diff --git a/src/backend/commands/copy.c b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
index 84b1a54cb9b..810bae5dadc 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ BeginCopy(ParseState *pstate,
 		}
 
 		/* plan the query */
-		plan = pg_plan_query(query, 0, NULL);
+		plan = pg_plan_query(query, CURSOR_OPT_PARALLEL_OK, NULL);
 
 		/*
 		 * With row level security and a user using "COPY relation TO", we