distribution_type,text)
+ function create_distributed_table(regclass,text,citus.distribution_type,text,integer)
  function create_intermediate_result(text,text)
  function create_reference_table(regclass)
  function distributed_tables_colocated(regclass,regclass)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_create_table.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_create_table.sql
index 974bc0696..b347987eb 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_create_table.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_create_table.sql
@@ -224,3 +224,45 @@ END;
 -- distributing catalog tables is not supported
 SELECT create_distributed_table('pg_class', 'relname');
 SELECT create_reference_table('pg_class');
+
+
+-- test shard_count parameter
+-- first set citus.shard_count so we know the parameter works
+SET citus.shard_count TO 10;
+
+CREATE TABLE shard_count_table (a INT, b TEXT);
+CREATE TABLE shard_count_table_2 (a INT, b TEXT);
+
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table', 'a', shard_count:=5);
+SELECT shard_count FROM citus_tables WHERE table_name::text = 'shard_count_table';
+
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table_2', 'a', shard_count:=0);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table_2', 'a', shard_count:=-100);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table_2', 'a', shard_count:=64001);
+
+-- shard count with colocate with table should error
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table_2', 'a', shard_count:=12, colocate_with:='shard_count');
+
+-- none should not error
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table_2', 'a', shard_count:=12, colocate_with:='none');
+
+DROP TABLE shard_count_table, shard_count_table_2;
+
+-- test a shard count with an empty default colocation group
+-- ensure there is no colocation group with 13 shards
+SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_colocation WHERE shardcount = 13;
+SET citus.shard_count TO 13;
+
+CREATE TABLE shard_count_drop_table (a int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_drop_table', 'a');
+DROP TABLE shard_count_drop_table;
+
+CREATE TABLE shard_count_table_3 (a int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_count_table_3', 'a', shard_count:=13);
+
+SELECT shardcount FROM pg_dist_colocation WHERE colocationid IN
+(
+	SELECT colocation_id FROM citus_tables WHERE table_name = 'shard_count_table_3'::regclass
+);
+
+DROP TABLE shard_count_table_3;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_create_table_superuser.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_create_table_superuser.sql
index ce59f25e5..57a32878c 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_create_table_superuser.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_create_table_superuser.sql
@@ -436,3 +436,28 @@ DROP SCHEMA sc3 CASCADE;
 DROP SCHEMA sc4 CASCADE;
 DROP SCHEMA sc5 CASCADE;
 DROP SCHEMA sc6 CASCADE;
+
+CREATE TABLE shard_col_table (a INT, b INT);
+CREATE TABLE shard_col_table_2 (a INT, b INT);
+
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_col_table', 'a');
+
+-- ensure there are no colocation group with 11 shards
+SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_colocation WHERE shardcount = 11;
+UPDATE pg_dist_colocation SET shardcount = 11 WHERE colocationid IN
+(
+	SELECT colocation_id FROM citus_tables WHERE table_name = 'shard_col_table'::regclass
+);
+
+SELECT create_distributed_table('shard_col_table_2', 'a', shard_count:=11);
+
+-- ensure shard_col_table and shard_col_table_2 are not colocated
+SELECT a.colocation_id = b.colocation_id FROM citus_tables a, citus_tables b
+	WHERE a.table_name = 'shard_col_table'::regclass AND b.table_name = 'shard_col_table_2'::regclass;
+
+UPDATE pg_dist_colocation SET shardcount = 12 WHERE colocationid IN
+(
+	SELECT colocation_id FROM citus_tables WHERE table_name = 'shard_col_table'::regclass
+);
+
+DROP TABLE shard_col_table, shard_col_table_2;