diff --git a/contrib/postgres_fdw/connection.c b/contrib/postgres_fdw/connection.c
index f753c6e232..8c64d42dda 100644
--- a/contrib/postgres_fdw/connection.c
+++ b/contrib/postgres_fdw/connection.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ typedef struct ConnCacheEntry
 	bool		have_prep_stmt; /* have we prepared any stmts in this xact? */
 	bool		have_error;		/* have any subxacts aborted in this xact? */
 	bool		changing_xact_state;	/* xact state change in process */
+	bool		parallel_commit;	/* do we commit (sub)xacts in parallel? */
 	bool		invalidated;	/* true if reconnect is pending */
 	bool		keep_connections;	/* setting value of keep_connections
 									 * server option */
@@ -92,6 +93,9 @@ static PGconn *connect_pg_server(ForeignServer *server, UserMapping *user);
 static void disconnect_pg_server(ConnCacheEntry *entry);
 static void check_conn_params(const char **keywords, const char **values, UserMapping *user);
 static void configure_remote_session(PGconn *conn);
+static void do_sql_command_begin(PGconn *conn, const char *sql);
+static void do_sql_command_end(PGconn *conn, const char *sql,
+							   bool consume_input);
 static void begin_remote_xact(ConnCacheEntry *entry);
 static void pgfdw_xact_callback(XactEvent event, void *arg);
 static void pgfdw_subxact_callback(SubXactEvent event,
@@ -100,6 +104,7 @@ static void pgfdw_subxact_callback(SubXactEvent event,
 								   void *arg);
 static void pgfdw_inval_callback(Datum arg, int cacheid, uint32 hashvalue);
 static void pgfdw_reject_incomplete_xact_state_change(ConnCacheEntry *entry);
+static void pgfdw_reset_xact_state(ConnCacheEntry *entry, bool toplevel);
 static bool pgfdw_cancel_query(PGconn *conn);
 static bool pgfdw_exec_cleanup_query(PGconn *conn, const char *query,
 									 bool ignore_errors);
@@ -107,6 +112,9 @@ static bool pgfdw_get_cleanup_result(PGconn *conn, TimestampTz endtime,
 									 PGresult **result, bool *timed_out);
 static void pgfdw_abort_cleanup(ConnCacheEntry *entry, const char *sql,
 								bool toplevel);
+static void pgfdw_finish_pre_commit_cleanup(List *pending_entries);
+static void pgfdw_finish_pre_subcommit_cleanup(List *pending_entries,
+											   int curlevel);
 static bool UserMappingPasswordRequired(UserMapping *user);
 static bool disconnect_cached_connections(Oid serverid);
 
@@ -316,14 +324,20 @@ make_new_connection(ConnCacheEntry *entry, UserMapping *user)
 	 * is changed will be closed and re-made later.
 	 *
 	 * By default, all the connections to any foreign servers are kept open.
+	 *
+	 * Also determine whether to commit (sub)transactions opened on the remote
+	 * server in parallel at (sub)transaction end.
 	 */
 	entry->keep_connections = true;
+	entry->parallel_commit = false;
 	foreach(lc, server->options)
 	{
 		DefElem    *def = (DefElem *) lfirst(lc);
 
 		if (strcmp(def->defname, "keep_connections") == 0)
 			entry->keep_connections = defGetBoolean(def);
+		else if (strcmp(def->defname, "parallel_commit") == 0)
+			entry->parallel_commit = defGetBoolean(def);
 	}
 
 	/* Now try to make the connection */
@@ -623,10 +637,30 @@ configure_remote_session(PGconn *conn)
 void
 do_sql_command(PGconn *conn, const char *sql)
 {
-	PGresult   *res;
+	do_sql_command_begin(conn, sql);
+	do_sql_command_end(conn, sql, false);
+}
 
+static void
+do_sql_command_begin(PGconn *conn, const char *sql)
+{
 	if (!PQsendQuery(conn, sql))
 		pgfdw_report_error(ERROR, NULL, conn, false, sql);
+}
+
+static void
+do_sql_command_end(PGconn *conn, const char *sql, bool consume_input)
+{
+	PGresult   *res;
+
+	/*
+	 * If requested, consume whatever data is available from the socket.
+	 * (Note that if all data is available, this allows pgfdw_get_result to
+	 * call PQgetResult without forcing the overhead of WaitLatchOrSocket,
+	 * which would be large compared to the overhead of PQconsumeInput.)
+	 */
+	if (consume_input && !PQconsumeInput(conn))
+		pgfdw_report_error(ERROR, NULL, conn, false, sql);
 	res = pgfdw_get_result(conn, sql);
 	if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
 		pgfdw_report_error(ERROR, res, conn, true, sql);
@@ -888,6 +922,7 @@ pgfdw_xact_callback(XactEvent event, void *arg)
 {
 	HASH_SEQ_STATUS scan;
 	ConnCacheEntry *entry;
+	List	   *pending_entries = NIL;
 
