*** a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
***************
*** 6745,6752 **** dynamic_library_path = 'C:\tools\postgresql;H:\my_project\lib;$libdir'
        </term>
        <listitem>
         <para>
!         This controls whether <command>CREATE TABLE</command> and
!         <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> include an OID column in
          newly-created tables, if neither <literal>WITH OIDS</literal>
          nor <literal>WITHOUT OIDS</literal> is specified. It also
          determines whether OIDs will be included in tables created by
--- 6745,6753 ----
        </term>
        <listitem>
         <para>
!         This controls whether <command>CREATE TABLE</command>,
!         <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> and
!         <command>CREATE FOREIGN TABLE</command> include an OID column in
          newly-created tables, if neither <literal>WITH OIDS</literal>
          nor <literal>WITHOUT OIDS</literal> is specified. It also
          determines whether OIDs will be included in tables created by
*** a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_foreign_table.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_foreign_table.sgml
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*** 293,298 **** CHECK ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> )
--- 293,304 ----
      responsibility to ensure that the constraint definition matches
      reality.
     </para>
+ 
+   <para>
+    To add OIDs to the table created by <command>CREATE FOREIGN TABLE</command>,
+    enable the <xref linkend="guc-default-with-oids"> configuration
+    variable.
+   </para>
   </refsect1>
  
   <refsect1 id="SQL-CREATEFOREIGNTABLE-examples">
*** a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
--- b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
***************
*** 580,586 **** DefineRelation(CreateStmt *stmt, char relkind, Oid ownerId,
  	descriptor = BuildDescForRelation(schema);
  
  	localHasOids = interpretOidsOption(stmt->options,
! 									   (relkind == RELKIND_RELATION));
  	descriptor->tdhasoid = (localHasOids || parentOidCount > 0);
  
  	/*
--- 580,587 ----
  	descriptor = BuildDescForRelation(schema);
  
  	localHasOids = interpretOidsOption(stmt->options,
! 									   (relkind == RELKIND_RELATION ||
! 										relkind == RELKIND_FOREIGN_TABLE));
  	descriptor->tdhasoid = (localHasOids || parentOidCount > 0);
  
  	/*