diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/Makefile b/src/backend/distributed/Makefile
index 8a28c5b0e..a6ef5fb6b 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ EXTVERSIONS = 5.0 5.0-1 5.0-2  \
 	6.1-1 6.1-2 6.1-3 6.1-4 6.1-5 6.1-6 6.1-7 6.1-8 6.1-9 6.1-10 6.1-11 6.1-12 6.1-13 6.1-14 6.1-15 6.1-16 6.1-17 \
 	6.2-1 6.2-2 6.2-3 6.2-4 \
 	7.0-1 7.0-2 7.0-3 7.0-4 7.0-5 7.0-6 7.0-7 7.0-8 7.0-9 7.0-10 7.0-11 7.0-12 7.0-13 7.0-14 7.0-15 \
-	7.1-1 7.1-2 7.1-3
+	7.1-1 7.1-2 7.1-3 7.1-4
 
 # All citus--*.sql files in the source directory
 DATA = $(patsubst $(citus_abs_srcdir)/%.sql,%.sql,$(wildcard $(citus_abs_srcdir)/$(EXTENSION)--*--*.sql))
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ $(EXTENSION)--7.1-2.sql: $(EXTENSION)--7.1-1.sql $(EXTENSION)--7.1-1--7.1-2.sql
 	cat $^ > $@
 $(EXTENSION)--7.1-3.sql: $(EXTENSION)--7.1-2.sql $(EXTENSION)--7.1-2--7.1-3.sql
 	cat $^ > $@
+$(EXTENSION)--7.1-4.sql: $(EXTENSION)--7.1-3.sql $(EXTENSION)--7.1-3--7.1-4.sql
+	cat $^ > $@
 
 NO_PGXS = 1
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/citus--7.1-3--7.1-4.sql b/src/backend/distributed/citus--7.1-3--7.1-4.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b76ae09b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/citus--7.1-3--7.1-4.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/* citus--7.1-3--7.1-4 */
+
+CREATE TYPE citus.shard_transfer_mode AS ENUM (
+   'auto',
+   'force_logical',
+   'block_writes'
+);
+
+SET search_path = 'pg_catalog';
+
+DROP FUNCTION master_move_shard_placement(bigint, text, integer, text, integer);
+DROP FUNCTION master_copy_shard_placement(bigint, text, integer, text, integer, bool);
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION master_move_shard_placement(
+	shard_id bigint,
+	source_node_name text,
+	source_node_port integer,
+	target_node_name text,
+	target_node_port integer,
+	shard_transfer_mode citus.shard_transfer_mode default 'auto')
+RETURNS void LANGUAGE C STRICT
+AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', $$master_move_shard_placement$$;
+
+COMMENT ON FUNCTION master_move_shard_placement(
+	shard_id bigint,
+	source_node_name text,
+	source_node_port integer,
+	target_node_name text,
+	target_node_port integer,
+	shard_transfer_mode citus.shard_transfer_mode)
+IS 'move a shard from a the source node to the destination node';
+
+CREATE FUNCTION master_copy_shard_placement(
+	shard_id bigint,
+	source_node_name text,
+	source_node_port integer,
+	target_node_name text,
+	target_node_port integer,
+	do_repair bool DEFAULT true,
+	transfer_mode citus.shard_transfer_mode default 'auto')
+RETURNS void
+LANGUAGE C STRICT
+AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', $$master_copy_shard_placement$$;
+
+COMMENT ON FUNCTION master_copy_shard_placement(shard_id bigint,
+	source_node_name text,
+	source_node_port integer,
+	target_node_name text,
+	target_node_port integer,
+	do_repair bool,
+	shard_transfer_mode citus.shard_transfer_mode)
+IS 'copy a shard from the source node to the destination node';
+
+RESET search_path;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/citus.control b/src/backend/distributed/citus.control
index 0f6cb527a..5fbb1b7c5 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 = '7.1-3'
+default_version = '7.1-4'
 module_pathname = '$libdir/citus'
 relocatable = false
 schema = pg_catalog
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/master/master_repair_shards.c b/src/backend/distributed/master/master_repair_shards.c
index 6348b1444..1a8538935 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/master/master_repair_shards.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/master/master_repair_shards.c
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@
 #include "utils/palloc.h"
 
 
+#define TRANSFER_MODE_AUTOMATIC 'a'
+#define TRANSFER_MODE_FORCE_LOGICAL 'l'
+#define TRANSFER_MODE_BLOCK_WRITES 'b'
+
+
 /* local function forward declarations */
+static char LookupShardTransferMode(Oid shardReplicationModeOid);
 static void RepairShardPlacement(int64 shardId, char *sourceNodeName,
 								 int32 sourceNodePort, char *targetNodeName,
 								 int32 targetNodePort);
@@ -72,6 +78,8 @@ master_copy_shard_placement(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text *targetNodeNameText = PG_GETARG_TEXT_P(3);
 	int32 targetNodePort = PG_GETARG_INT32(4);
 	bool doRepair = PG_GETARG_BOOL(5);
+	Oid shardReplicationModeOid = PG_GETARG_OID(6);
+	char shardReplicationMode = LookupShardTransferMode(shardReplicationModeOid);
 
 	char *sourceNodeName = text_to_cstring(sourceNodeNameText);
 	char *targetNodeName = text_to_cstring(targetNodeNameText);
@@ -83,6 +91,12 @@ master_copy_shard_placement(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 							   "with do not repair functionality "
 							   "is only supported on Citus Enterprise")));
 	}
+	else if (shardReplicationMode == TRANSFER_MODE_FORCE_LOGICAL)
+	{
+		ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+						errmsg("using logical replication with repair functionality "
+							   "is currently not supported")));
+	}
 
 	EnsureCoordinator();
 	CheckCitusVersion(ERROR);
@@ -108,6 +122,39 @@ master_move_shard_placement(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * LookupShardTransferMode maps the oids of citus.shard_transfer_mode enum
+ * values to a char.
+ */
+static char
+LookupShardTransferMode(Oid shardReplicationModeOid)
+{
+	char shardReplicationMode = 0;
+
+	Datum enumLabelDatum = DirectFunctionCall1(enum_out, shardReplicationModeOid);
+	char *enumLabel = DatumGetCString(enumLabelDatum);
+
+	if (strncmp(enumLabel, "auto", NAMEDATALEN) == 0)
+	{
+		shardReplicationMode = TRANSFER_MODE_AUTOMATIC;
+	}
+	else if (strncmp(enumLabel, "force_logical", NAMEDATALEN) == 0)
+	{
+		shardReplicationMode = TRANSFER_MODE_FORCE_LOGICAL;
+	}
+	else if (strncmp(enumLabel, "block_writes", NAMEDATALEN) == 0)
+	{
+		shardReplicationMode = TRANSFER_MODE_BLOCK_WRITES;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		ereport(ERROR, (errmsg("invalid label for enum: %s", enumLabel)));
+	}
+
+	return shardReplicationMode;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * RepairShardPlacement repairs given shard from a source node to target node.
  * This function is not co-location aware. It only repairs given shard.
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
index 94af699fd..d4c27f8d5 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.0-13';
 ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.0-14';
 ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.0-15';
 ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.1-1';
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.1-2';
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.1-3';
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.1-4';
 -- 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 9bafa44f6..31e8306ef 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_extension.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_extension.sql
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.0-13';
 ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.0-14';
 ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.0-15';
 ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.1-1';
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.1-2';
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.1-3';
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '7.1-4';
 
 -- show running version
 SHOW citus.version;