diff --git a/dumpling/export/dump.go b/dumpling/export/dump.go
index 39637aa4f1b89..de7eddcfa3b44 100755
--- a/dumpling/export/dump.go
+++ b/dumpling/export/dump.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	"math/big"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -298,6 +299,34 @@ func (d *Dumper) startWriters(tctx *tcontext.Context, wg *errgroup.Group, taskCh
 func (d *Dumper) dumpDatabases(tctx *tcontext.Context, metaConn *sql.Conn, taskChan chan<- Task) error {
 	conf := d.conf
 	allTables := conf.Tables
+
+	// policy should be created before database
+	// placement policy in other server type can be different, so we only handle the tidb server
+	if conf.ServerInfo.ServerType == version.ServerTypeTiDB {
+		policyNames, err := ListAllPlacementPolicyNames(metaConn)
+		if err != nil {
+			errCause := errors.Cause(err)
+			if mysqlErr, ok := errCause.(*mysql.MySQLError); ok && mysqlErr.Number == ErrNoSuchTable {
+				// some old tidb version and other server type doesn't support placement rules, we can skip it.
+				tctx.L().Debug("cannot dump placement policy, maybe the server doesn't support it", log.ShortError(err))
+			} else {
+				tctx.L().Warn("fail to dump placement policy: ", log.ShortError(err))
+			}
+		}
+		for _, policy := range policyNames {
+			createPolicySQL, err := ShowCreatePlacementPolicy(metaConn, policy)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			wrappedCreatePolicySQL := fmt.Sprintf("/*T![placement] %s */", createPolicySQL)
+			task := NewTaskPolicyMeta(policy, wrappedCreatePolicySQL)
+			ctxDone := d.sendTaskToChan(tctx, task, taskChan)
+			if ctxDone {
+				return tctx.Err()
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	for dbName, tables := range allTables {
 		if !conf.NoSchemas {
 			createDatabaseSQL, err := ShowCreateDatabase(metaConn, dbName)
diff --git a/dumpling/export/dump_test.go b/dumpling/export/dump_test.go
index 1626908f511e6..284cec9435017 100644
--- a/dumpling/export/dump_test.go
+++ b/dumpling/export/dump_test.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func TestDumpBlock(t *testing.T) {
 	taskChan := make(chan Task, 1)
 	taskChan <- &TaskDatabaseMeta{}
 	d.conf.Tables = DatabaseTables{}.AppendTable(database, nil)
+	d.conf.ServerInfo.ServerType = version.ServerTypeMySQL
 	require.ErrorIs(t, d.dumpDatabases(writerCtx, conn, taskChan), context.Canceled)
 	require.ErrorIs(t, wg.Wait(), writerErr)
 }
diff --git a/dumpling/export/sql.go b/dumpling/export/sql.go
index 4b0203a1665da..1fb5688338b2e 100644
--- a/dumpling/export/sql.go
+++ b/dumpling/export/sql.go
@@ -92,6 +92,21 @@ func ShowCreateTable(db *sql.Conn, database, table string) (string, error) {
 	return oneRow[1], nil
 }
 
+// ShowCreatePlacementPolicy constructs the create policy SQL for a specified table
+// returns (createPoilicySQL, error)
+func ShowCreatePlacementPolicy(db *sql.Conn, policy string) (string, error) {
+	var oneRow [2]string
+	handleOneRow := func(rows *sql.Rows) error {
+		return rows.Scan(&oneRow[0], &oneRow[1])
+	}
+	query := fmt.Sprintf("SHOW CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY `%s`", escapeString(policy))
+	err := simpleQuery(db, query, handleOneRow)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Annotatef(err, "sql: %s", query)
+	}
+	return oneRow[1], nil
+}
+
 // ShowCreateView constructs the create view SQL for a specified view
 // returns (createFakeTableSQL, createViewSQL, error)
 func ShowCreateView(db *sql.Conn, database, view string) (createFakeTableSQL string, createRealViewSQL string, err error) {
@@ -279,6 +294,25 @@ func ListAllDatabasesTables(tctx *tcontext.Context, db *sql.Conn, databaseNames
 	return dbTables, nil
 }
 
