diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.trailer b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.trailer
index 1d58c778d9..be6c9d0ae9 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.trailer
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.trailer
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 /* src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.trailer */
 
+PrepareStmt: PREPARE prepared_name prep_type_clause AS
+        {
+                prepared_name = $2;
+                prepare_type_clause = $3;
+                is_in_preparable_stmt = true;
+        }
+        PreparableStmt
+        {
+                $$.name = prepared_name;
+                $$.type = prepare_type_clause;
+                $$.stmt = $6;
+                is_in_preparable_stmt = false;
+        }
+        | PREPARE prepared_name FROM execstring
+	{
+                $$.name = $2;
+                $$.type = NULL;
+                $$.stmt = $4;
+        }
+	;
+
 statements: /*EMPTY*/
 				| statements statement
 		;
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.type b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.type
index 519b737dde..1c68095274 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.type
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.type
@@ -145,3 +145,5 @@
 %type  <type>   var_type
 
 %type  <action> action
+
+%type <prep> PrepareStmt
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/parse.pl b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/parse.pl
index 6f67a5e942..cafca22f7a 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/parse.pl
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/parse.pl
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ my %replace_types = (
 	'stmtblock'          => 'ignore',
 	'stmtmulti'          => 'ignore',
 	'CreateAsStmt'       => 'ignore',
+	'PrepareStmt'	     => 'ignore',
 	'DeallocateStmt'     => 'ignore',
 	'ColId'              => 'ignore',
 	'type_function_name' => 'ignore',