diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_cache.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_cache.c
index c2302a0dd..a98a291ed 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_cache.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_cache.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ typedef struct MetadataCacheData
 {
 	bool extensionLoaded;
 	Oid distShardRelationId;
+	Oid distShardgroupRelationId;
 	Oid distPlacementRelationId;
 	Oid distBackgroundJobRelationId;
 	Oid distBackgroundJobPKeyIndexId;
@@ -2497,6 +2498,17 @@ DistShardRelationId(void)
 }
 
 
+/* return oid of pg_dist_shardgroup relation */
+Oid
+DistShardgroupRelationId(void)
+{
+	CachedRelationLookup("pg_dist_shardgroup",
+						 &MetadataCache.distShardgroupRelationId);
+
+	return MetadataCache.distShardgroupRelationId;
+}
+
+
 /* return oid of pg_dist_placement relation */
 Oid
 DistPlacementRelationId(void)
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_utility.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_utility.c
index e867b0cf9..9951bd1cf 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_utility.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_utility.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "distributed/pg_dist_colocation.h"
 #include "distributed/pg_dist_partition.h"
 #include "distributed/pg_dist_shard.h"
+#include "distributed/pg_dist_shardgroup.h"
 #include "distributed/pg_dist_placement.h"
 #include "distributed/reference_table_utils.h"
 #include "distributed/relay_utility.h"
@@ -1671,6 +1672,47 @@ TupleToGroupShardPlacement(TupleDesc tupleDescriptor, HeapTuple heapTuple)
 }
 
 
+void
+InsertShardGroupRow(uint64 shardGroupId, uint32 colocationId,
+					text *shardMinValue, text *shardMaxValue)
+{
+	Datum values[Natts_pg_dist_shardgroup];
+	bool isNulls[Natts_pg_dist_shardgroup];
+
+	/* form new shard tuple */
+	memset(values, 0, sizeof(values));
+	memset(isNulls, false, sizeof(isNulls));
+
+	values[Anum_pg_dist_shardgroup_shardgroupid - 1] = Int64GetDatum(shardGroupId);
+	values[Anum_pg_dist_shardgroup_colocationid - 1] = Int32GetDatum(colocationId);
+
+	/* check if shard min/max values are null */
+	if (shardMinValue != NULL && shardMaxValue != NULL)
+	{
+		values[Anum_pg_dist_shardgroup_shardminvalue - 1] =
+			PointerGetDatum(shardMinValue);
+		values[Anum_pg_dist_shardgroup_shardmaxvalue - 1] =
+			PointerGetDatum(shardMaxValue);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		isNulls[Anum_pg_dist_shardgroup_shardminvalue - 1] = true;
+		isNulls[Anum_pg_dist_shardgroup_shardmaxvalue - 1] = true;
+	}
+
+	/* open shard relation and insert new tuple */
+	Relation pgDistShardgroup = table_open(DistShardgroupRelationId(), RowExclusiveLock);
+
+	TupleDesc tupleDescriptor = RelationGetDescr(pgDistShardgroup);
+	HeapTuple heapTuple = heap_form_tuple(tupleDescriptor, values, isNulls);
+
+	CatalogTupleInsert(pgDistShardgroup, heapTuple);
+
+	CommandCounterIncrement();
+	table_close(pgDistShardgroup, NoLock);
+}
+
+
 /*
  * InsertShardRow opens the shard system catalog, and inserts a new row with the
  * given values into that system catalog. Note that we allow the user to pass in
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/operations/create_shards.c b/src/backend/distributed/operations/create_shards.c
index ce962a1d8..ec9e41cbf 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/operations/create_shards.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/operations/create_shards.c
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ CreateShardsWithRoundRobinPolicy(Oid distributedTableId, int32 shardCount,
 		int32 shardMaxHashToken = shardMinHashToken + (hashTokenIncrement - 1);
 		uint64 shardId = GetNextShardId();
 