 	/* Quick exit if no connections were touched in this transaction. */
 	if (!xact_got_connection)
@@ -925,6 +960,12 @@ pgfdw_xact_callback(XactEvent event, void *arg)
 
 					/* Commit all remote transactions during pre-commit */
 					entry->changing_xact_state = true;
+					if (entry->parallel_commit)
+					{
+						do_sql_command_begin(entry->conn, "COMMIT TRANSACTION");
+						pending_entries = lappend(pending_entries, entry);
+						continue;
+					}
 					do_sql_command(entry->conn, "COMMIT TRANSACTION");
 					entry->changing_xact_state = false;
 
@@ -981,23 +1022,15 @@ pgfdw_xact_callback(XactEvent event, void *arg)
 		}
 
 		/* Reset state to show we're out of a transaction */
-		entry->xact_depth = 0;
+		pgfdw_reset_xact_state(entry, true);
+	}
 
-		/*
-		 * If the connection isn't in a good idle state, it is marked as
-		 * invalid or keep_connections option of its server is disabled, then
-		 * discard it to recover. Next GetConnection will open a new
-		 * connection.
-		 */
-		if (PQstatus(entry->conn) != CONNECTION_OK ||
-			PQtransactionStatus(entry->conn) != PQTRANS_IDLE ||
-			entry->changing_xact_state ||
-			entry->invalidated ||
-			!entry->keep_connections)
-		{
-			elog(DEBUG3, "discarding connection %p", entry->conn);
-			disconnect_pg_server(entry);
-		}
+	/* If there are any pending connections, finish cleaning them up */
+	if (pending_entries)
+	{
+		Assert(event == XACT_EVENT_PARALLEL_PRE_COMMIT ||
+			   event == XACT_EVENT_PRE_COMMIT);
+		pgfdw_finish_pre_commit_cleanup(pending_entries);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1021,6 +1054,7 @@ pgfdw_subxact_callback(SubXactEvent event, SubTransactionId mySubid,
 	HASH_SEQ_STATUS scan;
 	ConnCacheEntry *entry;
 	int			curlevel;
+	List	   *pending_entries = NIL;
 
 	/* Nothing to do at subxact start, nor after commit. */
 	if (!(event == SUBXACT_EVENT_PRE_COMMIT_SUB ||
@@ -1063,6 +1097,12 @@ pgfdw_subxact_callback(SubXactEvent event, SubTransactionId mySubid,
 			/* Commit all remote subtransactions during pre-commit */
 			snprintf(sql, sizeof(sql), "RELEASE SAVEPOINT s%d", curlevel);
 			entry->changing_xact_state = true;
+			if (entry->parallel_commit)
+			{
+				do_sql_command_begin(entry->conn, sql);
+				pending_entries = lappend(pending_entries, entry);
+				continue;
+			}
 			do_sql_command(entry->conn, sql);
 			entry->changing_xact_state = false;
 		}
@@ -1076,7 +1116,14 @@ pgfdw_subxact_callback(SubXactEvent event, SubTransactionId mySubid,
 		}
 
