diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/parallel.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/parallel.sgml
index d0b438e..b97f241 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/parallel.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/parallel.sgml
@@ -217,6 +217,13 @@ EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM pgbench_accounts WHERE filler LIKE '%x%';
         be suboptimal when run serially.
       </para>
     </listitem>
+    
+    <listitem>
+      <para> 
+        A prepared statement is executed in a <literal>CREATE TABLE .. AS 
+        EXECUTE ..</literal> statement.
+      </para>
+    </listitem>    
 
     <listitem>
       <para> 
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/prepare.c b/src/backend/commands/prepare.c
index cec37ce..44a3eee 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/prepare.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/prepare.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ PrepareQuery(PrepareStmt *stmt, const char *queryString)
 					   nargs,
 					   NULL,
 					   NULL,
-					   0,		/* default cursor options */
+					   CURSOR_OPT_PARALLEL_OK,  /* allow parallel mode */
 					   true);	/* fixed result */
 
 	/*
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@ ExecuteQuery(ExecuteStmt *stmt, IntoClause *intoClause,
 			count = 0;
 		else
 			count = FETCH_ALL;
+
+		/* Disable parallel query as this is executed as DML */
+		pstmt->parallelModeNeeded = false;
+
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -665,7 +669,13 @@ ExplainExecuteQuery(ExecuteStmt *execstmt, IntoClause *into, ExplainState *es,
 		PlannedStmt *pstmt = (PlannedStmt *) lfirst(p);
 
 		if (IsA(pstmt, PlannedStmt))
+		{
+			if (into)
+				/* Disable parallel query as this is executed as DML */
+				pstmt->parallelModeNeeded = false;
+
 			ExplainOnePlan(pstmt, into, es, query_string, paramLI, NULL);
+		}
 		else
 			ExplainOneUtility((Node *) pstmt, into, es, query_string, paramLI);