diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/operations/worker_copy_table_to_node_udf.c b/src/backend/distributed/operations/worker_copy_table_to_node_udf.c
index c603de72af0..43a405f1c17 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/operations/worker_copy_table_to_node_udf.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/operations/worker_copy_table_to_node_udf.c
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ worker_copy_table_to_node(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	Oid relationId = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
 	uint32_t targetNodeId = PG_GETARG_INT32(1);
 
+	if (IsCitusTable(relationId))
+	{
+		char *qualifiedRelationName = generate_qualified_relation_name(relationId);
+		ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+						errmsg("table %s is a Citus table, only copies of "
+							   "shards or regular postgres tables are supported",
+							   qualifiedRelationName)));
+	}
+
 	Oid schemaOid = get_rel_namespace(relationId);
 	char *relationSchemaName = get_namespace_name(schemaOid);
 	char *relationName = get_rel_name(relationId);
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/operations/worker_shard_copy.c b/src/backend/distributed/operations/worker_shard_copy.c
index f99c9b537f7..a891b2ee24d 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/operations/worker_shard_copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/operations/worker_shard_copy.c
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ static int ReadFromLocalBufferCallback(void *outBuf, int minRead, int maxRead);
 static void LocalCopyToShard(ShardCopyDestReceiver *copyDest, CopyOutState
 							 localCopyOutState);
 static void ConnectToRemoteAndStartCopy(ShardCopyDestReceiver *copyDest);
+static StringInfo ConstructShardTruncateStatement(
+	List *destinationShardFullyQualifiedName);
 
 
 static bool
@@ -108,12 +110,35 @@ ConnectToRemoteAndStartCopy(ShardCopyDestReceiver *copyDest)
 														 NULL /* database (current) */);
 	ClaimConnectionExclusively(copyDest->connection);
 
-
-	RemoteTransactionBeginIfNecessary(copyDest->connection);
+	/* Begin the remote transaction */
+	RemoteTransactionBegin(copyDest->connection);
 
 	SetupReplicationOriginRemoteSession(copyDest->connection);
 
+	/* Handle TRUNCATE or any setup commands */
+	StringInfo truncateStatement = ConstructShardTruncateStatement(
+		copyDest->destinationShardFullyQualifiedName);
+
+	if (!SendRemoteCommand(copyDest->connection, truncateStatement->data))
+	{
+		ReportConnectionError(copyDest->connection, ERROR);
+		RemoteTransactionAbort(copyDest->connection);
+		ResetRemoteTransaction(copyDest->connection);
+	}
 
+	PGresult *truncateResult = GetRemoteCommandResult(copyDest->connection, true);
+	if (!IsResponseOK(truncateResult))
+	{
+		ReportResultError(copyDest->connection, truncateResult, ERROR);
+		PQclear(truncateResult);
+		ForgetResults(copyDest->connection);
+		RemoteTransactionAbort(copyDest->connection);
+		ResetRemoteTransaction(copyDest->connection);
+	}
+	PQclear(truncateResult);
+	ForgetResults(copyDest->connection);
+
+	/* Construct and send the COPY statement with FREEZE */
 	StringInfo copyStatement = ConstructShardCopyStatement(
 		copyDest->destinationShardFullyQualifiedName,
 		copyDest->copyOutState->binary,
@@ -122,16 +147,18 @@ ConnectToRemoteAndStartCopy(ShardCopyDestReceiver *copyDest)
 	if (!SendRemoteCommand(copyDest->connection, copyStatement->data))
 	{
 		ReportConnectionError(copyDest->connection, ERROR);
+		RemoteTransactionAbort(copyDest->connection);
+		ResetRemoteTransaction(copyDest->connection);
 	}
 
-	PGresult *result = GetRemoteCommandResult(copyDest->connection,
-											  true /* raiseInterrupts */);
-	if (PQresultStatus(result) != PGRES_COPY_IN)
+	PGresult *copyResult = GetRemoteCommandResult(copyDest->connection,
+												  true /* raiseInterrupts */);
+	if (PQresultStatus(copyResult) != PGRES_COPY_IN)
 	{
-		ReportResultError(copyDest->connection, result, ERROR);
+		ReportResultError(copyDest->connection, copyResult, ERROR);
 	}
 
-	PQclear(result);
+	PQclear(copyResult);
 }
 
 
@@ -329,7 +356,7 @@ ShardCopyDestReceiverShutdown(DestReceiver *dest)
 		/* check whether there were any COPY errors */
 		PGresult *result = GetRemoteCommandResult(copyDest->connection,
 												  true /* raiseInterrupts */);
-		if (PQresultStatus(result) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
+		if (!IsResponseOK(result))
 		{
 			ReportCopyError(copyDest->connection, result);
 		}
@@ -339,6 +366,21 @@ ShardCopyDestReceiverShutdown(DestReceiver *dest)
 
 		ResetReplicationOriginRemoteSession(copyDest->connection);
 
+		/* End the transaction by sending a COMMIT command */
+		if (!SendRemoteCommand(copyDest->connection, "COMMIT"))
+		{
+			HandleRemoteTransactionConnectionError(copyDest->connection, true);
+		}
+
+		PGresult *commitResult = GetRemoteCommandResult(copyDest->connection, true);
+		if (!IsResponseOK(result))
+		{
+			ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_TRANSACTION_RESOLUTION_UNKNOWN),
+							errmsg("Failed to commit transaction")));
+		}
+
+		PQclear(commitResult);
+
 		CloseConnection(copyDest->connection);
 	}
 }
@@ -424,6 +466,23 @@ CopyableColumnNamesFromRelationName(const char *schemaName, const char *relation
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * ConstructShardTruncateStatement constructs the text of a TRUNCATE statement
+ * for the destination shard.
+ */
+static StringInfo
+ConstructShardTruncateStatement(List *destinationShardFullyQualifiedName)
+{
+	StringInfo command = makeStringInfo();
+
+	appendStringInfo(command, "TRUNCATE %s.%s;",
+					 quote_identifier(linitial(destinationShardFullyQualifiedName)),
+					 quote_identifier(lsecond(destinationShardFullyQualifiedName)));
+
+	return command;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * ConstructShardCopyStatement constructs the text of a COPY statement
  * for copying into a result table
@@ -436,22 +495,22 @@ ConstructShardCopyStatement(List *destinationShardFullyQualifiedName, bool
 	char *destinationShardSchemaName = linitial(destinationShardFullyQualifiedName);
 	char *destinationShardRelationName = lsecond(destinationShardFullyQualifiedName);
 
-
 	StringInfo command = makeStringInfo();
 
 	const char *columnList = CopyableColumnNamesFromTupleDesc(tupleDesc);
 
 	appendStringInfo(command, "COPY %s.%s (%s) FROM STDIN",
-					 quote_identifier(destinationShardSchemaName), quote_identifier(
-						 destinationShardRelationName), columnList);
+					 quote_identifier(destinationShardSchemaName),
+					 quote_identifier(destinationShardRelationName),
+					 columnList);
 
 	if (useBinaryFormat)
 	{
-		appendStringInfo(command, " WITH (format binary);");
+		appendStringInfo(command, " WITH (format binary, FREEZE);");
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		appendStringInfo(command, ";");
+		appendStringInfo(command, " WITH (FREEZE);");
 	}
 
 	return command;