 		/* OK, we're outta that level of subtransaction */
-		entry->xact_depth--;
+		pgfdw_reset_xact_state(entry, false);
+	}
+
+	/* If there are any pending connections, finish cleaning them up */
+	if (pending_entries)
+	{
+		Assert(event == SUBXACT_EVENT_PRE_COMMIT_SUB);
+		pgfdw_finish_pre_subcommit_cleanup(pending_entries, curlevel);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1169,6 +1216,40 @@ pgfdw_reject_incomplete_xact_state_change(ConnCacheEntry *entry)
 					server->servername)));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Reset state to show we're out of a (sub)transaction.
+ */
+static void
+pgfdw_reset_xact_state(ConnCacheEntry *entry, bool toplevel)
+{
+	if (toplevel)
+	{
+		/* Reset state to show we're out of a transaction */
+		entry->xact_depth = 0;
+
+		/*
+		 * If the connection isn't in a good idle state, it is marked as
+		 * invalid or keep_connections option of its server is disabled, then
+		 * discard it to recover. Next GetConnection will open a new
+		 * connection.
+		 */
+		if (PQstatus(entry->conn) != CONNECTION_OK ||
+			PQtransactionStatus(entry->conn) != PQTRANS_IDLE ||
+			entry->changing_xact_state ||
+			entry->invalidated ||
+			!entry->keep_connections)
+		{
+			elog(DEBUG3, "discarding connection %p", entry->conn);
+			disconnect_pg_server(entry);
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		/* Reset state to show we're out of a subtransaction */
+		entry->xact_depth--;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Cancel the currently-in-progress query (whose query text we do not have)
  * and ignore the result.  Returns true if we successfully cancel the query
@@ -1456,6 +1537,112 @@ pgfdw_abort_cleanup(ConnCacheEntry *entry, const char *sql, bool toplevel)
 	entry->changing_xact_state = false;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Finish pre-commit cleanup of connections on each of which we've sent a
+ * COMMIT command to the remote server.
+ */
+static void
+pgfdw_finish_pre_commit_cleanup(List *pending_entries)
+{
+	ConnCacheEntry *entry;
+	List	   *pending_deallocs = NIL;
+	ListCell   *lc;
+
+	Assert(pending_entries);
+
+	/*
+	 * Get the result of the COMMIT command for each of the pending entries
+	 */
+	foreach(lc, pending_entries)
+	{
+		entry = (ConnCacheEntry *) lfirst(lc);
+
+		Assert(entry->changing_xact_state);
+		/*
+		 * We might already have received the result on the socket, so pass
+		 * consume_input=true to try to consume it first
+		 */
+		do_sql_command_end(entry->conn, "COMMIT TRANSACTION", true);
+		entry->changing_xact_state = false;
+
+		/* Do a DEALLOCATE ALL in parallel if needed */
+		if (entry->have_prep_stmt && entry->have_error)
+		{
+			/* Ignore errors (see notes in pgfdw_xact_callback) */
+			if (PQsendQuery(entry->conn, "DEALLOCATE ALL"))
+			{
+				pending_deallocs = lappend(pending_deallocs, entry);
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+		entry->have_prep_stmt = false;
+		entry->have_error = false;
+
+		pgfdw_reset_xact_state(entry, true);
+	}
+
+	/* No further work if no pending entries */
+	if (!pending_deallocs)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Get the result of the DEALLOCATE command for each of the pending
+	 * entries
+	 */
+	foreach(lc, pending_deallocs)
+	{
+		PGresult   *res;
+
+		entry = (ConnCacheEntry *) lfirst(lc);
+
+		/* Ignore errors (see notes in pgfdw_xact_callback) */
+		while ((res = PQgetResult(entry->conn)) != NULL)
+		{
+			PQclear(res);
+			/* Stop if the connection is lost (else we'll loop infinitely) */
+			if (PQstatus(entry->conn) == CONNECTION_BAD)
+				break;
+		}
+		entry->have_prep_stmt = false;
+		entry->have_error = false;
+
+		pgfdw_reset_xact_state(entry, true);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Finish pre-subcommit cleanup of connections on each of which we've sent a
+ * RELEASE command to the remote server.
+ */
+static void
+pgfdw_finish_pre_subcommit_cleanup(List *pending_entries, int curlevel)
+{
+	ConnCacheEntry *entry;
+	char		sql[100];
+	ListCell   *lc;
+
+	Assert(pending_entries);
+
+	/*
+	 * Get the result of the RELEASE command for each of the pending entries
+	 */
+	snprintf(sql, sizeof(sql), "RELEASE SAVEPOINT s%d", curlevel);
+	foreach(lc, pending_entries)
+	{
+		entry = (ConnCacheEntry *) lfirst(lc);
+
+		Assert(entry->changing_xact_state);
+		/*
+		 * We might already have received the result on the socket, so pass
+		 * consume_input=true to try to consume it first
+		 */
+		do_sql_command_end(entry->conn, sql, true);
+		entry->changing_xact_state = false;
+
+		pgfdw_reset_xact_state(entry, false);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * List active foreign server connections.
  *
diff --git a/contrib/postgres_fdw/expected/postgres_fdw.out b/contrib/postgres_fdw/expected/postgres_fdw.out
