diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
index 56a1cb4..2f13b63 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
@@ -5099,6 +5099,13 @@ XactLogCommitRecord(TimestampTz commit_time,
 		xl_xinfo.xinfo |= XACT_COMPLETION_FORCE_SYNC_COMMIT;
 
 	/*
+	 * Check if the caller would like to ask standbys for immediate feedback
+	 * once this commit is applied.
+	 */
+	if (synchronous_commit >= SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_REMOTE_APPLY)
+		xl_xinfo.xinfo |= XACT_COMPLETION_SYNC_APPLY_FEEDBACK;
+
+	/*
 	 * Relcache invalidations requires information about the current database
 	 * and so does logical decoding.
 	 */
@@ -5435,6 +5442,12 @@ xact_redo_commit(xl_xact_parsed_commit *parsed,
 	if (XactCompletionForceSyncCommit(parsed->xinfo))
 		XLogFlush(lsn);
 
+	/*
+	 * This commit record has someone waiting for apply feedback, so we tell
+	 * the xlog apply loop about that so it can generate a reply.
+	 */
+	if (XactCompletionSyncApplyFeedback(parsed->xinfo))
+		XLogAppliedSynchronousCommit(true);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index a092aad..373204a 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -6871,6 +6871,15 @@ StartupXLOG(void)
 				XLogCtl->lastReplayedTLI = ThisTimeLineID;
 				SpinLockRelease(&XLogCtl->info_lck);
 
+				/*
+				 * If rm_redo reported that it applied a commit record that
+				 * the master is waiting for, then we wake up the receiver so
+				 * that it notices the updated lastReplayedEndRecPtr and sends
+				 * a reply to the master.
+				 */
+				if (XLogAppliedSynchronousCommit(false))
+					WalRcvWakeup();
+
 				/* Remember this record as the last-applied one */
 				LastRec = ReadRecPtr;
 
@@ -11637,3 +11646,17 @@ SetWalWriterSleeping(bool sleeping)
 	XLogCtl->WalWriterSleeping = sleeping;
 	SpinLockRelease(&XLogCtl->info_lck);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Update the flag to indicate that a commit record has been applied, and
+ * return the previous value.
+ */
+bool
+XLogAppliedSynchronousCommit(bool value)
+{
+	static bool last_value = false;
+	bool result = last_value;
+
+	last_value = value;
+	return result;
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/syncrep.c b/src/backend/replication/syncrep.c
index 325239d..2e18768 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/syncrep.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/syncrep.c
@@ -462,6 +462,11 @@ SyncRepReleaseWaiters(void)
 		walsndctl->lsn[SYNC_REP_WAIT_FLUSH] = MyWalSnd->flush;
 		numflush = SyncRepWakeQueue(false, SYNC_REP_WAIT_FLUSH);
 	}
+	if (walsndctl->lsn[SYNC_REP_WAIT_APPLY] < MyWalSnd->apply)
+	{
+		walsndctl->lsn[SYNC_REP_WAIT_APPLY] = MyWalSnd->apply;
+		numflush = SyncRepWakeQueue(false, SYNC_REP_WAIT_APPLY);
+	}
 
 	LWLockRelease(SyncRepLock);
 
@@ -728,6 +733,9 @@ assign_synchronous_commit(int newval, void *extra)
 		case SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_REMOTE_FLUSH:
 			SyncRepWaitMode = SYNC_REP_WAIT_FLUSH;
 			break;
+		case SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_REMOTE_APPLY:
+			SyncRepWaitMode = SYNC_REP_WAIT_APPLY;
+			break;
 		default:
 			SyncRepWaitMode = SYNC_REP_NO_WAIT;
 			break;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c b/src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c
index 41e57f2..fde7d97 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static uint32 recvOff = 0;
  */
 static volatile sig_atomic_t got_SIGHUP = false;
 static volatile sig_atomic_t got_SIGTERM = false;
+static volatile sig_atomic_t got_SIGUSR1 = false;
 
 /*
  * LogstreamResult indicates the byte positions that we have already
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ static void WalRcvDie(int code, Datum arg);
 static void XLogWalRcvProcessMsg(unsigned char type, char *buf, Size len);
 static void XLogWalRcvWrite(char *buf, Size nbytes, XLogRecPtr recptr);
 static void XLogWalRcvFlush(bool dying);
-static void XLogWalRcvSendReply(bool force, bool requestReply);
+static void XLogWalRcvSendReply(bool force, bool requestReply, XLogRecPtr applyLsn);
 static void XLogWalRcvSendHSFeedback(bool immed);
 static void ProcessWalSndrMessage(XLogRecPtr walEnd, TimestampTz sendTime);
 