+		/* we use shardid of the first shard in a shardgroup as the shardgroupid */
+		uint64 shardGroupId = shardId;
+
 		/* if we are at the last shard, make sure the max token value is INT_MAX */
 		if (shardIndex == (shardCount - 1))
 		{
@@ -187,8 +190,11 @@ CreateShardsWithRoundRobinPolicy(Oid distributedTableId, int32 shardCount,
 		text *minHashTokenText = IntegerToText(shardMinHashToken);
 		text *maxHashTokenText = IntegerToText(shardMaxHashToken);
 
+		InsertShardGroupRow(shardGroupId, cacheEntry->colocationId,
+							minHashTokenText, maxHashTokenText);
+
 		InsertShardRow(distributedTableId, shardId, shardStorageType,
-					   minHashTokenText, maxHashTokenText, NULL);
+					   minHashTokenText, maxHashTokenText, &shardGroupId);
 
 		List *currentInsertedShardPlacements = InsertShardPlacementRows(
 			distributedTableId,
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/metadata_cache.h b/src/include/distributed/metadata_cache.h
index e7cb2514d..cacbe2db6 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/metadata_cache.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/metadata_cache.h
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ extern Oid DistColocationRelationId(void);
 extern Oid DistColocationConfigurationIndexId(void);
 extern Oid DistPartitionRelationId(void);
 extern Oid DistShardRelationId(void);
+extern Oid DistShardgroupRelationId(void);
 extern Oid DistPlacementRelationId(void);
 extern Oid DistNodeRelationId(void);
 extern Oid DistBackgroundJobRelationId(void);
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/metadata_utility.h b/src/include/distributed/metadata_utility.h
index 9868d0392..6ee02ae95 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/metadata_utility.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/metadata_utility.h
@@ -306,6 +306,8 @@ extern StringInfo GenerateSizeQueryOnMultiplePlacements(List *shardIntervalList,
 extern List * RemoveCoordinatorPlacementIfNotSingleNode(List *placementList);
 
 /* Function declarations to modify shard and shard placement data */
+extern void InsertShardGroupRow(uint64 shardGroupId, uint32 colocationId,
+								text *shardMinValue, text *shardMaxValue);
 extern void InsertShardRow(Oid relationId, uint64 shardId, char storageType,
 						   text *shardMinValue, text *shardMaxValue,
 						   uint64 *shardGroupId);
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/pg_dist_shardgroup.h b/src/include/distributed/pg_dist_shardgroup.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b92c93736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/distributed/pg_dist_shardgroup.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * pg_dist_shardgroup.h
+ *	  definition of the "shardgroup" relation (pg_dist_shardgroup).
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) Citus Data, Inc.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#ifndef PG_DIST_SHARDGROUP_H
+#define PG_DIST_SHARDGROUP_H
+
+#include  "postgres.h"
+
+/* ----------------
+ *		pg_dist_shardgroup definition.
+ * ----------------
+ */
+typedef struct FormData_pg_dist_shardgroup
+{
+	int64 shardgroupid;
+	int32 colocationid;
+#ifdef CATALOG_VARLEN          /* variable-length fields start here */
+	text shardminvalue;        /* partition key's minimum value in shard */
+	text shardmaxvalue;        /* partition key's maximum value in shard */
+#endif
+} FormData_pg_dist_shardgroup;
+
+/* ----------------
+ *      Form_pg_dist_shardgroup corresponds to a pointer to a tuple with
+ *      the format of pg_dist_shardgroup relation.
+ * ----------------
+ */
+typedef FormData_pg_dist_shardgroup *Form_pg_dist_shardgroup;
+
+/* ----------------
+ *      compiler constants for pg_dist_shardgroup
+ * ----------------
+ */
+#define Natts_pg_dist_shardgroup 4
+#define Anum_pg_dist_shardgroup_shardgroupid 1
+#define Anum_pg_dist_shardgroup_colocationid 2
+#define Anum_pg_dist_shardgroup_shardminvalue 3
+#define Anum_pg_dist_shardgroup_shardmaxvalue 4
+
+#endif   /* PG_DIST_SHARD_H */