diff --git a/src/pathman_workers.c b/src/pathman_workers.c
index 1bfda8f1..38d61622 100644
--- a/src/pathman_workers.c
+++ b/src/pathman_workers.c
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ start_bgworker(const char *bgworker_name,
 	snprintf(worker.bgw_library_name, BGW_MAXLEN, "pg_pathman");
 
 	worker.bgw_flags			= BGWORKER_SHMEM_ACCESS |
+#if defined(PGPRO_EE) && PG_VERSION_NUM >= 130000 && PG_VERSION_NUM < 140000 /* FIXME: need to remove last condition in future */
+									BGWORKER_CLASS_PERSISTENT |
+#endif
 									BGWORKER_BACKEND_DATABASE_CONNECTION;
 	worker.bgw_start_time		= BgWorkerStart_RecoveryFinished;
 	worker.bgw_restart_time		= BGW_NEVER_RESTART;