index 057342083c..f210f91188 100644
--- a/contrib/postgres_fdw/expected/postgres_fdw.out
+++ b/contrib/postgres_fdw/expected/postgres_fdw.out
@@ -9509,7 +9509,7 @@ DO $d$
     END;
 $d$;
 ERROR:  invalid option "password"
-HINT:  Valid options in this context are: service, passfile, channel_binding, connect_timeout, dbname, host, hostaddr, port, options, application_name, keepalives, keepalives_idle, keepalives_interval, keepalives_count, tcp_user_timeout, sslmode, sslcompression, sslcert, sslkey, sslrootcert, sslcrl, sslcrldir, sslsni, requirepeer, ssl_min_protocol_version, ssl_max_protocol_version, gssencmode, krbsrvname, gsslib, target_session_attrs, use_remote_estimate, fdw_startup_cost, fdw_tuple_cost, extensions, updatable, truncatable, fetch_size, batch_size, async_capable, keep_connections
+HINT:  Valid options in this context are: service, passfile, channel_binding, connect_timeout, dbname, host, hostaddr, port, options, application_name, keepalives, keepalives_idle, keepalives_interval, keepalives_count, tcp_user_timeout, sslmode, sslcompression, sslcert, sslkey, sslrootcert, sslcrl, sslcrldir, sslsni, requirepeer, ssl_min_protocol_version, ssl_max_protocol_version, gssencmode, krbsrvname, gsslib, target_session_attrs, use_remote_estimate, fdw_startup_cost, fdw_tuple_cost, extensions, updatable, truncatable, fetch_size, batch_size, async_capable, parallel_commit, keep_connections
 CONTEXT:  SQL statement "ALTER SERVER loopback_nopw OPTIONS (ADD password 'dummypw')"
 PL/pgSQL function inline_code_block line 3 at EXECUTE
 -- If we add a password for our user mapping instead, we should get a different
@@ -10933,3 +10933,79 @@ SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid, 180000) FROM pg_stat_activity
 --Clean up
 RESET postgres_fdw.application_name;
 RESET debug_discard_caches;
+-- ===================================================================
+-- test parallel commit
+-- ===================================================================
+ALTER SERVER loopback OPTIONS (ADD parallel_commit 'true');
+ALTER SERVER loopback2 OPTIONS (ADD parallel_commit 'true');
+CREATE TABLE ploc1 (f1 int, f2 text);
+CREATE FOREIGN TABLE prem1 (f1 int, f2 text)
+  SERVER loopback OPTIONS (table_name 'ploc1');
+CREATE TABLE ploc2 (f1 int, f2 text);
+CREATE FOREIGN TABLE prem2 (f1 int, f2 text)
+  SERVER loopback2 OPTIONS (table_name 'ploc2');
+BEGIN;
+INSERT INTO prem1 VALUES (101, 'foo');
+INSERT INTO prem2 VALUES (201, 'bar');
+COMMIT;
+SELECT * FROM prem1;
+ f1  | f2  
+-----+-----
+ 101 | foo
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT * FROM prem2;
+ f1  | f2  
+-----+-----
+ 201 | bar
+(1 row)
+
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO prem1 VALUES (102, 'foofoo');
+INSERT INTO prem2 VALUES (202, 'barbar');
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT * FROM prem1;
+ f1  |   f2   
+-----+--------
+ 101 | foo
+ 102 | foofoo
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM prem2;
+ f1  |   f2   
+-----+--------
+ 201 | bar
+ 202 | barbar
+(2 rows)
+
+-- This tests executing DEALLOCATE ALL against foreign servers in parallel
+-- during pre-commit
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO prem1 VALUES (103, 'baz');
+INSERT INTO prem2 VALUES (203, 'qux');
+ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT s;
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO prem1 VALUES (104, 'bazbaz');
+INSERT INTO prem2 VALUES (204, 'quxqux');
+COMMIT;
+SELECT * FROM prem1;
+ f1  |   f2   
+-----+--------
+ 101 | foo
+ 102 | foofoo
+ 104 | bazbaz
+(3 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM prem2;
+ f1  |   f2   
+-----+--------
+ 201 | bar
+ 202 | barbar
+ 204 | quxqux
+(3 rows)
+
+ALTER SERVER loopback OPTIONS (DROP parallel_commit);
+ALTER SERVER loopback2 OPTIONS (DROP parallel_commit);
diff --git a/contrib/postgres_fdw/option.c b/contrib/postgres_fdw/option.c
index af38e956e7..76d0b6dd0f 100644
--- a/contrib/postgres_fdw/option.c
+++ b/contrib/postgres_fdw/option.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ postgres_fdw_validator(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 			strcmp(def->defname, "updatable") == 0 ||
 			strcmp(def->defname, "truncatable") == 0 ||
 			strcmp(def->defname, "async_capable") == 0 ||
+			strcmp(def->defname, "parallel_commit") == 0 ||
 			strcmp(def->defname, "keep_connections") == 0)
 		{
 			/* these accept only boolean values */
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@ InitPgFdwOptions(void)
 		/* async_capable is available on both server and table */
 		{"async_capable", ForeignServerRelationId, false},
 		{"async_capable", ForeignTableRelationId, false},
+		{"parallel_commit", ForeignServerRelationId, false},
 		{"keep_connections", ForeignServerRelationId, false},
 		{"password_required", UserMappingRelationId, false},
 
