diff --git a/cql3/cql_config.hh b/cql3/cql_config.hh
index 962ac5a706..f1edf5849d 100644
--- a/cql3/cql_config.hh
+++ b/cql3/cql_config.hh
@@ -22,17 +22,20 @@ struct cql_config {
     restrictions::restrictions_config restrictions;
     utils::updateable_value<uint32_t> select_internal_page_size;
     utils::updateable_value<db::tri_mode_restriction> strict_allow_filtering;
+    utils::updateable_value<bool> enable_parallelized_aggregation;
 
     explicit cql_config(const db::config& cfg)
         : restrictions(cfg)
         , select_internal_page_size(cfg.select_internal_page_size)
         , strict_allow_filtering(cfg.strict_allow_filtering)
+        , enable_parallelized_aggregation(cfg.enable_parallelized_aggregation)
     {}
     struct default_tag{};
     cql_config(default_tag)
         : restrictions(restrictions::restrictions_config::default_tag{})
         , select_internal_page_size(10000)
         , strict_allow_filtering(db::tri_mode_restriction(db::tri_mode_restriction_t::mode::WARN))
+        , enable_parallelized_aggregation(true)
     {}
 };
 
diff --git a/cql3/statements/select_statement.cc b/cql3/statements/select_statement.cc
index 8effd63608..c2d25c83f5 100644
--- a/cql3/statements/select_statement.cc
+++ b/cql3/statements/select_statement.cc
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 #include "utils/result_loop.hh"
 #include "replica/database.hh"
 #include "replica/mutation_dump.hh"
-#include "db/config.hh"
 #include "cql3/cql_config.hh"
 
 
@@ -2470,7 +2469,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<prepared_statement> select_statement::prepare(data_dictionary::d
             )
             && !restrictions->need_filtering()  // No filtering
             && group_by_cell_indices->empty()   // No GROUP BY
-            && db.get_config().enable_parallelized_aggregation()
+            && cfg.enable_parallelized_aggregation()
             && !is_local_table()
             && !( // Do not parallelize the request if it's single partition read
                 restrictions->partition_key_restrictions_is_all_eq()