diff --git a/src/bin/pg_rewind/libpq_fetch.c b/src/bin/pg_rewind/libpq_fetch.c
index 9239009..a5cb426 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_rewind/libpq_fetch.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_rewind/libpq_fetch.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ libpq_executeFileMap(filemap_t *map)
 	 * First create a temporary table, and load it with the blocks that we
 	 * need to fetch.
 	 */
-	sql = "CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE fetchchunks(path text, begin int4, len int4);";
+	sql = "SET synchronous_commit = local; CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE fetchchunks(path text, begin int4, len int4);";
 	res = PQexec(conn, sql);
 
 	if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)