diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/cluster/controller.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/cluster/controller.go
index f90a80998b..8b5d72f8a0 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/cluster/controller.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/cluster/controller.go
@@ -299,9 +299,14 @@ func (c *Controller) applyCommitHooks(ctx context.Context, name string, bt *sql.
 	dialprovider := c.gRPCDialProvider(denv)
 	var hooks []*commithook
 	for _, r := range c.cfg.StandbyRemotes() {
+		remoteUrl := strings.Replace(r.RemoteURLTemplate(), dsess.URLTemplateDatabasePlaceholder, name, -1)
 		remote, ok := remotes.Get(r.Name())
 		if !ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("sqle: cluster: standby replication: destination remote %s does not exist on database %s", r.Name(), name)
+			remote = env.NewRemote(r.Name(), remoteUrl, nil)
+			err := denv.AddRemote(remote)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("sqle: cluster: standby replication: could not create remote %s for database %s: %v", r.Name(), name, err)
+			}
 		}
 		commitHook := newCommitHook(c.lgr, r.Name(), remote.Url, name, c.role, func(ctx context.Context) (*doltdb.DoltDB, error) {
 			return remote.GetRemoteDB(ctx, types.Format_Default, dialprovider)
diff --git a/integration-tests/go-sql-server-driver/tests/sql-server-cluster.yaml b/integration-tests/go-sql-server-driver/tests/sql-server-cluster.yaml
index 5a696d7132..54bd4f1227 100644
--- a/integration-tests/go-sql-server-driver/tests/sql-server-cluster.yaml
+++ b/integration-tests/go-sql-server-driver/tests/sql-server-cluster.yaml
@@ -1736,3 +1736,89 @@ tests:
   - on: server1
     queries:
     - exec: "call dolt_assume_cluster_role('primary', '3')"
+# Assert that we can add a new standby to an existing server and bring the server up.
+- name: adding new remotes to the config creates those remotes on startup
+  multi_repos:
+  - name: server1
+    with_files:
+    - name: onestandby.yaml
+      contents: |
+        log_level: trace
+        listener:
+          host: 0.0.0.0
+          port: 3309
+        cluster:
+          standby_remotes:
+          - name: standby_one
+            remote_url_template: http://localhost:3852/{database}
+          bootstrap_role: primary
+          bootstrap_epoch: 1
+          remotesapi:
+            port: 3851
+    - name: twostandbys.yaml
+      contents: |
+        log_level: trace
+        listener:
+          host: 0.0.0.0
+          port: 3309
+        cluster:
+          standby_remotes:
+          - name: standby_one
+            remote_url_template: http://localhost:3852/{database}
+          - name: standby_two
+            remote_url_template: http://localhost:3853/{database}
+          bootstrap_role: primary
+          bootstrap_epoch: 1
+          remotesapi:
+            port: 3851
+    server:
+      args: ["--config", "onestandby.yaml"]
+      port: 3309
+  - name: standby
+    with_files:
+    - name: config.yaml
+      contents: |
+        log_level: trace
+        listener:
+          host: 0.0.0.0
+          port: 3310
+        cluster:
+          standby_remotes:
+          - name: standby
+            remote_url_template: http://localhost:3851/{database}
+          bootstrap_role: standby
+          bootstrap_epoch: 1
+          remotesapi:
+            port: 3853
+    server:
+      args: ["--config", "config.yaml"]
+      port: 3310
+  connections:
+  - on: server1
+    queries:
+    - exec: "create database testdb"
+  - on: server1
+    restart_server:
+      args: ["--config", "twostandbys.yaml"]
+  - on: server1
+    queries:
+    - exec: "use testdb"
+    - query: "select count(*) from dolt_remotes"
+      result:
+        columns: ["count(*)"]
+        rows:
+        - ["2"]
+    - exec: 'SET @@GLOBAL.dolt_cluster_ack_writes_timeout_secs = 1'
+    - exec: "create table vals (id int primary key)"
+    - query: "show warnings"
+      result:
+        columns: ["Level", "Code", "Message"]
+        rows:
+        - ["Warning", "3024", "Timed out replication of commit to 1 out of 2 replicas."]
+  - on: standby
+    queries:
+    - query: "select count(*) from `testdb`.`vals`"
+      result:
+        columns: ["count(*)"]
+        rows:
+        - ["0"]