diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/gossip.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/gossip.go
index 12513d253af9..ac21e7c3e168 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/gossip.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/gossip.go
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ func runGossipRestartNodeOne(ctx context.Context, t *test, c *cluster) {
 	run(`ALTER DATABASE system %[1]s CONFIGURE ZONE %[2]s 'constraints: {"-rack=0"}'`)
 	run(`ALTER RANGE meta %[1]s CONFIGURE ZONE %[2]s 'constraints: {"-rack=0"}'`)
 	run(`ALTER RANGE liveness %[1]s CONFIGURE ZONE %[2]s 'constraints: {"-rack=0"}'`)
+	run(`ALTER TABLE system.jobs %[1]s CONFIGURE ZONE %[2]s 'constraints: {"-rack=0"}'`)
 
 	var lastReplCount int
 	if err := retry.ForDuration(2*time.Minute, func() error {
diff --git a/pkg/config/system.go b/pkg/config/system.go
index e6b35f6a2877..301be2ff0dbb 100644
--- a/pkg/config/system.go
+++ b/pkg/config/system.go
@@ -255,11 +255,14 @@ func (s *SystemConfig) GetZoneConfigForKey(key roachpb.RKey) (*ZoneConfig, error
 	if !ok {
 		// Not in the structured data namespace.
 		objectID = keys.RootNamespaceID
-	} else if objectID <= keys.MaxReservedDescID {
-		// For now, you can only set a zone config on the system database as a whole,
-		// not on any of its constituent tables. This is largely because all the
+	} else if objectID <= keys.MaxSystemConfigDescID || isPseudoTableID(objectID) {
+		// For now, you cannot set the zone config on gossiped tables. The only
+		// way to set a zone config on these tables is to modify config for the
+		// system database as a whole. This is largely because all the
 		// "system config" tables are colocated in the same range by default and
 		// thus couldn't be managed separately.
+		// Furthermore pseudo-table ids should be considered to be a part of the
+		// system database as they aren't real tables.
 		objectID = keys.SystemDatabaseID
 	}
 
@@ -279,6 +282,16 @@ func (s *SystemConfig) GetZoneConfigForKey(key roachpb.RKey) (*ZoneConfig, error
 	return s.getZoneConfigForKey(objectID, keySuffix)
 }
 
+// isPseudoTableID returns true if id is in keys.PseudoTableIDs.
+func isPseudoTableID(id uint32) bool {
+	for _, pseudoTableID := range keys.PseudoTableIDs {
+		if id == pseudoTableID {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // GetZoneConfigForObject returns the combined zone config for the given object
 // identifier.
 // NOTE: any subzones from the zone placeholder will be automatically merged
diff --git a/pkg/config/system_test.go b/pkg/config/system_test.go
index fb0128ff3fb5..0cbde1a404c2 100644
--- a/pkg/config/system_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/system_test.go
@@ -402,11 +402,23 @@ func TestGetZoneConfigForKey(t *testing.T) {
 		{roachpb.RKey(keys.TimeseriesPrefix.PrefixEnd()), keys.SystemRangesID},
 		{roachpb.RKey(keys.TableDataMin), keys.SystemDatabaseID},
 		{roachpb.RKey(keys.SystemConfigSplitKey), keys.SystemDatabaseID},
+
+		// Gossiped system tables should refer to the SystemDatabaseID.
 		{tkey(keys.NamespaceTableID), keys.SystemDatabaseID},
 		{tkey(keys.ZonesTableID), keys.SystemDatabaseID},
-		{tkey(keys.LeaseTableID), keys.SystemDatabaseID},
-		{tkey(keys.JobsTableID), keys.SystemDatabaseID},
-		{tkey(keys.LocationsTableID), keys.SystemDatabaseID},
+
+		// Non-gossiped system tables should refer to themselves.
+		{tkey(keys.LeaseTableID), keys.LeaseTableID},
+		{tkey(keys.JobsTableID), keys.JobsTableID},
+		{tkey(keys.LocationsTableID), keys.LocationsTableID},
+
+		// Pseudo-tables should refer to the SystemDatabaseID.
+		{tkey(keys.MetaRangesID), keys.SystemDatabaseID},
+		{tkey(keys.SystemRangesID), keys.SystemDatabaseID},
+		{tkey(keys.TimeseriesRangesID), keys.SystemDatabaseID},
+		{tkey(keys.LivenessRangesID), keys.SystemDatabaseID},
+
+		// User tables should refer to themselves.
 		{tkey(keys.MinUserDescID), keys.MinUserDescID},
 		{tkey(keys.MinUserDescID + 22), keys.MinUserDescID + 22},
 		{roachpb.RKeyMax, keys.RootNamespaceID},
diff --git a/pkg/storage/client_replica_test.go b/pkg/storage/client_replica_test.go
index 67262a5260b2..3042668ae835 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/client_replica_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/client_replica_test.go
@@ -1783,6 +1783,13 @@ func TestSystemZoneConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 	testutils.SucceedsSoon(t, waitForReplicas)
 	log.Info(ctx, "TestSystemZoneConfig: down-replication of timeseries ranges succeeded")
 
+	// Up-replicate the system.jobs table to demonstrate that it is configured
+	// independently from the system database.
+	sqlutils.SetZoneConfig(t, sqlDB, "TABLE system.jobs", "num_replicas: 7")
+	expectedReplicas += 2
+	testutils.SucceedsSoon(t, waitForReplicas)
+	log.Info(ctx, "TestSystemZoneConfig: up-replication of jobs table succeeded")
+
 	// Finally, verify the system ranges. Note that in a new cluster there are
 	// two system ranges, which we have to take into account here.
 	sqlutils.SetZoneConfig(t, sqlDB, "RANGE system", "num_replicas: 7")