diff --git a/src/Databases/DatabaseReplicatedWorker.h b/src/Databases/DatabaseReplicatedWorker.h
index 2309c831839..51ff0f96e6d 100644
--- a/src/Databases/DatabaseReplicatedWorker.h
+++ b/src/Databases/DatabaseReplicatedWorker.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public:
     UInt64 getCurrentInitializationDurationMs() const;
 private:
     bool initializeMainThread() override;
-    void initializeReplication();
+    void initializeReplication() override;
     void initializeLogPointer(const String & processed_entry_name);
 
     DDLTaskPtr initAndCheckTask(const String & entry_name, String & out_reason, const ZooKeeperPtr & zookeeper) override;
diff --git a/src/Interpreters/DDLWorker.cpp b/src/Interpreters/DDLWorker.cpp
index 697fd0f406b..408561b7606 100644
--- a/src/Interpreters/DDLWorker.cpp
+++ b/src/Interpreters/DDLWorker.cpp
@@ -1,48 +1,47 @@
-#include <filesystem>
 
-#include <Interpreters/DDLWorker.h>
+#include <Core/ServerUUID.h>
+#include <Core/Settings.h>
+#include <IO/ReadBufferFromString.h>
+#include <IO/ReadHelpers.h>
+#include <IO/WriteHelpers.h>
+#include <Interpreters/Cluster.h>
+#include <Interpreters/Context.h>
 #include <Interpreters/DDLTask.h>
+#include <Interpreters/DDLWorker.h>
+#include <Interpreters/ZooKeeperLog.h>
+#include <Interpreters/executeQuery.h>
 #include <Parsers/ASTAlterQuery.h>
+#include <Parsers/ASTCreateIndexQuery.h>
+#include <Parsers/ASTDropIndexQuery.h>
 #include <Parsers/ASTDropQuery.h>
 #include <Parsers/ASTOptimizeQuery.h>
 #include <Parsers/ASTQueryWithOnCluster.h>
 #include <Parsers/ASTQueryWithTableAndOutput.h>
-#include <Parsers/ASTCreateIndexQuery.h>
-#include <Parsers/ASTDropIndexQuery.h>
 #include <Parsers/ParserQuery.h>
-#include <IO/WriteHelpers.h>
-#include <IO/ReadHelpers.h>
-#include <IO/ReadBufferFromString.h>
 #include <Storages/IStorage.h>
-#include <Interpreters/executeQuery.h>
-#include <Interpreters/Cluster.h>
-#include <Interpreters/Context.h>
-#include <Common/OpenTelemetryTraceContext.h>
-#include <Common/setThreadName.h>
-#include <Common/randomSeed.h>
-#include <Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.h>
-#include <Common/ZooKeeper/KeeperException.h>
-#include <Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeperLock.h>
-#include <Common/isLocalAddress.h>
-#include <Core/ServerUUID.h>
-#include <Core/Settings.h>
 #include <Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.h>
 #include <Poco/Timestamp.h>
-#include <base/sleep.h>
-#include <base/getFQDNOrHostName.h>
+#include <Common/OpenTelemetryTraceContext.h>
+#include <Common/ThreadPool.h>
+#include <Common/ZooKeeper/KeeperException.h>
+#include <Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.h>
+#include <Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeperLock.h>
+#include <Common/isLocalAddress.h>
 #include <Common/logger_useful.h>
+#include <Common/randomSeed.h>
+#include <Common/scope_guard_safe.h>
+#include <Common/setThreadName.h>
+
+#include <base/getFQDNOrHostName.h>
+#include <base/sleep.h>
 #include <base/sort.h>
+
 #include <memory>
 #include <random>
 #include <pcg_random.hpp>
-#include <Common/scope_guard_safe.h>
-#include <Common/ThreadPool.h>
-
-#include <Interpreters/ZooKeeperLog.h>
 
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
-
 namespace CurrentMetrics
 {
     extern const Metric DDLWorkerThreads;
@@ -102,6 +101,12 @@ DDLWorker::DDLWorker(
     if (queue_dir.back() == '/')
         queue_dir.resize(queue_dir.size() - 1);
 
+    // replicas_dir is at the same level as queue_dir
+    // E.g:
+    //  queue_dir:      /clickhouse/task_queue/ddl
+    //  replicas_dir:   /clickhouse/task_queue/replicas
+    replicas_dir = fs::path(queue_dir).parent_path() / "replicas";
+
     if (config)
     {
         task_max_lifetime = config->getUInt64(prefix + ".task_max_lifetime", static_cast<UInt64>(task_max_lifetime));
@@ -1059,6 +1064,11 @@ String DDLWorker::enqueueQuery(DDLLogEntry & entry)
     String query_path_prefix = fs::path(queue_dir) / "query-";
     zookeeper->createAncestors(query_path_prefix);
 
+    NameSet host_ids;
+    for (const HostID & host : entry.hosts)
+        host_ids.emplace(host.toString());
+    createReplicaDirs(zookeeper, host_ids);
+
     String node_path = zookeeper->create(query_path_prefix, entry.toString(), zkutil::CreateMode::PersistentSequential);
     if (max_pushed_entry_metric)
     {
@@ -1098,6 +1108,7 @@ bool DDLWorker::initializeMainThread()
         {
             auto zookeeper = getAndSetZooKeeper();
             zookeeper->createAncestors(fs::path(queue_dir) / "");
+            initializeReplication();
             initialized = true;
             return true;
         }
@@ -1159,6 +1170,7 @@ void DDLWorker::runMainThread()
             }
 
             cleanup_event->set();
+            markReplicasActive(reinitialized);
             scheduleTasks(reinitialized);
             subsequent_errors_count = 0;
 
