diff --git a/main.cc b/main.cc
index 21353c0ce8..2da58da815 100644
--- a/main.cc
+++ b/main.cc
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ To start the scylla server proper, simply invoke as: scylla server (or just scyl
             supervisor::notify("initializing migration manager RPC verbs");
             mm.invoke_on_all(&service::migration_manager::init_messaging_service).get();
             supervisor::notify("initializing storage proxy RPC verbs");
-            proxy.invoke_on_all(&service::storage_proxy::start_remote, std::ref(messaging), std::ref(gossiper), std::ref(mm)).get();
+            proxy.invoke_on_all(&service::storage_proxy::start_remote, std::ref(messaging), std::ref(gossiper), std::ref(mm), std::ref(sys_ks)).get();
             auto stop_proxy_handlers = defer_verbose_shutdown("storage proxy RPC verbs", [&proxy] {
                 proxy.invoke_on_all(&service::storage_proxy::stop_remote).get();
             });
diff --git a/service/storage_proxy.cc b/service/storage_proxy.cc
index 02e6913de2..3ebf69b759 100644
--- a/service/storage_proxy.cc
+++ b/service/storage_proxy.cc
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ class storage_proxy::remote {
     netw::messaging_service& _ms;
     const gms::gossiper& _gossiper;
     migration_manager& _mm;
+    sharded<db::system_keyspace>& _sys_ks;
 
     netw::connection_drop_slot_t _connection_dropped;
     netw::connection_drop_registration_t _condrop_registration;
@@ -170,8 +171,8 @@ class storage_proxy::remote {
     bool _stopped{false};
 
 public:
-    remote(storage_proxy& sp, netw::messaging_service& ms, gms::gossiper& g, migration_manager& mm)
-        : _sp(sp), _ms(ms), _gossiper(g), _mm(mm)
+    remote(storage_proxy& sp, netw::messaging_service& ms, gms::gossiper& g, migration_manager& mm, sharded<db::system_keyspace>& sys_ks)
+        : _sp(sp), _ms(ms), _gossiper(g), _mm(mm), _sys_ks(sys_ks)
         , _connection_dropped(std::bind_front(&remote::connection_dropped, this))
         , _condrop_registration(_ms.when_connection_drops(_connection_dropped))
     {
@@ -209,6 +210,10 @@ public:
         return _gossiper.is_alive(ep);
     }
 
+    db::system_keyspace& system_keyspace() {
+        return _sys_ks.local();
+    }
+
     // Note: none of the `send_*` functions use `remote` after yielding - by the first yield,
     // control is delegated to another service (messaging_service). Thus unfinished `send`s
     // do not make it unsafe to destroy the `remote` object.
@@ -6233,8 +6238,8 @@ future<> storage_proxy::truncate_blocking(sstring keyspace, sstring cfname, std:
     return remote().send_truncate_blocking(std::move(keyspace), std::move(cfname), timeout_in_ms);
 }
 
-void storage_proxy::start_remote(netw::messaging_service& ms, gms::gossiper& g, migration_manager& mm) {
-    _remote = std::make_unique<struct remote>(*this, ms, g, mm);
+void storage_proxy::start_remote(netw::messaging_service& ms, gms::gossiper& g, migration_manager& mm, sharded<db::system_keyspace>& sys_ks) {
+    _remote = std::make_unique<struct remote>(*this, ms, g, mm, sys_ks);
 }
 
 future<> storage_proxy::stop_remote() {
diff --git a/service/storage_proxy.hh b/service/storage_proxy.hh
index 26810a46fa..d1ae69b8eb 100644
--- a/service/storage_proxy.hh
+++ b/service/storage_proxy.hh
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     // Start/stop the remote part of `storage_proxy` that is required for performing distributed queries.
-    void start_remote(netw::messaging_service&, gms::gossiper&, migration_manager&);
+    void start_remote(netw::messaging_service&, gms::gossiper&, migration_manager&, sharded<db::system_keyspace>& sys_ks);
     future<> stop_remote();
 
 private: