diff --git a/nvflare/app_opt/xgboost/histogram_based_v2/runners/xgb_client_runner.py b/nvflare/app_opt/xgboost/histogram_based_v2/runners/xgb_client_runner.py
index 66a52a100a..f4fb01a441 100644
--- a/nvflare/app_opt/xgboost/histogram_based_v2/runners/xgb_client_runner.py
+++ b/nvflare/app_opt/xgboost/histogram_based_v2/runners/xgb_client_runner.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 import os
 from typing import Tuple
 
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import shap
 import xgboost as xgb
 from xgboost import callback
 
@@ -222,6 +224,17 @@ def run(self, ctx: dict):
             bst.save_model(os.path.join(self._model_dir, self.model_file_name))
             xgb.collective.communicator_print("Finished training\n")
 
+            if self._data_split_mode == 0:
+                # Save explainability outputs based on val_data
+                explainer = shap.TreeExplainer(bst)
+                explanation = explainer(val_data)
+
+                # save the beeswarm plot to png file
+                shap.plots.beeswarm(explanation, show=False)
+                img = plt.gcf()
+                img.subplots_adjust(left=0.3, right=0.9, bottom=0.3, top=0.9)
+                img.savefig(os.path.join(self._model_dir, "shap_beeswarm.png"), bbox_inches="tight")
+
         self._stopped = True
 
     def stop(self):