diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
index 758f8b15a1..585a08e155 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use camino::{Utf8Path, Utf8PathBuf};
 use futures::FutureExt;
 use pageserver_api::models::TimelineState;
+use pageserver_api::shard::ShardIdentity;
 use remote_storage::DownloadError;
 use remote_storage::GenericRemoteStorage;
 use storage_broker::BrokerClientChannel;
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ pub struct TenantSharedResources {
 /// for an attached tenant is a subset of the [`LocationConf`], represented
 /// in this struct.
 pub(super) struct AttachedTenantConf {
+    shard: ShardIdentity,
     tenant_conf: TenantConfOpt,
     location: AttachedLocationConfig,
 }
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@ impl AttachedTenantConf {
     fn try_from(location_conf: LocationConf) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         match &location_conf.mode {
             LocationMode::Attached(attach_conf) => Ok(Self {
+                shard: location_conf.shard,
                 tenant_conf: location_conf.tenant_conf,
                 location: attach_conf.clone(),
             }),
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
index bbb96cb172..d90758a560 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ use bytes::Bytes;
 use camino::{Utf8Path, Utf8PathBuf};
 use fail::fail_point;
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use pageserver_api::models::{
-    DownloadRemoteLayersTaskInfo, DownloadRemoteLayersTaskSpawnRequest, LayerMapInfo, TimelineState,
+use pageserver_api::{
+    models::{
+        DownloadRemoteLayersTaskInfo, DownloadRemoteLayersTaskSpawnRequest, LayerMapInfo,
+        TimelineState,
+    },
+    shard::ShardIdentity,
 };
 use serde_with::serde_as;
 use storage_broker::BrokerClientChannel;
@@ -1310,6 +1314,11 @@ impl Timeline {
             .unwrap_or(self.conf.default_tenant_conf.gc_feedback)
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn get_shard(&self) -> ShardIdentity {
+        let tenant_conf = &self.tenant_conf.read().unwrap();
+        tenant_conf.shard.clone()
+    }
+
     pub(super) fn tenant_conf_updated(&self) {
         // NB: Most tenant conf options are read by background loops, so,
         // changes will automatically be picked up.
@@ -1538,6 +1547,7 @@ impl Timeline {
             .tenant_conf
             .max_lsn_wal_lag
             .unwrap_or(self.conf.default_tenant_conf.max_lsn_wal_lag);
+        let shard = tenant_conf_guard.shard.clone();
         drop(tenant_conf_guard);
 
         let mut guard = self.walreceiver.lock().unwrap();