diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
index f15017f4e..d2a880b41 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
@@ -2445,12 +2445,16 @@ ErrorIfUnsupportedAlterTableStmt(AlterTableStmt *alterTableStatement)
 			case AT_ReplicaIdentity:
 			case AT_ValidateConstraint:
 			case AT_DropConstraint: /* we do the check for invalidation in AlterTableDropsForeignKey */
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= PG_VERSION_14
+			case AT_SetCompression:
+#endif
 			{
 				/*
 				 * We will not perform any special check for:
 				 * ALTER TABLE .. ALTER COLUMN .. SET NOT NULL
 				 * ALTER TABLE .. REPLICA IDENTITY ..
 				 * ALTER TABLE .. VALIDATE CONSTRAINT ..
+				 * ALTER TABLE .. ALTER COLUMN .. SET COMPRESSION ..
 				 */
 				break;
 			}
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/pg14.out b/src/test/regress/expected/pg14.out
index ea4cd716d..a59179991 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/pg14.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/pg14.out
@@ -219,13 +219,54 @@ CALL citus_cleanup_orphaned_shards();
 NOTICE:  cleaned up 1 orphaned shards
 SELECT result AS column_compression FROM run_command_on_workers($$SELECT ARRAY(
 SELECT attname || ' ' || attcompression FROM pg_attribute WHERE attrelid::regclass::text LIKE 'pg14.col\_compression%' AND attnum > 0 ORDER BY 1
-)$$) ORDER BY length(result);
+)$$);
    column_compression
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  {"a p","a p","b ","b "}
  {"a p","a p","b ","b "}
 (2 rows)
 
+-- test propagation of ALTER TABLE .. ALTER COLUMN .. SET COMPRESSION ..
+ALTER TABLE col_compression ALTER COLUMN b SET COMPRESSION pglz;
+ALTER TABLE col_compression ALTER COLUMN a SET COMPRESSION default;
+SELECT result AS column_compression FROM run_command_on_workers($$SELECT ARRAY(
+SELECT attname || ' ' || attcompression FROM pg_attribute WHERE attrelid::regclass::text LIKE 'pg14.col\_compression%' AND attnum > 0 ORDER BY 1
+)$$);
+   column_compression
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ {"a ","a ","b p","b p"}
+ {"a ","a ","b p","b p"}
+(2 rows)
+
+-- test propagation of ALTER TABLE .. ADD COLUMN .. COMPRESSION ..
+ALTER TABLE col_compression ADD COLUMN c TEXT COMPRESSION pglz;
+SELECT result AS column_compression FROM run_command_on_workers($$SELECT ARRAY(
+SELECT attname || ' ' || attcompression FROM pg_attribute WHERE attrelid::regclass::text LIKE 'pg14.col\_compression%' AND attnum > 0 ORDER BY 1
+)$$);
+         column_compression
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ {"a ","a ","b p","b p","c p","c p"}
+ {"a ","a ","b p","b p","c p","c p"}
+(2 rows)
+
+-- test attaching to a partitioned table with column compression
+CREATE TABLE col_comp_par (a TEXT COMPRESSION pglz, b TEXT) PARTITION BY RANGE (a);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('col_comp_par', 'a');
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+CREATE TABLE col_comp_par_1 PARTITION OF col_comp_par FOR VALUES FROM ('abc') TO ('def');
+SELECT result AS column_compression FROM run_command_on_workers($$SELECT ARRAY(
+SELECT attname || ' ' || attcompression FROM pg_attribute WHERE attrelid::regclass::text LIKE 'pg14.col\_comp\_par\_1\_%' AND attnum > 0 ORDER BY 1
+)$$);
+ column_compression
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ {"a p","b "}
+ {"a p","b "}
+(2 rows)
+
 RESET citus.multi_shard_modify_mode;
 -- test procedure OUT parameters with procedure pushdown
 CREATE TABLE test_proc_table (a int);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/pg14.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/pg14.sql
index 97ff71e43..967314206 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/pg14.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/pg14.sql
@@ -77,7 +77,30 @@ SELECT rebalance_table_shards('col_compression', rebalance_strategy := 'by_shard
 CALL citus_cleanup_orphaned_shards();
 SELECT result AS column_compression FROM run_command_on_workers($$SELECT ARRAY(
 SELECT attname || ' ' || attcompression FROM pg_attribute WHERE attrelid::regclass::text LIKE 'pg14.col\_compression%' AND attnum > 0 ORDER BY 1
-)$$) ORDER BY length(result);
+)$$);
+
+-- test propagation of ALTER TABLE .. ALTER COLUMN .. SET COMPRESSION ..
+ALTER TABLE col_compression ALTER COLUMN b SET COMPRESSION pglz;
+ALTER TABLE col_compression ALTER COLUMN a SET COMPRESSION default;
+SELECT result AS column_compression FROM run_command_on_workers($$SELECT ARRAY(
+SELECT attname || ' ' || attcompression FROM pg_attribute WHERE attrelid::regclass::text LIKE 'pg14.col\_compression%' AND attnum > 0 ORDER BY 1
+)$$);
+
+-- test propagation of ALTER TABLE .. ADD COLUMN .. COMPRESSION ..
+ALTER TABLE col_compression ADD COLUMN c TEXT COMPRESSION pglz;
+SELECT result AS column_compression FROM run_command_on_workers($$SELECT ARRAY(
+SELECT attname || ' ' || attcompression FROM pg_attribute WHERE attrelid::regclass::text LIKE 'pg14.col\_compression%' AND attnum > 0 ORDER BY 1
+)$$);
+
+-- test attaching to a partitioned table with column compression
+CREATE TABLE col_comp_par (a TEXT COMPRESSION pglz, b TEXT) PARTITION BY RANGE (a);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('col_comp_par', 'a');
+
+CREATE TABLE col_comp_par_1 PARTITION OF col_comp_par FOR VALUES FROM ('abc') TO ('def');
+
+SELECT result AS column_compression FROM run_command_on_workers($$SELECT ARRAY(
+SELECT attname || ' ' || attcompression FROM pg_attribute WHERE attrelid::regclass::text LIKE 'pg14.col\_comp\_par\_1\_%' AND attnum > 0 ORDER BY 1
+)$$);
 
 RESET citus.multi_shard_modify_mode;