diff --git a/admin/local/docker/compose/docker-compose.yml b/admin/local/docker/compose/docker-compose.yml
index 5a3c37f99..dc5ca4880 100644
--- a/admin/local/docker/compose/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/admin/local/docker/compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ services:
           --registry-host=repl-mgr-registry
           --controller-auto-register-workers=1
           --qserv-sync-force
+          --qserv-chunk-map-update
           --debug
         expose:
             - "25081"
diff --git a/src/replica/apps/MasterControllerHttpApp.cc b/src/replica/apps/MasterControllerHttpApp.cc
index 462371824..2b00107fc 100644
--- a/src/replica/apps/MasterControllerHttpApp.cc
+++ b/src/replica/apps/MasterControllerHttpApp.cc
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ MasterControllerHttpApp::MasterControllerHttpApp(int argc, char* argv[])
                   " This affect replicas to be deleted from the workers during the synchronization"
                   " stages.",
                   _forceQservSync);
+    parser().flag("qserv-chunk-map-update",
+                  "The flag which would result in updating the chunk disposition map"
+                  " in Qserv's QMeta database.",
+                  _qservChunkMapUpdate);
     parser().flag("purge",
                   "The binary flag which, if provided, enables the 'purge' algorithm in"
                   " the end of each replication cycle that eliminates excess replicas which"
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ int MasterControllerHttpApp::runImpl() {
 
     _replicationTask = ReplicationTask::create(
             _controller, [self](Task::Ptr const& ptr) { self->_isFailed.fail(); }, _qservSyncTimeoutSec,
-            _forceQservSync, _replicationIntervalSec, _purge);
+            _forceQservSync, _qservChunkMapUpdate, _replicationIntervalSec, _purge);
     _replicationTask->start();
 
     _healthMonitorTask = HealthMonitorTask::create(
diff --git a/src/replica/apps/MasterControllerHttpApp.h b/src/replica/apps/MasterControllerHttpApp.h
index d3e17f782..f5ef4ed02 100644
--- a/src/replica/apps/MasterControllerHttpApp.h
+++ b/src/replica/apps/MasterControllerHttpApp.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ class MasterControllerHttpApp : public Application {
 
     bool _purge;
     bool _forceQservSync;
+    bool _qservChunkMapUpdate;
     bool _permanentDelete;
 
     /// A connection URL for the MySQL service of the Qserv master database.
diff --git a/src/replica/contr/ReplicationTask.cc b/src/replica/contr/ReplicationTask.cc
index c7dbdea2d..360f78927 100644
--- a/src/replica/contr/ReplicationTask.cc
+++ b/src/replica/contr/ReplicationTask.cc
@@ -22,23 +22,35 @@
 // Class header
 #include "replica/contr/ReplicationTask.h"
 
+// System headers
+#include <vector>
+
 // Qserv headers
+#include "replica/config/Configuration.h"
 #include "replica/jobs/FindAllJob.h"
 #include "replica/jobs/FixUpJob.h"
 #include "replica/jobs/ReplicateJob.h"
 #include "replica/jobs/RebalanceJob.h"
 #include "replica/jobs/PurgeJob.h"
+#include "replica/mysql/DatabaseMySQL.h"
+#include "replica/mysql/DatabaseMySQLGenerator.h"
+#include "replica/mysql/DatabaseMySQLUtils.h"
+#include "replica/services/DatabaseServices.h"
+#include "replica/util/ReplicaInfo.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 
 namespace lsst::qserv::replica {
 
