diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/fk_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/fk_test.go
index 06e94e0222d..4798edfb975 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/fk_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/fk_test.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func TestFKWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	targetKeyspace := "fktarget"
 	targetTabletId := 200
-	vc.AddKeyspace(t, []*Cell{cell}, targetKeyspace, shardName, initialFKTargetVSchema, initialFKSchema, 0, 0, targetTabletId, sourceKsOpts)
+	vc.AddKeyspace(t, []*Cell{cell}, targetKeyspace, shardName, initialFKTargetVSchema, "", 0, 0, targetTabletId, sourceKsOpts)
 	vtgate.WaitForStatusOfTabletInShard(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.primary", targetKeyspace, shardName), 1, 30*time.Second)
 
 	workflowName := "fk"
diff --git a/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/materializer.go b/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/materializer.go
index 6be5ac7f445..52196661eb5 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/materializer.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/materializer.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/key"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/log"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/mysqlctl/tmutils"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/schemadiff"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/sqlparser"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/topo"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtctl/schematools"
@@ -444,6 +445,21 @@ func (mz *materializer) deploySchema() error {
 		}
 
 		if len(applyDDLs) > 0 {
+			if mz.ms.AtomicCopy {
+				// AtomicCopy suggests we may be interested in Foreign Key support. As such, we want to
+				// normalize the source schema: ensure the order of table definitions is compatible with
+				// the constraints graph. We want to first create the parents, then the children.
+				// We use schemadiff to normalize the schema.
+				// For now, and because this is could have wider implications, we ignore any errors in
+				// reading the source schema.
+				schema, err := schemadiff.NewSchemaFromQueries(applyDDLs)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Error(vterrors.Wrapf(err, "AtomicCopy: failed to normalize schema via schemadiff"))
+				} else {
+					applyDDLs = schema.ToQueries()
+					log.Infof("AtomicCopy used, and schema was normalized via schemadiff. %v queries normalized", len(applyDDLs))
+				}
+			}
 			sql := strings.Join(applyDDLs, ";\n")
 
 			_, err = mz.tmc.ApplySchema(mz.ctx, targetTablet.Tablet, &tmutils.SchemaChange{
diff --git a/go/vt/wrangler/materializer.go b/go/vt/wrangler/materializer.go
index 990492bd191..01a3a640fb8 100644
--- a/go/vt/wrangler/materializer.go
+++ b/go/vt/wrangler/materializer.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/log"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/mysqlctl/tmutils"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/schema"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/schemadiff"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/sqlparser"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/topo"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/topo/topoproto"
@@ -1260,6 +1261,21 @@ func (mz *materializer) deploySchema(ctx context.Context) error {
 		}
 
 		if len(applyDDLs) > 0 {
+			if mz.ms.AtomicCopy {
+				// AtomicCopy suggests we may be interested in Foreign Key support. As such, we want to
+				// normalize the source schema: ensure the order of table definitions is compatible with
+				// the constraints graph. We want to first create the parents, then the children.
+				// We use schemadiff to normalize the schema.
+				// For now, and because this is could have wider implications, we ignore any errors in
+				// reading the source schema.
+				schema, err := schemadiff.NewSchemaFromQueries(applyDDLs)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Error(vterrors.Wrapf(err, "AtomicCopy: failed to normalize schema via schemadiff"))
+				} else {
+					applyDDLs = schema.ToQueries()
+					log.Infof("AtomicCopy used, and schema was normalized via schemadiff. %v queries normalized", len(applyDDLs))
+				}
+			}
 			sql := strings.Join(applyDDLs, ";\n")
 
 			_, err = mz.wr.tmc.ApplySchema(ctx, targetTablet.Tablet, &tmutils.SchemaChange{