diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/rewriteheap.c b/src/backend/access/heap/rewriteheap.c
index f208b5c4aa9..894bb17fcc6 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/rewriteheap.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/rewriteheap.c
@@ -1307,4 +1307,7 @@ CheckPointLogicalRewriteHeap(void)
 		}
 	}
 	FreeDir(mappings_dir);
+
+	/* persist directory entries to disk */
+	fsync_fname("pg_logical/mappings", true);
 }