+func ListAllPlacementPolicyNames(db *sql.Conn) ([]string, error) {
+	var policyList []string
+	var policy string
+	const query = "select distinct policy_name from information_schema.placement_rules where policy_name is not null;"
+	rows, err := db.QueryContext(context.Background(), query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return policyList, errors.Annotatef(err, "sql: %s", query)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	for rows.Next() {
+		err := rows.Scan(&policy)
+		if err != nil {
+			return policyList, errors.Trace(err)
+		}
+		policyList = append(policyList, policy)
+	}
+	return policyList, errors.Annotatef(rows.Err(), "sql: %s", query)
+}
+
 // SelectVersion gets the version information from the database server
 func SelectVersion(db *sql.DB) (string, error) {
 	var versionInfo string
diff --git a/dumpling/export/sql_test.go b/dumpling/export/sql_test.go
index b6bd835d27e35..6a69c7dc5c164 100644
--- a/dumpling/export/sql_test.go
+++ b/dumpling/export/sql_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/csv"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -340,6 +341,59 @@ func TestShowCreateView(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, mock.ExpectationsWereMet())
 }
 
+func TestShowCreatePolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db, mock, err := sqlmock.New()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		require.NoError(t, db.Close())
+	}()
+
+	conn, err := db.Conn(context.Background())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	mock.ExpectQuery("SHOW CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY `policy_x`").
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"Policy", "Create Policy"}).
+			AddRow("policy_x", "CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY `policy_x` LEARNERS=1"))
+
+	createPolicySQL, err := ShowCreatePlacementPolicy(conn, "policy_x")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY `policy_x` LEARNERS=1", createPolicySQL)
+	require.NoError(t, mock.ExpectationsWereMet())
+
+}
+
+func TestListPolicyNames(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db, mock, err := sqlmock.New()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		require.NoError(t, db.Close())
+	}()
+
+	conn, err := db.Conn(context.Background())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	mock.ExpectQuery("select distinct policy_name from information_schema.placement_rules where policy_name is not null;").
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"policy_name"}).
+			AddRow("policy_x"))
+	policies, err := ListAllPlacementPolicyNames(conn)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, []string{"policy_x"}, policies)
+	require.NoError(t, mock.ExpectationsWereMet())
+
+	// some old tidb version doesn't support placement rules returns error
+	expectedErr := &mysql.MySQLError{Number: ErrNoSuchTable, Message: "Table 'information_schema.placement_rules' doesn't exist"}
+	mock.ExpectExec("select distinct policy_name from information_schema.placement_rules where policy_name is not null;").
+		WillReturnError(expectedErr)
+	policies, err = ListAllPlacementPolicyNames(conn)
+	if mysqlErr, ok := err.(*mysql.MySQLError); ok {
+		require.Equal(t, mysqlErr.Number, ErrNoSuchTable)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetSuitableRows(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
diff --git a/dumpling/export/task.go b/dumpling/export/task.go
index 8cfec59b24859..a9e5874fa350b 100644
--- a/dumpling/export/task.go
+++ b/dumpling/export/task.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package export
 
 import "fmt"
 
-// Task is a file dump task for dumpling, it could either be dumping database/table/view metadata, table data
+// Task is a file dump task for dumpling, it could either be dumping database/table/view/policy metadata, table data
 type Task interface {
 	// Brief is the brief for a dumping task
 	Brief() string
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ type TaskViewMeta struct {
 	CreateViewSQL  string
 }
 
+// TaskPolicyMeta is a dumping view metadata task
+type TaskPolicyMeta struct {
+	Task
+	PolicyName      string
+	CreatePolicySQL string
+}
+
 // TaskTableData is a dumping table data task
 type TaskTableData struct {
 	Task
@@ -70,6 +77,14 @@ func NewTaskViewMeta(dbName, tblName, createTableSQL, createViewSQL string) *Tas
 	}
 }
 
+// NewTaskPolicyMeta returns a new dumping placement policy metadata task
+func NewTaskPolicyMeta(policyName, createPolicySQL string) *TaskPolicyMeta {
+	return &TaskPolicyMeta{
+		PolicyName:      policyName,
+		CreatePolicySQL: createPolicySQL,
+	}
+}
+
 // NewTaskTableData returns a new dumping table data task
 func NewTaskTableData(meta TableMeta, data TableDataIR, currentChunk, totalChunks int) *TaskTableData {
 	return &TaskTableData{
@@ -95,6 +110,11 @@ func (t *TaskViewMeta) Brief() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("meta of view '%s'.'%s'", t.DatabaseName, t.ViewName)
 }
 
