diff --git a/puppet/zulip/manifests/app_frontend_base.pp b/puppet/zulip/manifests/app_frontend_base.pp
index 3731ee5d60..a02e373b5f 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip/manifests/app_frontend_base.pp
+++ b/puppet/zulip/manifests/app_frontend_base.pp
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ class zulip::app_frontend_base {
   } else {
     $uwsgi_default_processes = 3
   }
+  $mobile_notification_shards = Integer(zulipconf('application_server','mobile_notification_shards', 1))
   $tornado_ports = $zulip::tornado_sharding::tornado_ports
 
   $proxy_host = zulipconf('http_proxy', 'host', 'localhost')
diff --git a/puppet/zulip/templates/supervisor/zulip.conf.template.erb b/puppet/zulip/templates/supervisor/zulip.conf.template.erb
index bb2b488ff5..eee69f322e 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip/templates/supervisor/zulip.conf.template.erb
+++ b/puppet/zulip/templates/supervisor/zulip.conf.template.erb
@@ -61,7 +61,16 @@ directory=/home/zulip/deployments/current/
 <% if @queues_multiprocess %>
 <% @queues.each do |queue| -%>
 [program:zulip_events_<%= queue %>]
+<% if queue == "missedmessage_mobile_notifications" and @mobile_notification_shards > 1 -%>
+process_name=zulip_events_<%= queue %>_shard%(process_num)s
+command=nice -n10 /home/zulip/deployments/current/manage.py process_queue --queue_name=<%= queue %> --skip-checks --worker_num %(process_num)s
+stdout_logfile=/var/log/zulip/events_<%= queue %>_shard%(process_num)s.log         ; stdout log path, NONE for none; default AUTO
+numprocs=<%= @mobile_notification_shards %>
+numprocs_start=1
+<% else -%>
 command=nice -n10 /home/zulip/deployments/current/manage.py process_queue --queue_name=<%= queue %> --skip-checks
+stdout_logfile=/var/log/zulip/events_<%= queue %>.log         ; stdout log path, NONE for none; default AUTO
+<%end -%>
 environment=HTTP_proxy="<%= @proxy %>",HTTPS_proxy="<%= @proxy %>"
 priority=300                   ; the relative start priority (default 999)
 autostart=true                 ; start at supervisord start (default: true)
@@ -70,7 +79,6 @@ stopsignal=TERM                 ; signal used to kill process (default TERM)
 stopwaitsecs=30                ; max num secs to wait b4 SIGKILL (default 10)
 user=zulip                    ; setuid to this UNIX account to run the program
 redirect_stderr=true           ; redirect proc stderr to stdout (default false)
-stdout_logfile=/var/log/zulip/events_<%= queue %>.log         ; stdout log path, NONE for none; default AUTO
 stdout_logfile_maxbytes=20MB   ; max # logfile bytes b4 rotation (default 50MB)
 stdout_logfile_backups=3     ; # of stdout logfile backups (default 10)
 directory=/home/zulip/deployments/current/
diff --git a/scripts/lib/check_rabbitmq_queue.py b/scripts/lib/check_rabbitmq_queue.py
index 42021b1ba6..fa12b7531f 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/check_rabbitmq_queue.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/check_rabbitmq_queue.py
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ import json
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
+import sys
 import time
 from collections import defaultdict
 from typing import Any, DefaultDict, Dict, List
 
 ZULIP_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
+sys.path.append(ZULIP_PATH)
+from scripts.lib.zulip_tools import get_config, get_config_file
+
 normal_queues = [
     "deferred_work",
     "digest_emails",
@@ -23,6 +27,10 @@ normal_queues = [
     "user_presence",
 ]
 
+mobile_notification_shards = int(
+    get_config(get_config_file(), "application_server", "mobile_notification_shards", "1")
+)
+
 OK = 0
 WARNING = 1
 CRITICAL = 2
@@ -154,7 +162,13 @@ def check_rabbitmq_queues() -> None:
         text=True,
     ).strip()
     queue_stats: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {}
-    queues_to_check = set(normal_queues).intersection(set(queues_with_consumers))
+    check_queues = normal_queues
+    if mobile_notification_shards > 1:
+        check_queues += [
+            f"missedmessage_mobile_notifications_shard{d}"
+            for d in range(1, mobile_notification_shards + 1)
+        ]
+    queues_to_check = set(check_queues).intersection(set(queues_with_consumers))
     for queue in queues_to_check:
         fn = queue + ".stats"
         file_path = os.path.join(queue_stats_dir, fn)
diff --git a/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-consumers b/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-consumers
index 5d2c13ff19..e78ad6d682 100755
--- a/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-consumers
+++ b/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-consumers
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import argparse
 import os
+import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ from typing import Dict
 ZULIP_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 sys.path.append(ZULIP_PATH)
 from scripts.lib.check_rabbitmq_queue import normal_queues
-from scripts.lib.zulip_tools import get_config_file, get_tornado_ports
+from scripts.lib.zulip_tools import get_config, get_config_file, get_tornado_ports
 