@@ -182,6 +183,24 @@ DisableWalRcvImmediateExit(void)
 	ProcessWalRcvInterrupts();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check if the applied LSN has moved.  If it has, send a message to the
+ * primary server.  This is called by the walreceiver when it receives a
+ * signal from the startup process.
+ */
+static void
+SendApplyNotificationIfMoved(XLogRecPtr *last_sent_applied_lsn)
+{
+	XLogRecPtr applied_lsn;
+
+	applied_lsn = GetXLogReplayRecPtr(NULL);
+	if (applied_lsn != *last_sent_applied_lsn)
+	{
+		XLogWalRcvSendReply(true, true, applied_lsn);
+		*last_sent_applied_lsn = applied_lsn;
+	}
+}
+
 /* Main entry point for walreceiver process */
 void
 WalReceiverMain(void)
@@ -350,6 +369,7 @@ WalReceiverMain(void)
 								  slotname[0] != '\0' ? slotname : NULL))
 		{
 			bool		endofwal = false;
+			XLogRecPtr	last_sent_applied_lsn = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 			if (first_stream)
 				ereport(LOG,
@@ -412,7 +432,7 @@ WalReceiverMain(void)
 					 * Process the received data, and any subsequent data we
 					 * can read without blocking.
 					 */
-					for (;;)
+					while (!got_SIGUSR1)
 					{
 						if (len > 0)
 						{
@@ -439,8 +459,15 @@ WalReceiverMain(void)
 						len = walrcv_receive(0, &buf);
 					}
 
+					/* Check if the startup process has signaled us. */
+					if (got_SIGUSR1)
+					{
+						got_SIGUSR1 = false;
+						SendApplyNotificationIfMoved(&last_sent_applied_lsn);
+					}
+
 					/* Let the master know that we received some data. */
-					XLogWalRcvSendReply(false, false);
+					XLogWalRcvSendReply(false, false, InvalidXLogRecPtr);
 
 					/*
 					 * If we've written some records, flush them to disk and
@@ -495,7 +522,14 @@ WalReceiverMain(void)
 						}
 					}
 
-					XLogWalRcvSendReply(requestReply, requestReply);
+					/* Check if the startup process has signaled us. */
+					if (got_SIGUSR1)
+					{
+						got_SIGUSR1 = false;
+						SendApplyNotificationIfMoved(&last_sent_applied_lsn);
+					}
+
+					XLogWalRcvSendReply(requestReply, requestReply, InvalidXLogRecPtr);
 					XLogWalRcvSendHSFeedback(false);
 				}
 			}
@@ -734,6 +768,7 @@ WalRcvSigUsr1Handler(SIGNAL_ARGS)
 {
 	int			save_errno = errno;
 
+	got_SIGUSR1 = true;
 	latch_sigusr1_handler();
 
 	errno = save_errno;
@@ -846,7 +881,7 @@ XLogWalRcvProcessMsg(unsigned char type, char *buf, Size len)
 
 				/* If the primary requested a reply, send one immediately */
 				if (replyRequested)
-					XLogWalRcvSendReply(true, false);
+					XLogWalRcvSendReply(true, false, InvalidXLogRecPtr);
 				break;
 			}
 		default:
@@ -1010,7 +1045,7 @@ XLogWalRcvFlush(bool dying)
 		/* Also let the master know that we made some progress */
 		if (!dying)
 		{
-			XLogWalRcvSendReply(false, false);
+			XLogWalRcvSendReply(false, false, InvalidXLogRecPtr);
 			XLogWalRcvSendHSFeedback(false);
 		}
 	}
@@ -1028,9 +1063,12 @@ XLogWalRcvFlush(bool dying)
  * If 'requestReply' is true, requests the server to reply immediately upon
  * receiving this message. This is used for heartbearts, when approaching
  * wal_receiver_timeout.
+ *
+ * If 'apply_lsn' is InvalidXLogRecPtr, the apply LSN is looked up in shmem if
+ * it is needed.  Otherwise, the value provided is used.
  */
 static void
-XLogWalRcvSendReply(bool force, bool requestReply)
+XLogWalRcvSendReply(bool force, bool requestReply, XLogRecPtr apply_lsn)
 {
 	static XLogRecPtr writePtr = 0;
 	static XLogRecPtr flushPtr = 0;
@@ -1221,3 +1259,19 @@ ProcessWalSndrMessage(XLogRecPtr walEnd, TimestampTz sendTime)
 		pfree(receipttime);
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+ * Wake up the walreceiver if it happens to be blocked in walrcv_receive,
+ * and tell it that a commit record has been applied.
+ *
+ * This is called by the startup process whenever interesting xlog records
+ * are applied, so that walreceiver can check if it needs to send an apply
+ * notification back to the master which may be waiting in a COMMIT with
+ * synchronous_commit = apply.
+ */
+void
+WalRcvWakeup(void)
+{
+	if (WalRcv->pid != 0)
+		kill(WalRcv->pid, SIGUSR1);
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 8ebf424..39f14fc 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ static const struct config_enum_entry constraint_exclusion_options[] = {
 static const struct config_enum_entry synchronous_commit_options[] = {
 	{"local", SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_LOCAL_FLUSH, false},
 	{"remote_write", SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_REMOTE_WRITE, false},
+	{"apply", SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_REMOTE_APPLY, false},
 	{"on", SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_ON, false},
 	{"off", SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_OFF, false},
 	{"true", SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_ON, true},
diff --git a/src/include/access/xact.h b/src/include/access/xact.h
index cb1c2db..7fec300 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xact.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xact.h
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ typedef enum
 	SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_LOCAL_FLUSH,		/* wait for local flush only */
 	SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_REMOTE_WRITE,	/* wait for local flush and remote
 										 * write */
-	SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_REMOTE_FLUSH		/* wait for local and remote flush */
+	SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_REMOTE_FLUSH,	/* wait for local and remote flush */
+	SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT_REMOTE_APPLY		/* wait for local flush and remote
+										 * apply */
 }	SyncCommitLevel;
 