+using namespace database::mysql;
+
 ReplicationTask::Ptr ReplicationTask::create(Controller::Ptr const& controller,
                                              Task::AbnormalTerminationCallbackType const& onTerminated,
                                              unsigned int qservSyncTimeoutSec, bool forceQservSync,
-                                             unsigned int replicationIntervalSec, bool purge) {
+                                             bool qservChunkMapUpdate, unsigned int replicationIntervalSec,
+                                             bool purge) {
     return Ptr(new ReplicationTask(controller, onTerminated, qservSyncTimeoutSec, forceQservSync,
-                                   replicationIntervalSec, purge));
+                                   qservChunkMapUpdate, replicationIntervalSec, purge));
 }
 
 bool ReplicationTask::onRun() {
@@ -51,6 +63,8 @@ bool ReplicationTask::onRun() {
     launch<FindAllJob>(priority, saveReplicaInfo, allWorkers);
     sync(_qservSyncTimeoutSec, _forceQservSync);
 
+    if (_qservChunkMapUpdate) _updateChunkMap();
+
     launch<FixUpJob>(priority);
     sync(_qservSyncTimeoutSec, _forceQservSync);
 
@@ -73,10 +87,81 @@ bool ReplicationTask::onRun() {
 ReplicationTask::ReplicationTask(Controller::Ptr const& controller,
                                  Task::AbnormalTerminationCallbackType const& onTerminated,
                                  unsigned int qservSyncTimeoutSec, bool forceQservSync,
-                                 unsigned int replicationIntervalSec, bool purge)
+                                 bool qservChunkMapUpdate, unsigned int replicationIntervalSec, bool purge)
         : Task(controller, "REPLICATION-THREAD  ", onTerminated, replicationIntervalSec),
           _qservSyncTimeoutSec(qservSyncTimeoutSec),
           _forceQservSync(forceQservSync),
+          _qservChunkMapUpdate(qservChunkMapUpdate),
           _purge(purge) {}
 
+void ReplicationTask::_updateChunkMap() {
+    // Open MySQL connection using the RAII-style handler that would automatically
+    // abort the transaction should any problem occured when loading data into the table.
+    ConnectionHandler h;
+    try {
+        h.conn = Connection::open(Configuration::qservCzarDbParams("qservMeta"));
+    } catch (exception const& ex) {
+        error("failed to connect to the czar's database server, ex: " + string(ex.what()));
+        return;
+    }
+    QueryGenerator const g(h.conn);
+
+    // Get info on known chunk replicas from the persistent store of the Replication system
+    // and package those into ready-to-ingest data.
+    bool const allDatabases = true;
+    string const emptyDatabaseFilter;
+    bool const isPublished = true;
+    bool const includeFileInfo = true;  // need this to access tables sizes
+    vector<string> rows;
+    for (auto const& workerName : serviceProvider()->config()->workers()) {
+        vector<ReplicaInfo> replicas;
+        serviceProvider()->databaseServices()->findWorkerReplicas(replicas, workerName, emptyDatabaseFilter,
+                                                                  allDatabases, isPublished, includeFileInfo);
+        for (auto const& replica : replicas) {
+            for (auto const& fileInfo : replica.fileInfo()) {
+                if (fileInfo.isData() && !fileInfo.isOverlap()) {
+                    rows.push_back(g.packVals(workerName, replica.database(), fileInfo.baseTable(),
+                                              replica.chunk(), fileInfo.size));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (rows.empty()) {
+        warn("no replicas found in the persistent state of the Replication system");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Get the limit for the length of the bulk insert queries. The limit is needed
+    // to run the query generation.
+    size_t maxQueryLength = 0;
+    string const globalVariableName = "max_allowed_packet";
+    try {
+        string const query = g.showVars(SqlVarScope::GLOBAL, globalVariableName);
+        h.conn->executeInOwnTransaction([&query, &maxQueryLength](auto conn) {
+            bool const noMoreThanOne = true;
+            if (!selectSingleValue(conn, query, maxQueryLength, "Value", noMoreThanOne)) {
+                throw runtime_error("no such variable found");
+            }
+        });
+    } catch (exception const& ex) {
+        error("failed to get a value of GLOBAL '" + globalVariableName + "', ex: " + string(ex.what()));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Execute a sequence of queries atomically
+    vector<string> const deleteQueries = {g.delete_("chunkMap"), g.delete_("chunkMapStatus")};
+    vector<string> insertQueries = g.insertPacked(
+            "chunkMap", g.packIds("worker", "database", "table", "chunk", "size"), rows, maxQueryLength);
+    insertQueries.push_back(g.insert("chunkMapStatus", Sql::NOW));
+    try {
+        h.conn->executeInOwnTransaction([&deleteQueries, &insertQueries](auto conn) {
+            for (auto const& query : deleteQueries) conn->execute(query);
+            for (auto const& query : insertQueries) conn->execute(query);
+        });
+    } catch (exception const& ex) {
+        error("failed to update chunk map in the Czar database, ex: " + string(ex.what()));
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
 }  // namespace lsst::qserv::replica
diff --git a/src/replica/contr/ReplicationTask.h b/src/replica/contr/ReplicationTask.h
index 2f8191e58..5bc99c76b 100644
--- a/src/replica/contr/ReplicationTask.h
+++ b/src/replica/contr/ReplicationTask.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class ReplicationTask : public Task {
      * @param qservSyncTimeoutSec The maximum number of seconds to be waited before giving
      *   up on the Qserv synchronization requests.
      * @param forceQservSync Force chunk removal at worker resource collections if 'true'.
+     * @param qservChunkMapUpdate Update the chunk disposition map in Qserv's QMeta database if 'true'.
      * @param replicationIntervalSec The number of seconds to wait in the end of each
      *   iteration loop before to begin the new one.
      * @param purge Purge excess replicas if 'true'.
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ class ReplicationTask : public Task {
      */
     static Ptr create(Controller::Ptr const& controller,
                       Task::AbnormalTerminationCallbackType const& onTerminated,
-                      unsigned int qservSyncTimeoutSec, bool forceQservSync,
+                      unsigned int qservSyncTimeoutSec, bool forceQservSync, bool qservChunkMapUpdate,
                       unsigned int replicationIntervalSec, bool purge);
 