@@ -1216,6 +1228,97 @@ void DDLWorker::runMainThread()
 }
 
 
+void DDLWorker::initializeReplication()
+{
+    auto zookeeper = getAndSetZooKeeper();
+
+    zookeeper->createAncestors(replicas_dir / "");
+
+    NameSet host_id_set;
+    for (const auto & it : context->getClusters())
+    {
+        auto cluster = it.second;
+        for (const auto & host_ids : cluster->getHostIDs())
+            for (const auto & host_id : host_ids)
+                host_id_set.emplace(host_id);
+    }
+
+    createReplicaDirs(zookeeper, host_id_set);
+}
+
+void DDLWorker::createReplicaDirs(const ZooKeeperPtr & zookeeper, const NameSet & host_ids)
+{
+    for (const auto & host_id : host_ids)
+        zookeeper->createAncestors(replicas_dir / host_id / "");
+}
+
+void DDLWorker::markReplicasActive(bool reinitialized)
+{
+    auto zookeeper = getAndSetZooKeeper();
+
+    if (reinitialized)
+    {
+        // Reset all active_node_holders
+        for (auto & it : active_node_holders)
+        {
+            auto & active_node_holder = it.second.second;
+            if (active_node_holder)
+                active_node_holder->setAlreadyRemoved();
+            active_node_holder.reset();
+        }
+
+        active_node_holders.clear();
+    }
+
+    const auto maybe_secure_port = context->getTCPPortSecure();
+    const auto port = context->getTCPPort();
+
+    Coordination::Stat replicas_stat;
+    Strings host_ids = zookeeper->getChildren(replicas_dir, &replicas_stat);
+    NameSet local_host_ids;
+    for (const auto & host_id : host_ids)
+    {
+        if (active_node_holders.contains(host_id))
+            continue;
+
+        try
+        {
+            HostID host = HostID::fromString(host_id);
+            /// The port is considered local if it matches TCP or TCP secure port that the server is listening.
+            bool is_local_host = (maybe_secure_port && host.isLocalAddress(*maybe_secure_port)) || host.isLocalAddress(port);
+
+            if (is_local_host)
+                local_host_ids.emplace(host_id);
+        }
+        catch (const Exception & e)
+        {
+            LOG_WARNING(log, "Unable to check if host {} is a local address, exception: {}", host_id, e.displayText());
+            continue;
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (const auto & host_id : local_host_ids)
+    {
+        auto it = active_node_holders.find(host_id);
+        if (it != active_node_holders.end())
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        /// Create "active" node (remove previous one if necessary)
+        String active_path = replicas_dir / host_id / "active";
+        String active_id = toString(ServerUUID::get());
+        zookeeper->deleteEphemeralNodeIfContentMatches(active_path, active_id);
+
+        LOG_TRACE(log, "Trying to mark a replica active: active_path={}, active_id={}", active_path, active_id);
+
+        zookeeper->create(active_path, active_id, zkutil::CreateMode::Ephemeral);
+        auto active_node_holder_zookeeper = zookeeper;
+        auto active_node_holder = zkutil::EphemeralNodeHolder::existing(active_path, *active_node_holder_zookeeper);
+        active_node_holders[host_id] = {active_node_holder_zookeeper, active_node_holder};
+    }
+}
+
 void DDLWorker::runCleanupThread()
 {
     setThreadName("DDLWorkerClnr");
diff --git a/src/Interpreters/DDLWorker.h b/src/Interpreters/DDLWorker.h
index 6d1dabda54f..fd4735b5baa 100644
--- a/src/Interpreters/DDLWorker.h
+++ b/src/Interpreters/DDLWorker.h
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <Common/CurrentThread.h>
+#include <Interpreters/Context.h>
+#include <Parsers/IAST_fwd.h>
+#include <Storages/IStorage_fwd.h>
 #include <Common/CurrentMetrics.h>
+#include <Common/CurrentThread.h>
 #include <Common/DNSResolver.h>
 #include <Common/ThreadPool_fwd.h>
 #include <Common/ZooKeeper/IKeeper.h>
-#include <Storages/IStorage_fwd.h>
-#include <Parsers/IAST_fwd.h>
-#include <Interpreters/Context.h>
+#include <Common/ZooKeeper/ZooKeeper.h>
 
 #include <atomic>
-#include <chrono>
-#include <condition_variable>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <shared_mutex>
-#include <thread>
 #include <unordered_set>
 
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
 namespace zkutil
 {
     class ZooKeeper;
@@ -146,6 +147,10 @@ protected:
 
     /// Return false if the worker was stopped (stop_flag = true)
     virtual bool initializeMainThread();
+    virtual void initializeReplication();
+
+    void createReplicaDirs(const ZooKeeperPtr & zookeeper, const NameSet & host_ids);
+    void markReplicasActive(bool reinitialized);
 
     void runMainThread();
     void runCleanupThread();
@@ -157,7 +162,8 @@ protected:
 
     std::string host_fqdn;      /// current host domain name
     std::string host_fqdn_id;   /// host_name:port
-    std::string queue_dir;      /// dir with queue of queries
+    std::string queue_dir; /// dir with queue of queries
+    fs::path replicas_dir;
 
     mutable std::mutex zookeeper_mutex;
     ZooKeeperPtr current_zookeeper TSA_GUARDED_BY(zookeeper_mutex);
@@ -199,6 +205,8 @@ protected:
 
     const CurrentMetrics::Metric * max_entry_metric;
     const CurrentMetrics::Metric * max_pushed_entry_metric;
+
+    std::unordered_map<String, std::pair<ZooKeeperPtr, zkutil::EphemeralNodeHolderPtr>> active_node_holders;
 };