+// Brief implements task.Brief
+func (t *TaskPolicyMeta) Brief() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("meta of placement policy '%s'", t.PolicyName)
+}
+
 // Brief implements task.Brief
 func (t *TaskTableData) Brief() string {
 	db, tbl := t.Meta.DatabaseName(), t.Meta.TableName()
diff --git a/dumpling/export/writer.go b/dumpling/export/writer.go
index 4d8d5301db929..7520ff670462f 100644
--- a/dumpling/export/writer.go
+++ b/dumpling/export/writer.go
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ func (w *Writer) handleTask(task Task) error {
 		return w.WriteTableMeta(t.DatabaseName, t.TableName, t.CreateTableSQL)
 	case *TaskViewMeta:
 		return w.WriteViewMeta(t.DatabaseName, t.ViewName, t.CreateTableSQL, t.CreateViewSQL)
+	case *TaskPolicyMeta:
+		return w.WritePolicyMeta(t.PolicyName, t.CreatePolicySQL)
 	case *TaskTableData:
 		err := w.WriteTableData(t.Meta, t.Data, t.ChunkIndex)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/dumpling/install.sh b/dumpling/install.sh
index e7eb9a8e2f687..e51ee861b099c 100644
--- a/dumpling/install.sh
+++ b/dumpling/install.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ cd $pwd/tidb-lightning && make
 cd $pwd
 mv tidb-lightning/bin/tidb-lightning bin/
 
-TIDB_TAG="v4.0.4"
+TIDB_TAG="master"
 # download tidb-server
 git clone -b $TIDB_TAG https://github.com/pingcap/tidb
 cd $pwd/tidb && make
diff --git a/dumpling/tests/basic/run.sh b/dumpling/tests/basic/run.sh
index 6caccce221433..d801970643b75 100644
--- a/dumpling/tests/basic/run.sh
+++ b/dumpling/tests/basic/run.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ echo "expected 2, actual ${actual}"
 
 # Test for tidb_mem_quota_query configuration
 export GO_FAILPOINTS="github.com/pingcap/tidb/dumpling/export/PrintTiDBMemQuotaQuery=1*return"
-run_dumpling > ${DUMPLING_OUTPUT_DIR}/dumpling.log
+run_dumpling | tee ${DUMPLING_OUTPUT_DIR}/dumpling.log
 actual=$(grep -w "tidb_mem_quota_query == 1073741824" ${DUMPLING_OUTPUT_DIR}/dumpling.log|wc -l)
 echo "expected 1, actual ${actual}"
 [ "$actual" = 1 ]
diff --git a/dumpling/tests/placement_policy/result/x-placement-policy-create.sql b/dumpling/tests/placement_policy/result/x-placement-policy-create.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0b68c742ee1cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dumpling/tests/placement_policy/result/x-placement-policy-create.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/*!40101 SET NAMES binary*/;
+/*T![placement] SET PLACEMENT_CHECKS = 0*/;
+/*T![placement] CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY `x` PRIMARY_REGION="cn-east-1" REGIONS="cn-east-1,cn-east" */;
diff --git a/dumpling/tests/placement_policy/result/x1-placement-policy-create.sql b/dumpling/tests/placement_policy/result/x1-placement-policy-create.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d2dafe29b2a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dumpling/tests/placement_policy/result/x1-placement-policy-create.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/*!40101 SET NAMES binary*/;
+/*T![placement] SET PLACEMENT_CHECKS = 0*/;
+/*T![placement] CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY `x1` FOLLOWERS=4 */;
diff --git a/dumpling/tests/placement_policy/run.sh b/dumpling/tests/placement_policy/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b7653fc921378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dumpling/tests/placement_policy/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright 2021 PingCAP, Inc. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
+
+set -eu
+
+export DUMPLING_TEST_PORT=4000
+
+run_sql "drop database if exists policy"
+run_sql "drop placement policy if exists x"
+run_sql "drop placement policy if exists x1"
+run_sql "create database policy"
+
+export DUMPLING_TEST_DATABASE="policy"
+
+run_sql 'CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY x PRIMARY_REGION="cn-east-1" REGIONS="cn-east-1,cn-east";'
+run_sql 'CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY x1 FOLLOWERS=4;'
+
+run_dumpling
+
+file_should_exist "$DUMPLING_OUTPUT_DIR/policy-schema-create.sql"
+file_should_exist "$DUMPLING_OUTPUT_DIR/x-placement-policy-create.sql"
+file_should_exist "$DUMPLING_OUTPUT_DIR/x1-placement-policy-create.sql"
+
+diff "$DUMPLING_BASE_NAME/result/x-placement-policy-create.sql" "$DUMPLING_OUTPUT_DIR/x-placement-policy-create.sql"
+diff "$DUMPLING_BASE_NAME/result/x1-placement-policy-create.sql" "$DUMPLING_OUTPUT_DIR/x1-placement-policy-create.sql"
+
+run_sql "drop database if exists policy"
+run_sql "drop placement policy if exists x"
+run_sql "drop placement policy if exists x1"