diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c
index dba8f7acf..75337b1da 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c
@@ -1721,8 +1721,11 @@ GetViewCreationCommandsOfTable(Oid relationId)
 		char *viewName = get_rel_name(viewOid);
 		char *schemaName = get_namespace_name(get_rel_namespace(viewOid));
 		char *qualifiedViewName = quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, viewName);
+		bool isMatView = get_rel_relkind(viewOid) == RELKIND_MATVIEW;
+
 		appendStringInfo(query,
-						 "CREATE VIEW %s AS %s",
+						 "CREATE %s VIEW %s AS %s",
+						 isMatView ? "MATERIALIZED" : "",
 						 qualifiedViewName,
 						 viewDefinition);
 		commands = lappend(commands, query->data);