diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/master/master_repair_shards.c b/src/backend/distributed/master/master_repair_shards.c
index 70dba5e2a..850e65c58 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/master/master_repair_shards.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/master/master_repair_shards.c
@@ -426,15 +426,28 @@ ReplicateColocatedShardPlacement(int64 shardId, char *sourceNodeName,
 	CopyShardTables(colocatedShardList, sourceNodeName, sourceNodePort,
 					targetNodeName, targetNodePort);
 
-	/* finally insert the placements to pg_dist_placement */
+	/*
+	 * Finally insert the placements to pg_dist_placement and sync it to the
+	 * metadata workers.
+	 */
 	foreach_ptr(colocatedShard, colocatedShardList)
 	{
 		uint64 colocatedShardId = colocatedShard->shardId;
 		uint32 groupId = GroupForNode(targetNodeName, targetNodePort);
+		uint64 placementId = GetNextPlacementId();
 
-		InsertShardPlacementRow(colocatedShardId, INVALID_PLACEMENT_ID,
+		InsertShardPlacementRow(colocatedShardId, placementId,
 								SHARD_STATE_ACTIVE, ShardLength(colocatedShardId),
 								groupId);
+
+		if (ShouldSyncTableMetadata(colocatedShard->relationId))
+		{
+			char *placementCommand = PlacementUpsertCommand(colocatedShardId, placementId,
+															SHARD_STATE_ACTIVE, 0,
+															groupId);
+
+			SendCommandToWorkersWithMetadata(placementCommand);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
index bf7c9377c..bcbc634d2 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
@@ -848,7 +848,8 @@ SELECT min(result) = max(result) AS consistent FROM run_command_on_placements('r
 (1 row)
 
 SET client_min_messages TO WARNING;
-SELECT count(*) AS ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE logicalrelid = 'ref_table'::regclass \gset
+SELECT shardid AS ref_table_shard FROM pg_dist_shard WHERE logicalrelid = 'ref_table'::regclass \gset
+SELECT count(*) AS ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE shardid = :ref_table_shard \gset
 -- remove reference table replica from worker 2
 SELECT 1 FROM master_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
  ?column?
@@ -856,7 +857,7 @@ SELECT 1 FROM master_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
         1
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE logicalrelid = 'ref_table'::regclass;
+SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE shardid = :ref_table_shard;
  ?column?
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
        -1
@@ -871,7 +872,7 @@ SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
         1
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE logicalrelid = 'ref_table'::regclass;
+SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE shardid = :ref_table_shard;
  ?column?
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
         0
@@ -890,7 +891,7 @@ SELECT 1 FROM master_add_inactive_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
         1
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE logicalrelid = 'ref_table'::regclass;
+SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE shardid = :ref_table_shard;
  ?column?
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
        -1
@@ -902,7 +903,7 @@ SELECT 1 FROM master_activate_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
         1
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE logicalrelid = 'ref_table'::regclass;
+SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE shardid = :ref_table_shard;
  ?column?
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
         0
@@ -914,6 +915,105 @@ SELECT min(result) = max(result) AS consistent FROM run_command_on_placements('r
  t
 (1 row)
 
+-- test that metadata is synced when master_copy_shard_placement replicates
+-- reference table shards
+SET citus.replicate_reference_tables_on_activate TO off;
+SELECT 1 FROM master_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+SET citus.replication_model TO streaming;
+SELECT start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+ start_metadata_sync_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT master_copy_shard_placement(
+           :ref_table_shard,
+           'localhost', :worker_1_port,
+           'localhost', :worker_2_port,
+           do_repair := false,
+           transfer_mode := 'block_writes');
+ master_copy_shard_placement
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT result::int - :ref_table_placements
+FROM run_command_on_workers('SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_placement a, pg_dist_shard b, pg_class c WHERE a.shardid=b.shardid AND b.logicalrelid=c.oid AND c.relname=''ref_table''')
+WHERE nodeport=:worker_1_port;
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        0
+(1 row)
+
+-- test that metadata is synced on replicate_reference_tables
+SELECT 1 FROM master_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT replicate_reference_tables();
+ replicate_reference_tables
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT result::int - :ref_table_placements
+FROM run_command_on_workers('SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_placement a, pg_dist_shard b, pg_class c WHERE a.shardid=b.shardid AND b.logicalrelid=c.oid AND c.relname=''ref_table''')
+WHERE nodeport=:worker_1_port;
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        0
+(1 row)
+
+-- join the reference table with a distributed table from worker 1
+-- to verify that metadata for worker 2 placements have been synced
+-- to worker 1.
+CREATE TABLE dist_table(a int, b int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('dist_table', 'a');
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+INSERT INTO dist_table SELECT i, i * i FROM generate_series(1, 20) i;
+TRUNCATE ref_table;
+INSERT INTO ref_table SELECT 2 * i FROM generate_series(1, 5) i;
+\c - - - :worker_1_port
+SET search_path TO replicate_reference_table;
+SELECT array_agg(dist_table.b ORDER BY ref_table.a)
+FROM ref_table, dist_table
+WHERE ref_table.a = dist_table.a;
+    array_agg
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ {4,16,36,64,100}
+(1 row)
+
+\c - - - :master_port
+SET search_path TO replicate_reference_table;
+SELECT stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+ stop_metadata_sync_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
 -- test adding an invalid node while we have reference tables to replicate
 -- set client message level to ERROR and verbosity to terse to supporess
 -- OS-dependent host name resolution warnings
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql
index 7b1951bfb..4535aebfc 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql
@@ -551,32 +551,89 @@ SELECT min(result) = max(result) AS consistent FROM run_command_on_placements('r
 
