diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/coordinator_shouldhaveshards.out b/src/test/regress/expected/coordinator_shouldhaveshards.out
index da38c3108..3ba3864c9 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/coordinator_shouldhaveshards.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/coordinator_shouldhaveshards.out
@@ -474,6 +474,34 @@ NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT worker_apply_shard_ddl_command (1
 
 ROLLBACK;
 RESET citus.enable_cte_inlining;
+CREATE table ref_table(x int, y int);
+-- this will be replicated to the coordinator because of add_coordinator test
+SELECT create_reference_table('ref_table');
+ create_reference_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+TRUNCATE TABLE test;
+BEGIN;
+INSERT INTO test SELECT *, * FROM generate_series(1, 100);
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+INSERT INTO ref_table SELECT *, * FROM generate_series(1, 100);
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM test JOIN ref_table USING(x);
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM (coordinator_shouldhaveshards.test_1503000 test JOIN coordinator_shouldhaveshards.ref_table_1503035 ref_table ON ((test.x OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) ref_table.x))) WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM (coordinator_shouldhaveshards.test_1503003 test JOIN coordinator_shouldhaveshards.ref_table_1503035 ref_table ON ((test.x OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) ref_table.x))) WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+   100
+(1 row)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+DROP TABLE ref_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS coordinator_shouldhaveshards.ref_table_xxxxx CASCADE
+CONTEXT:  SQL statement "SELECT master_drop_all_shards(v_obj.objid, v_obj.schema_name, v_obj.object_name)"
+PL/pgSQL function citus_drop_trigger() line 19 at PERFORM
 DELETE FROM test;
 DROP TABLE test;
 DROP TABLE dist_table;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/coordinator_shouldhaveshards.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/coordinator_shouldhaveshards.sql
index 18ebcb55a..96559832a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/coordinator_shouldhaveshards.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/coordinator_shouldhaveshards.sql
@@ -202,6 +202,19 @@ SELECT create_distributed_table('dist_table1', 'a');
 ROLLBACK;
 
 RESET citus.enable_cte_inlining;
+CREATE table ref_table(x int, y int);
+-- this will be replicated to the coordinator because of add_coordinator test
+SELECT create_reference_table('ref_table');
+
+TRUNCATE TABLE test;
+
+BEGIN;
+INSERT INTO test SELECT *, * FROM generate_series(1, 100);
+INSERT INTO ref_table SELECT *, * FROM generate_series(1, 100);
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM test JOIN ref_table USING(x);
+ROLLBACK;
+
+DROP TABLE ref_table;
 
 DELETE FROM test;
 DROP TABLE test;