diff --git a/contrib/file_fdw/file_fdw.c b/contrib/file_fdw/file_fdw.c
index 0ac4658e84dc2a5da3f29e88a38225364547c687..bc4d2d708246d04cc2d5e3bdcc65b5912c1a6ec7 100644
--- a/contrib/file_fdw/file_fdw.c
+++ b/contrib/file_fdw/file_fdw.c
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ fileGetForeignPaths(PlannerInfo *root,
 	 */
 	add_path(baserel, (Path *)
 			 create_foreignscan_path(root, baserel,
+									 NULL,		/* default pathtarget */
 									 baserel->rows,
 									 startup_cost,
 									 total_cost,
diff --git a/contrib/postgres_fdw/postgres_fdw.c b/contrib/postgres_fdw/postgres_fdw.c
index d4ee2a8548fa0dc485d08c852c9f6d8266c9df63..96875b418486fcc1d1739d2af3a5a864e65f367a 100644
--- a/contrib/postgres_fdw/postgres_fdw.c
+++ b/contrib/postgres_fdw/postgres_fdw.c
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ postgresGetForeignPaths(PlannerInfo *root,
 	 * to estimate cost and size of this path.
 	 */
 	path = create_foreignscan_path(root, baserel,
+								   NULL,		/* default pathtarget */
 								   fpinfo->rows,
 								   fpinfo->startup_cost,
 								   fpinfo->total_cost,
@@ -964,6 +965,7 @@ postgresGetForeignPaths(PlannerInfo *root,
 
 		/* Make the path */
 		path = create_foreignscan_path(root, baserel,
+									   NULL,	/* default pathtarget */
 									   rows,
 									   startup_cost,
 									   total_cost,
@@ -3565,6 +3567,7 @@ add_paths_with_pathkeys_for_rel(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
 
 		add_path(rel, (Path *)
 				 create_foreignscan_path(root, rel,
+										 NULL,
 										 rows,
 										 startup_cost,
 										 total_cost,
@@ -3702,6 +3705,7 @@ postgresGetForeignJoinPaths(PlannerInfo *root,
 	 */
 	joinpath = create_foreignscan_path(root,
 									   joinrel,
+									   NULL,	/* default pathtarget */
 									   rows,
 									   startup_cost,
 									   total_cost,
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c
index 8f089c59884f7232a94062b810c75c0471a44f92..675e47cdd01e5a63d9eb0d8250f0d667c31eac18 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c
@@ -1819,10 +1819,13 @@ create_worktablescan_path(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
  * This function is never called from core Postgres; rather, it's expected
  * to be called by the GetForeignPaths or GetForeignJoinPaths function of
  * a foreign data wrapper.  We make the FDW supply all fields of the path,
- * since we do not have any way to calculate them in core.
+ * since we do not have any way to calculate them in core.  However, there
+ * is a sane default for the pathtarget (rel->reltarget), so we let a NULL
+ * for "target" select that.
  */
 ForeignPath *
 create_foreignscan_path(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
+						PathTarget *target,
 						double rows, Cost startup_cost, Cost total_cost,
 						List *pathkeys,
 						Relids required_outer,
@@ -1833,7 +1836,7 @@ create_foreignscan_path(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
 
 	pathnode->path.pathtype = T_ForeignScan;
 	pathnode->path.parent = rel;
-	pathnode->path.pathtarget = rel->reltarget;
+	pathnode->path.pathtarget = target ? target : rel->reltarget;
 	pathnode->path.param_info = get_baserel_parampathinfo(root, rel,
 														  required_outer);
 	pathnode->path.parallel_aware = false;
diff --git a/src/include/optimizer/pathnode.h b/src/include/optimizer/pathnode.h
index 3007adb8c2dfb6445ebd576be0771e088d8a37a4..d1eb22f27a459a5b0f29734469a27ba5b4cd5b14 100644
--- a/src/include/optimizer/pathnode.h
+++ b/src/include/optimizer/pathnode.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ extern Path *create_ctescan_path(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
 extern Path *create_worktablescan_path(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
 						  Relids required_outer);
 extern ForeignPath *create_foreignscan_path(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
+						PathTarget *target,
 						double rows, Cost startup_cost, Cost total_cost,
 						List *pathkeys,
 						Relids required_outer,