 SET client_min_messages TO WARNING;
 
-SELECT count(*) AS ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE logicalrelid = 'ref_table'::regclass \gset
+SELECT shardid AS ref_table_shard FROM pg_dist_shard WHERE logicalrelid = 'ref_table'::regclass \gset
+
+SELECT count(*) AS ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE shardid = :ref_table_shard \gset
 
 -- remove reference table replica from worker 2
 SELECT 1 FROM master_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 
-SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE logicalrelid = 'ref_table'::regclass;
+SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE shardid = :ref_table_shard;
 
 -- test setting citus.replicate_reference_tables_on_activate to on
 -- master_add_node
 SET citus.replicate_reference_tables_on_activate TO on;
 SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 
-SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE logicalrelid = 'ref_table'::regclass;
+SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE shardid = :ref_table_shard;
 
 -- master_activate_node
 SELECT 1 FROM master_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 SELECT 1 FROM master_add_inactive_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 
-SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE logicalrelid = 'ref_table'::regclass;
+SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE shardid = :ref_table_shard;
 
 SELECT 1 FROM master_activate_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 
-SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE logicalrelid = 'ref_table'::regclass;
+SELECT count(*) - :ref_table_placements FROM pg_dist_shard_placement WHERE shardid = :ref_table_shard;
 
 SELECT min(result) = max(result) AS consistent FROM run_command_on_placements('ref_table', 'SELECT sum(a) FROM %s');
 
+-- test that metadata is synced when master_copy_shard_placement replicates
+-- reference table shards
+SET citus.replicate_reference_tables_on_activate TO off;
+SELECT 1 FROM master_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+
+SET citus.replication_model TO streaming;
+SELECT start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+
+SELECT master_copy_shard_placement(
+           :ref_table_shard,
+           'localhost', :worker_1_port,
+           'localhost', :worker_2_port,
+           do_repair := false,
+           transfer_mode := 'block_writes');
+
+SELECT result::int - :ref_table_placements
+FROM run_command_on_workers('SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_placement a, pg_dist_shard b, pg_class c WHERE a.shardid=b.shardid AND b.logicalrelid=c.oid AND c.relname=''ref_table''')
+WHERE nodeport=:worker_1_port;
+
+-- test that metadata is synced on replicate_reference_tables
+SELECT 1 FROM master_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+
+SELECT replicate_reference_tables();
+
+SELECT result::int - :ref_table_placements
+FROM run_command_on_workers('SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_placement a, pg_dist_shard b, pg_class c WHERE a.shardid=b.shardid AND b.logicalrelid=c.oid AND c.relname=''ref_table''')
+WHERE nodeport=:worker_1_port;
+
+-- join the reference table with a distributed table from worker 1
+-- to verify that metadata for worker 2 placements have been synced
+-- to worker 1.
+
+CREATE TABLE dist_table(a int, b int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('dist_table', 'a');
+INSERT INTO dist_table SELECT i, i * i FROM generate_series(1, 20) i;
+
+TRUNCATE ref_table;
+INSERT INTO ref_table SELECT 2 * i FROM generate_series(1, 5) i;
+
+\c - - - :worker_1_port
+
+SET search_path TO replicate_reference_table;
+
+SELECT array_agg(dist_table.b ORDER BY ref_table.a)
+FROM ref_table, dist_table
+WHERE ref_table.a = dist_table.a;
+
+\c - - - :master_port
+
+SET search_path TO replicate_reference_table;
+
+SELECT stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+
 -- test adding an invalid node while we have reference tables to replicate
 -- set client message level to ERROR and verbosity to terse to supporess
 -- OS-dependent host name resolution warnings