diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_ruleutils.c b/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_ruleutils.c
index 9f98c3624..b5c8a7dc4 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_ruleutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/utils/citus_ruleutils.c
@@ -290,7 +290,14 @@ pg_get_tableschemadef_string(Oid tableRelationId, bool includeSequenceDefaults)
 	initStringInfo(&buffer);
 	if (relationKind == RELKIND_RELATION)
 	{
-		appendStringInfo(&buffer, "CREATE TABLE %s (", relationName);
+		appendStringInfoString(&buffer, "CREATE ");
+
+		if (relation->rd_rel->relpersistence == RELPERSISTENCE_UNLOGGED)
+		{
+			appendStringInfoString(&buffer, "UNLOGGED ");
+		}
+
+		appendStringInfo(&buffer, "TABLE %s (", relationName);
 	}
 	else
 	{
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_create_table.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_create_table.out
index 4baf88abe..8e0323f69 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_create_table.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_create_table.out
@@ -525,3 +525,30 @@ SELECT create_distributed_table('orders_hash_part', 'o_orderkey');
  
 (1 row)
 
+CREATE UNLOGGED TABLE unlogged_table
+(
+	key text,
+	value text
+);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('unlogged_table', 'key');
+ create_distributed_table 
+--------------------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT * FROM master_get_table_ddl_events('unlogged_table');
+                    master_get_table_ddl_events                     
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+ CREATE UNLOGGED TABLE public.unlogged_table (key text, value text)
+(1 row)
+
+\c - - - :worker_1_port
+SELECT relpersistence FROM pg_class WHERE relname LIKE 'unlogged_table_%';
+ relpersistence 
+----------------
+ u
+ u
+ u
+ u
+(4 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_create_table.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_create_table.sql
index a998feb8c..6995b8748 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_create_table.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_create_table.sql
@@ -282,3 +282,14 @@ SELECT create_distributed_table('lineitem_hash_part', 'l_orderkey');
 
 CREATE TABLE orders_hash_part (like orders);
 SELECT create_distributed_table('orders_hash_part', 'o_orderkey');
+
+CREATE UNLOGGED TABLE unlogged_table
+(
+	key text,
+	value text
+);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('unlogged_table', 'key');
+SELECT * FROM master_get_table_ddl_events('unlogged_table');
+
+\c - - - :worker_1_port
+SELECT relpersistence FROM pg_class WHERE relname LIKE 'unlogged_table_%';