 protected:
@@ -72,15 +73,23 @@ class ReplicationTask : public Task {
 private:
     /// @see ReplicationTask::create()
     ReplicationTask(Controller::Ptr const& controller, AbnormalTerminationCallbackType const& onTerminated,
-                    unsigned int qservSyncTimeoutSec, bool forceQservSync,
+                    unsigned int qservSyncTimeoutSec, bool forceQservSync, bool qservChunkMapUpdate,
                     unsigned int replicationIntervalSec, bool purge);
 
+    void _updateChunkMap();
+
     /// The maximum number of seconds to be waited before giving up
     /// on the Qserv synchronization requests.
     unsigned int const _qservSyncTimeoutSec;
 
-    bool const _forceQservSync;  ///< Force removal at worker resource collections if 'true'.
-    bool const _purge;           ///< Purge excess replicas if 'true'.
+    /// Force removal at worker resource collections if 'true'.
+    bool const _forceQservSync;
+
+    /// Update the chunk disposition map in Qserv's QMeta database if 'true'.
+    bool const _qservChunkMapUpdate;
+
+    /// Purge excess replicas if 'true'.
+    bool const _purge;
 };
 
 }  // namespace lsst::qserv::replica
diff --git a/src/replica/contr/Task.h b/src/replica/contr/Task.h
index b805b32f5..cc0151912 100644
--- a/src/replica/contr/Task.h
+++ b/src/replica/contr/Task.h
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ class Task : public EventLogger, public std::enable_shared_from_this<Task> {
      */
     void debug(std::string const& msg) { LOGS(_log, LOG_LVL_DEBUG, context() << msg); }
 
+    /**
+     * Log a message into the Logger's LOG_LVL_WARN stream.
+     * @param msg A message to be logged.
+     */
+    void warn(std::string const& msg) { LOGS(_log, LOG_LVL_WARN, context() << msg); }
+
     /**
      * Log a message into the Logger's LOG_LVL_ERROR stream.
      * @param msg A message to be logged.