diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 83d2cdb57c..6ef7ead9cc 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/xlog.h"
 #include "access/xlogprefetcher.h"
+#include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_authid.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
 #include "common/ip.h"
@@ -2117,13 +2118,17 @@ pg_stat_reset_shared(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	PG_RETURN_VOID();
 }
 
-/* Reset a single counter in the current database */
+/*
+ * Reset a statistics for a single object, which may be of current
+ * database or shared across all databases in the cluster.
+ */
 Datum
 pg_stat_reset_single_table_counters(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	Oid			taboid = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
+	Oid			dboid = (IsSharedRelation(taboid) ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId);
 
-	pgstat_reset(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION, MyDatabaseId, taboid);
+	pgstat_reset(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION, dboid, taboid);
 
 	PG_RETURN_VOID();
 }
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/stats.out b/src/test/regress/expected/stats.out
index e5e8f070ec..ffcba30606 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/stats.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/stats.out
@@ -557,6 +557,52 @@ SELECT pg_stat_get_live_tuples(:drop_stats_test_subxact_oid);
 DROP TABLE trunc_stats_test, trunc_stats_test1, trunc_stats_test2, trunc_stats_test3, trunc_stats_test4;
 DROP TABLE prevstats;
 -----
+-- Test reset of some stats for shared table
+-----
+-- This updates the comment of the database currently in use in
+-- pg_shdescription with a fake value, then sets it back to its
+-- original value.
+SELECT shobj_description(d.oid, 'pg_database') as description_before
+  FROM pg_database d WHERE datname = current_database() \gset
+-- force some stats in pg_shdescription.
+BEGIN;
+SELECT current_database() as datname \gset
+COMMENT ON DATABASE :"datname" IS 'This is a test comment';
+SELECT pg_stat_force_next_flush();
+ pg_stat_force_next_flush 
+--------------------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+COMMIT;
+-- check that the stats are reset.
+SELECT (n_tup_ins + n_tup_upd) > 0 AS has_data FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+  WHERE relid = 'pg_shdescription'::regclass;
+ has_data 
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT pg_stat_reset_single_table_counters('pg_shdescription'::regclass);
+ pg_stat_reset_single_table_counters 
+-------------------------------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT (n_tup_ins + n_tup_upd) > 0 AS has_data FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+  WHERE relid = 'pg_shdescription'::regclass;
+ has_data 
+----------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- set back comment
+\if :{?description_before}
+  COMMENT ON DATABASE :"datname" IS :'description_before';
+\else
+  COMMENT ON DATABASE :"datname" IS NULL;
+\endif
+-----
 -- Test that various stats views are being properly populated
 -----
 -- Test that sessions is incremented when a new session is started in pg_stat_database
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/stats.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/stats.sql
index 252d7161bd..73c8d38b15 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/stats.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/stats.sql
@@ -289,6 +289,36 @@ SELECT pg_stat_get_live_tuples(:drop_stats_test_subxact_oid);
 DROP TABLE trunc_stats_test, trunc_stats_test1, trunc_stats_test2, trunc_stats_test3, trunc_stats_test4;
 DROP TABLE prevstats;
 
+-----
+-- Test reset of some stats for shared table
+-----
+
+-- This updates the comment of the database currently in use in
+-- pg_shdescription with a fake value, then sets it back to its
+-- original value.
+SELECT shobj_description(d.oid, 'pg_database') as description_before
+  FROM pg_database d WHERE datname = current_database() \gset
+
+-- force some stats in pg_shdescription.
+BEGIN;
+SELECT current_database() as datname \gset
+COMMENT ON DATABASE :"datname" IS 'This is a test comment';
+SELECT pg_stat_force_next_flush();
+COMMIT;
+
+-- check that the stats are reset.
+SELECT (n_tup_ins + n_tup_upd) > 0 AS has_data FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+  WHERE relid = 'pg_shdescription'::regclass;
+SELECT pg_stat_reset_single_table_counters('pg_shdescription'::regclass);
+SELECT (n_tup_ins + n_tup_upd) > 0 AS has_data FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+  WHERE relid = 'pg_shdescription'::regclass;
+
+-- set back comment
+\if :{?description_before}
+  COMMENT ON DATABASE :"datname" IS :'description_before';
+\else
+  COMMENT ON DATABASE :"datname" IS NULL;
+\endif
 
 -----
 -- Test that various stats views are being properly populated