*** a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_foreign_table.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_foreign_table.sgml
***************
*** 19,26 ****
   <refsynopsisdiv>
  <synopsis>
  CREATE FOREIGN TABLE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_name</replaceable> ( [
!   { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column_name</replaceable> <replaceable class="PARAMETER">data_type</replaceable> [ OPTIONS ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">value</replaceable>' [, ... ] ) ] [ NULL | NOT NULL ] }
!     [, ... ]
  ] )
    SERVER <replaceable class="parameter">server_name</replaceable>
  [ OPTIONS ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">value</replaceable>' [, ... ] ) ]
--- 19,26 ----
   <refsynopsisdiv>
  <synopsis>
  CREATE FOREIGN TABLE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_name</replaceable> ( [
!   { { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column_name</replaceable> <replaceable class="PARAMETER">data_type</replaceable> [ NULL | NOT NULL ] | LIKE <replaceable>source_table</replaceable> } [, ... ]
!   [ OPTIONS ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">value</replaceable>' [, ... ] ) ] }
  ] )
    SERVER <replaceable class="parameter">server_name</replaceable>
  [ OPTIONS ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">value</replaceable>' [, ... ] ) ]
*** a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
--- b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
***************
*** 3945,3950 **** ForeignTableElementList:
--- 3945,3951 ----
  
  ForeignTableElement:
  			columnDef					{ $$ = $1; }
+             | TableLikeClause			{ $$ = $1; }
  		;
  
  /*****************************************************************************
*** a/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
--- b/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
***************
*** 66,71 **** typedef struct
--- 66,72 ----
  {
  	ParseState *pstate;			/* overall parser state */
  	const char *stmtType;		/* "CREATE [FOREIGN] TABLE" or "ALTER TABLE" */
+ 	char		relkind;		/* r = ordinary table, f = foreign table, cf. pg_catalog.pg_class */
  	RangeVar   *relation;		/* relation to create */
  	Relation	rel;			/* opened/locked rel, if ALTER */
  	List	   *inhRelations;	/* relations to inherit from */
***************
*** 194,202 **** transformCreateStmt(CreateStmt *stmt, const char *queryString)
--- 195,209 ----
  
  	cxt.pstate = pstate;
  	if (IsA(stmt, CreateForeignTableStmt))
+ 	{
  		cxt.stmtType = "CREATE FOREIGN TABLE";
+ 		cxt.relkind = 'f';
+ 	}
  	else
+ 	{
  		cxt.stmtType = "CREATE TABLE";
+ 		cxt.relkind = 'r';
+ 	}
  	cxt.relation = stmt->relation;
  	cxt.rel = NULL;
  	cxt.inhRelations = stmt->inhRelations;
***************
*** 623,629 **** transformTableConstraint(CreateStmtContext *cxt, Constraint *constraint)
  /*
   * transformTableLikeClause
   *
!  * Change the LIKE <srctable> portion of a CREATE TABLE statement into
   * column definitions which recreate the user defined column portions of
   * <srctable>.
   */
--- 630,636 ----
  /*
   * transformTableLikeClause
   *
!  * Change the LIKE <srctable> portion of a CREATE [FOREIGN] TABLE statement into
   * column definitions which recreate the user defined column portions of
   * <srctable>.
   */
***************
*** 652,657 **** transformTableLikeClause(CreateStmtContext *cxt, TableLikeClause *table_like_cla
--- 659,683 ----
  						table_like_clause->relation->relname)));
  
  	cancel_parser_errposition_callback(&pcbstate);
+ 	
+ 	/*
+ 	 * For foreign tables, disallow some options.
+ 	 */
+ 	if (cxt->relkind == 'f')
+ 	{
+ 		if (table_like_clause->options & CREATE_TABLE_LIKE_CONSTRAINTS)
+ 		{
+ 			ereport(ERROR,
+ 					(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+ 					 errmsg("ERROR: foreign tables do not support LIKE INCLUDING CONSTRAINTS")));
+ 		}
+ 		else if (table_like_clause->options & CREATE_TABLE_LIKE_INDEXES)
+ 		{
+ 			ereport(ERROR,
+ 					(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+ 					 errmsg("ERROR: foreign tables do not support LIKE INCLUDING INDEXES")));
+ 		}
+ 	}
  
  	/*
  	 * Check for privileges