diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/rel/rel2sql/SqlImplementor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/rel/rel2sql/SqlImplementor.java
index 285cfe44bdad..3b987fcfacbf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/rel/rel2sql/SqlImplementor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/rel/rel2sql/SqlImplementor.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.calcite.rel.core.AggregateCall;
 import org.apache.calcite.rel.core.CorrelationId;
 import org.apache.calcite.rel.core.JoinRelType;
+import org.apache.calcite.rel.logical.LogicalAggregate;
 import org.apache.calcite.rel.type.RelDataType;
 import org.apache.calcite.rel.type.RelDataTypeField;
 import org.apache.calcite.rex.RexCall;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.apache.calcite.rex.RexWindow;
 import org.apache.calcite.rex.RexWindowBound;
 import org.apache.calcite.sql.JoinType;
+import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlAggFunction;
 import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlBasicCall;
 import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlBinaryOperator;
 import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall;
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
@@ -1013,6 +1016,12 @@ public Builder builder(RelNode rel, Clause... clauses) {
           needNew = true;
         }
       }
+      if (rel instanceof LogicalAggregate
+          && !dialect.supportsNestedAggregations()
+          && hasNestedAggregations((LogicalAggregate) rel)) {
+        needNew = true;
+      }
+
       SqlSelect select;
       Expressions.FluentList<Clause> clauseList = Expressions.list();
       if (needNew) {
@@ -1056,6 +1065,32 @@ public SqlNode field(int ordinal) {
           needNew ? null : aliases);
     }
 
+    private boolean hasNestedAggregations(LogicalAggregate rel) {
+      List<AggregateCall> aggCallList = rel.getAggCallList();
+      HashSet<Integer> aggregatesArgs = new HashSet<>();
+      for (AggregateCall aggregateCall: aggCallList) {
+        aggregatesArgs.addAll(aggregateCall.getArgList());
+      }
+      for (Integer aggregatesArg : aggregatesArgs) {
+        if (!(node instanceof SqlSelect)) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        SqlNode selectNode = ((SqlSelect) node).getSelectList().get(aggregatesArg);
+        if (!(selectNode instanceof SqlBasicCall)) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        for (SqlNode operand : ((SqlBasicCall) selectNode).getOperands()) {
+          if (operand instanceof SqlCall) {
+            final SqlOperator operator = ((SqlCall) operand).getOperator();
+            if (operator instanceof SqlAggFunction) {
+              return true;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return false;
+    }
+
     // make private?
     public Clause maxClause() {
       Clause maxClause = null;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/sql/SqlDialect.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/sql/SqlDialect.java
index 9eab2b742a21..14e604556a9a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/sql/SqlDialect.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/sql/SqlDialect.java
@@ -552,6 +552,21 @@ public boolean supportsOffsetFetch() {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns whether the dialect supports nested aggregations, for instance
+   * {@code SELECT SUM(SUM(1)) }.
+   */
+  public boolean supportsNestedAggregations() {
+    switch (databaseProduct) {
+    case MYSQL:
+    case VERTICA:
+    case POSTGRESQL:
+      return false;
+    default:
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Returns how NULL values are sorted if an ORDER BY item does not contain
    * NULLS ASCENDING or NULLS DESCENDING. */
   public NullCollation getNullCollation() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/calcite/rel/rel2sql/RelToSqlConverterTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/calcite/rel/rel2sql/RelToSqlConverterTest.java
index 15725ece4cbf..02f5a1af206e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/calcite/rel/rel2sql/RelToSqlConverterTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/calcite/rel/rel2sql/RelToSqlConverterTest.java
@@ -1898,6 +1898,40 @@ private void checkLiteral(String s) {
     sql(sql).ok(expected);
   }
 
+  @Test public void testDialectsLackingSupportForNestedAggregationsShouldUseSubSelectInstead() {
+    final String query = "select\n"
+        + "    SUM(\"net_weight1\") as \"net_weight_converted\"\n"
+        + "  from ("
+        + "    select\n"
+        + "       SUM(\"net_weight\") as \"net_weight1\"\n"
+        + "    from \"foodmart\".\"product\"\n"
+        + "    group by \"product_id\")";
+    final String expectedOracle = "SELECT SUM(SUM(\"net_weight\")) \"net_weight_converted\"\n"
+        + "FROM \"foodmart\".\"product\"\n"
+        + "GROUP BY \"product_id\"";
+    final String expectedMySQL = "SELECT SUM(`net_weight1`) AS `net_weight_converted`\n"
+        + "FROM (SELECT SUM(`net_weight`) AS `net_weight1`\n"
+        + "FROM `foodmart`.`product`\n"
+        + "GROUP BY `product_id`) AS `t1`";
+    final String expectedVertica = "SELECT SUM(\"net_weight1\") AS \"net_weight_converted\"\n"
+        + "FROM (SELECT SUM(\"net_weight\") AS \"net_weight1\"\n"
+        + "FROM \"foodmart\".\"product\"\n"
+        + "GROUP BY \"product_id\") AS \"t1\"";
+    final String expectedPostgresql = "SELECT SUM(\"net_weight1\") AS \"net_weight_converted\"\n"
+        + "FROM (SELECT SUM(\"net_weight\") AS \"net_weight1\"\n"
+        + "FROM \"foodmart\".\"product\"\n"
+        + "GROUP BY \"product_id\") AS \"t1\"";
+    sql(query)
+        .dialect(DatabaseProduct.ORACLE.getDialect())
+        .ok(expectedOracle)
+        .dialect(DatabaseProduct.MYSQL.getDialect())
+        .ok(expectedMySQL)
+        .dialect(DatabaseProduct.VERTICA.getDialect())
+        .ok(expectedVertica)
+        .dialect(DatabaseProduct.POSTGRESQL.getDialect())
+        .ok(expectedPostgresql);
+  }
+
   /** Fluid interface to run tests. */
   private static class Sql {
     private CalciteAssert.SchemaSpec schemaSpec;