diff --git a/contrib/postgres_fdw/sql/postgres_fdw.sql b/contrib/postgres_fdw/sql/postgres_fdw.sql
index 6c9f579c41..95b6b7192e 100644
--- a/contrib/postgres_fdw/sql/postgres_fdw.sql
+++ b/contrib/postgres_fdw/sql/postgres_fdw.sql
@@ -3515,3 +3515,49 @@ SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid, 180000) FROM pg_stat_activity
 --Clean up
 RESET postgres_fdw.application_name;
 RESET debug_discard_caches;
+
+-- ===================================================================
+-- test parallel commit
+-- ===================================================================
+ALTER SERVER loopback OPTIONS (ADD parallel_commit 'true');
+ALTER SERVER loopback2 OPTIONS (ADD parallel_commit 'true');
+
+CREATE TABLE ploc1 (f1 int, f2 text);
+CREATE FOREIGN TABLE prem1 (f1 int, f2 text)
+  SERVER loopback OPTIONS (table_name 'ploc1');
+CREATE TABLE ploc2 (f1 int, f2 text);
+CREATE FOREIGN TABLE prem2 (f1 int, f2 text)
+  SERVER loopback2 OPTIONS (table_name 'ploc2');
+
+BEGIN;
+INSERT INTO prem1 VALUES (101, 'foo');
+INSERT INTO prem2 VALUES (201, 'bar');
+COMMIT;
+SELECT * FROM prem1;
+SELECT * FROM prem2;
+
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO prem1 VALUES (102, 'foofoo');
+INSERT INTO prem2 VALUES (202, 'barbar');
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+COMMIT;
+SELECT * FROM prem1;
+SELECT * FROM prem2;
+
+-- This tests executing DEALLOCATE ALL against foreign servers in parallel
+-- during pre-commit
+BEGIN;
+SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO prem1 VALUES (103, 'baz');
+INSERT INTO prem2 VALUES (203, 'qux');
+ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT s;
+RELEASE SAVEPOINT s;
+INSERT INTO prem1 VALUES (104, 'bazbaz');
+INSERT INTO prem2 VALUES (204, 'quxqux');
+COMMIT;
+SELECT * FROM prem1;
+SELECT * FROM prem2;
+
+ALTER SERVER loopback OPTIONS (DROP parallel_commit);
+ALTER SERVER loopback2 OPTIONS (DROP parallel_commit);
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
index dc57fe4b0d..8ebf0dc3a0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
@@ -456,6 +456,52 @@ OPTIONS (ADD password_required 'false');
    </variablelist>
   </sect3>
 
+  <sect3>
+   <title>Transaction Management Options</title>
+
+   <para>
+    When multiple remote (sub)transactions are involved in a local
+    (sub)transaction, by default <filename>postgres_fdw</filename> commits
+    those remote (sub)transactions one by one when the local (sub)transaction
+    commits.
+    Performance can be improved with the following option:
+   </para>
+
+   <variablelist>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><literal>parallel_commit</literal> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       This option controls whether <filename>postgres_fdw</filename> commits
+       remote (sub)transactions opened on a foreign server in a local
+       (sub)transaction in parallel when the local (sub)transaction commits.
+       This option can only be specified for foreign servers, not per-table.
+       The default is <literal>false</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       If multiple foreign servers with this option enabled are involved in
+       a local (sub)transaction, multiple remote (sub)transactions opened on
+       those foreign servers in the local (sub)transaction are committed in
+       parallel across those foreign servers when the local (sub)transaction
+       commits.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       For a foreign server with this option enabled, if many remote
+       (sub)transactions are opened on the foreign server in a local
+       (sub)transaction, this option might increase the remote server’s load
+       when the local (sub)transaction commits, so be careful when using this
+       option.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+   </variablelist>
+
+  </sect3>
+
   <sect3>
    <title>Updatability Options</title>
 
