diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/api/core/metadata/NodeShardingInfo.java b/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/api/core/metadata/NodeShardingInfo.java
index ee9ef908e40..d01ca74a9d0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/api/core/metadata/NodeShardingInfo.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/api/core/metadata/NodeShardingInfo.java
@@ -16,4 +16,18 @@ public interface NodeShardingInfo {
    * to the Node.
    */
   public int shardId(Token t);
+
+  /**
+   * Returns shard aware port number where Scylla is listening for CQL connections. If present, it
+   * works almost the same way as port 9042 typically does; the difference is that client-side port
+   * number is used as an indicator to which shard client wants to connect.
+   */
+  public Integer getShardAwarePort();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns shard aware SSL port number where Scylla is listening for encrypted CQL connections. If
+   * present, it works almost the same way as port 9142 typically does; the difference is that
+   * client-side port number is used as an indicator to which shard client wants to connect.
+   */
+  public Integer getShardAwarePortSsl();
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/protocol/ShardingInfo.java b/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/protocol/ShardingInfo.java
index e7a23de6fc8..81eaaa8dd75 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/protocol/ShardingInfo.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/protocol/ShardingInfo.java
@@ -35,18 +35,29 @@ public class ShardingInfo implements NodeShardingInfo {
   private static final String SCYLLA_PARTITIONER = "SCYLLA_PARTITIONER";
   private static final String SCYLLA_SHARDING_ALGORITHM = "SCYLLA_SHARDING_ALGORITHM";
   private static final String SCYLLA_SHARDING_IGNORE_MSB = "SCYLLA_SHARDING_IGNORE_MSB";
+  private static final String SCYLLA_SHARD_AWARE_PORT_PARAM_KEY = "SCYLLA_SHARD_AWARE_PORT";
+  private static final String SCYLLA_SHARD_AWARE_PORT_SSL_PARAM_KEY = "SCYLLA_SHARD_AWARE_PORT_SSL";
 
   private final int shardsCount;
   private final String partitioner;
   private final String shardingAlgorithm;
   private final int shardingIgnoreMSB;
+  private final Integer shardAwarePort;
+  private final Integer shardAwarePortSsl;
 
   private ShardingInfo(
-      int shardsCount, String partitioner, String shardingAlgorithm, int shardingIgnoreMSB) {
+      int shardsCount,
+      String partitioner,
+      String shardingAlgorithm,
+      int shardingIgnoreMSB,
+      Integer shardAwarePort,
+      Integer shardAwarePortSsl) {
     this.shardsCount = shardsCount;
     this.partitioner = partitioner;
     this.shardingAlgorithm = shardingAlgorithm;
     this.shardingIgnoreMSB = shardingIgnoreMSB;
+    this.shardAwarePort = shardAwarePort;
+    this.shardAwarePortSsl = shardAwarePortSsl;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -78,6 +89,16 @@ public int shardId(Token t) {
     return (int) (sum >>> 32);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Integer getShardAwarePort() {
+    return shardAwarePort;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Integer getShardAwarePortSsl() {
+    return shardAwarePortSsl;
+  }
+
   public static class ConnectionShardingInfo {
     public final int shardId;
     public final ShardingInfo shardingInfo;
@@ -94,6 +115,8 @@ public static ConnectionShardingInfo parseShardingInfo(Map<String, List<String>>
     String partitioner = parseString(params, SCYLLA_PARTITIONER);
     String shardingAlgorithm = parseString(params, SCYLLA_SHARDING_ALGORITHM);
     Integer shardingIgnoreMSB = parseInt(params, SCYLLA_SHARDING_IGNORE_MSB);
+    Integer shardAwarePort = parseInt(params, SCYLLA_SHARD_AWARE_PORT_PARAM_KEY);
+    Integer shardAwarePortSsl = parseInt(params, SCYLLA_SHARD_AWARE_PORT_SSL_PARAM_KEY);
     if (shardId == null
         || shardsCount == null
         || partitioner == null
@@ -104,7 +127,14 @@ public static ConnectionShardingInfo parseShardingInfo(Map<String, List<String>>
       return null;
     }
     return new ConnectionShardingInfo(
-        shardId, new ShardingInfo(shardsCount, partitioner, shardingAlgorithm, shardingIgnoreMSB));
+        shardId,
+        new ShardingInfo(
+            shardsCount,
+            partitioner,
+            shardingAlgorithm,
+            shardingIgnoreMSB,
+            shardAwarePort,
+            shardAwarePortSsl));
   }
 
   private static String parseString(Map<String, List<String>> params, String key) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/protocol/ShardingInfoTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/protocol/ShardingInfoTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07686493d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/protocol/ShardingInfoTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.datastax.oss.driver.internal.core.protocol;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ShardingInfoTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void should_create_ShardingInfo_from_valid_params() {
+    // Mostly just a sanity check. Parses example data returned by docker instance.
+    Map<String, List<String>> params = new HashMap<>();
+    params.put("COMPRESSION", Arrays.asList("lz4", "snappy"));
+    params.put("CQL_VERSION", Collections.singletonList("3.3.1"));
+    params.put(
+        "SCYLLA_LWT_ADD_METADATA_MARK",
+        Collections.singletonList("LWT_OPTIMIZATION_META_BIT_MASK=2147483648"));
+    params.put("SCYLLA_NR_SHARDS", Collections.singletonList("12"));
+    params.put(
+        "SCYLLA_PARTITIONER",
+        Collections.singletonList("org.apache.cassandra.dht.Murmur3Partitioner"));
+    params.put("SCYLLA_RATE_LIMIT_ERROR", Collections.singletonList("ERROR_CODE=61440"));
+    params.put("SCYLLA_SHARD", Collections.singletonList("0"));
+    params.put("SCYLLA_SHARDING_ALGORITHM", Collections.singletonList("biased-token-round-robin"));
+    params.put("SCYLLA_SHARDING_IGNORE_MSB", Collections.singletonList("12"));
+    params.put("SCYLLA_SHARD_AWARE_PORT", Collections.singletonList("19042"));
+    params.put("TABLETS_ROUTING_V1", Collections.emptyList());
+
+    ShardingInfo.ConnectionShardingInfo info = ShardingInfo.parseShardingInfo(params);
+
+    assertThat(info).isNotNull();
+    assertThat(info.shardId).isEqualTo(0);
+    assertThat(info.shardingInfo.getShardsCount()).isEqualTo(12);
+    assertThat(info.shardingInfo.getPartitioner())
+        .isEqualTo("org.apache.cassandra.dht.Murmur3Partitioner");
+    assertThat(info.shardingInfo.getShardingAlgorithm()).isEqualTo("biased-token-round-robin");
+    assertThat(info.shardingInfo.getShardAwarePort()).isEqualTo(19042);
+    assertThat(info.shardingInfo.getShardAwarePortSsl()).isNull();
+  }
+}