 /* Define the default setting for synchonous_commit */
@@ -144,10 +146,13 @@ typedef void (*SubXactCallback) (SubXactEvent event, SubTransactionId mySubid,
  * EOXact... routines which run at the end of the original transaction
  * completion.
  */
+#define XACT_COMPLETION_SYNC_APPLY_FEEDBACK		(1U << 29)
 #define XACT_COMPLETION_UPDATE_RELCACHE_FILE	(1U << 30)
 #define XACT_COMPLETION_FORCE_SYNC_COMMIT		(1U << 31)
 
 /* Access macros for above flags */
+#define XactCompletionSyncApplyFeedback(xinfo) \
+	(!!(xinfo & XACT_COMPLETION_SYNC_APPLY_FEEDBACK))
 #define XactCompletionRelcacheInitFileInval(xinfo) \
 	(!!(xinfo & XACT_COMPLETION_UPDATE_RELCACHE_FILE))
 #define XactCompletionForceSyncCommit(xinfo) \
@@ -368,6 +373,8 @@ extern XLogRecPtr XactLogAbortRecord(TimestampTz abort_time,
 				   TransactionId twophase_xid);
 extern void xact_redo(XLogReaderState *record);
 
+extern bool XactSyncApplyFeedbackRequested(XLogReaderState *record);
+
 /* xactdesc.c */
 extern void xact_desc(StringInfo buf, XLogReaderState *record);
 extern const char *xact_identify(uint8 info);
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index 790ca66..93efa29 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ extern void RemovePromoteSignalFiles(void);
 extern bool CheckPromoteSignal(void);
 extern void WakeupRecovery(void);
 extern void SetWalWriterSleeping(bool sleeping);
+extern bool XLogAppliedSynchronousCommit(bool value);
 
 extern void assign_max_wal_size(int newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_checkpoint_completion_target(double newval, void *extra);
diff --git a/src/include/replication/syncrep.h b/src/include/replication/syncrep.h
index 71e2857..8e0fe00 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/syncrep.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/syncrep.h
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 #define SYNC_REP_NO_WAIT		-1
 #define SYNC_REP_WAIT_WRITE		0
 #define SYNC_REP_WAIT_FLUSH		1
+#define SYNC_REP_WAIT_APPLY		2
 
-#define NUM_SYNC_REP_WAIT_MODE	2
+#define NUM_SYNC_REP_WAIT_MODE	3
 
 /* syncRepState */
 #define SYNC_REP_NOT_WAITING		0
diff --git a/src/include/replication/walreceiver.h b/src/include/replication/walreceiver.h
index 61255a9..3256ed3 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/walreceiver.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/walreceiver.h
@@ -160,5 +160,6 @@ extern void RequestXLogStreaming(TimeLineID tli, XLogRecPtr recptr,
 extern XLogRecPtr GetWalRcvWriteRecPtr(XLogRecPtr *latestChunkStart, TimeLineID *receiveTLI);
 extern int	GetReplicationApplyDelay(void);
 extern int	GetReplicationTransferLatency(void);
+extern void WalRcvWakeup(void);
 
 #endif   /* _WALRECEIVER_H */