 states = {
     0: "OK",
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ for line in output.split("\n"):
         queue_name = parts[0]
         if queue_name.startswith("notify_tornado_"):
             queue_name = "notify_tornado"
+        queue_name = re.sub(r"_shard(\d+)", "", queue_name)
         consumers[queue_name] += 1
 
 now = int(time.time())
@@ -60,6 +62,10 @@ for queue_name in consumers:
     target_count = 1
     if queue_name == "notify_tornado":
         target_count = TORNADO_PROCESSES
+    elif queue_name == "missedmessage_mobile_notifications":
+        target_count = int(
+            get_config(config_file, "application_server", "mobile_notification_shards", "1")
+        )
 
     if consumers[queue_name] < target_count:
         status = 2
diff --git a/zerver/actions/message_flags.py b/zerver/actions/message_flags.py
index 7a6802c399..af0ec5347b 100644
--- a/zerver/actions/message_flags.py
+++ b/zerver/actions/message_flags.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass, field
 from typing import List, Optional, Set
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.db.models import F
 from django.utils.timezone import now as timezone_now
@@ -247,14 +248,16 @@ def do_clear_mobile_push_notifications_for_ids(
         messages_by_user[user_id].append(message_id)
 
     for user_profile_id, event_message_ids in messages_by_user.items():
-        queue_json_publish(
-            "missedmessage_mobile_notifications",
-            {
-                "type": "remove",
-                "user_profile_id": user_profile_id,
-                "message_ids": event_message_ids,
-            },
-        )
+        notice = {
+            "type": "remove",
+            "user_profile_id": user_profile_id,
+            "message_ids": event_message_ids,
+        }
+        if settings.MOBILE_NOTIFICATIONS_SHARDS > 1:  # nocoverage
+            shard_id = user_profile_id % settings.MOBILE_NOTIFICATIONS_SHARDS + 1
+            queue_json_publish(f"missedmessage_mobile_notifications_shard{shard_id}", notice)
+        else:
+            queue_json_publish("missedmessage_mobile_notifications", notice)
 
 
 def do_update_message_flags(
diff --git a/zerver/tornado/event_queue.py b/zerver/tornado/event_queue.py
index 26f4fe0d24..637d8ecd79 100644
--- a/zerver/tornado/event_queue.py
+++ b/zerver/tornado/event_queue.py
@@ -959,7 +959,13 @@ def maybe_enqueue_notifications(
         notice["type"] = "add"
         notice["mentioned_user_group_id"] = mentioned_user_group_id
         if not already_notified.get("push_notified"):
-            queue_json_publish("missedmessage_mobile_notifications", notice)
+            if settings.MOBILE_NOTIFICATIONS_SHARDS > 1:
+                shard_id = (
+                    user_notifications_data.user_id % settings.MOBILE_NOTIFICATIONS_SHARDS + 1
+                )
+                queue_json_publish(f"missedmessage_mobile_notifications_shard{shard_id}", notice)
+            else:
+                queue_json_publish("missedmessage_mobile_notifications", notice)
             notified["push_notified"] = True
 
     # Send missed_message emails if a direct message or a
diff --git a/zerver/worker/missedmessage_mobile_notifications.py b/zerver/worker/missedmessage_mobile_notifications.py
index 5d04fad740..23a941defc 100644
--- a/zerver/worker/missedmessage_mobile_notifications.py
+++ b/zerver/worker/missedmessage_mobile_notifications.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Documented in https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/subsystems/queuing.html
 import logging
-from typing import Any, Dict
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from typing_extensions import override
 
 from zerver.lib.push_notifications import (
@@ -23,6 +24,17 @@ class PushNotificationsWorker(QueueProcessingWorker):
     # play well with asyncio.
     MAX_CONSUME_SECONDS = None
 
+    @override
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        threaded: bool = False,
+        disable_timeout: bool = False,
+        worker_num: Optional[int] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        if settings.MOBILE_NOTIFICATIONS_SHARDS > 1 and worker_num is not None:  # nocoverage
+            self.queue_name = self.queue_name + f"_shard{worker_num}"
+        super().__init__(threaded, disable_timeout, worker_num)
+
     @override
     def start(self) -> None:
         # initialize_push_notifications doesn't strictly do anything
diff --git a/zproject/computed_settings.py b/zproject/computed_settings.py
index 81200c5e30..67631febdb 100644
--- a/zproject/computed_settings.py
+++ b/zproject/computed_settings.py
@@ -1176,6 +1176,10 @@ CROSS_REALM_BOT_EMAILS = {
     "emailgateway@zulip.com",
 }
 
+MOBILE_NOTIFICATIONS_SHARDS = int(
+    get_config("application_server", "mobile_notification_shards", "1")
+)
+
 TWO_FACTOR_PATCH_ADMIN = False
 
 # Allow the environment to override the default DSN