diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig/adapter/aggregation-mapconfig-adapter.js b/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig/adapter/aggregation-mapconfig-adapter.js
index 1578dded..a663632f 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig/adapter/aggregation-mapconfig-adapter.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig/adapter/aggregation-mapconfig-adapter.js
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ module.exports = class AggregationMapConfigAdapter {
             return callback(null, shouldAdapt);
         }
 
-        const aggregationMetadata = queryUtils.getAggregationMetadata({ query: layer.options.sql });
+        const aggregationMetadata = queryUtils.getAggregationMetadata({
+            query: layer.options.sql_raw ? layer.options.sql_raw : layer.options.sql
+        });
 
         connection.query(aggregationMetadata, (err, res) => {
             if (err) {
diff --git a/test/acceptance/aggregation.js b/test/acceptance/aggregation.js
index 56815ccc..04772f25 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/aggregation.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/aggregation.js
@@ -49,6 +49,23 @@ describe('aggregation', function () {
     from generate_series(-3, 3) x
     `;
 
+    const SQL_WRAP = `
+    WITH hgrid AS (
+        SELECT
+            CDB_RectangleGrid (
+                ST_Expand(!bbox!, CDB_XYZ_Resolution(1) * 12),
+                CDB_XYZ_Resolution(1) * 12,
+                CDB_XYZ_Resolution(1) * 12
+            ) as cell
+    )
+    SELECT
+        hgrid.cell as the_geom_webmercator,
+        count(1) as agg_value,
+        count(1) /power( 12 * CDB_XYZ_Resolution(1), 2 ) as agg_value_density,
+        row_number() over () as cartodb_id
+    FROM hgrid, (<%= sql %>) i
+    WHERE ST_Intersects(i.the_geom_webmercator, hgrid.cell) GROUP BY hgrid.cell
+    `;
 
     function createVectorMapConfig (layers = [
         {
@@ -435,6 +452,36 @@ describe('aggregation', function () {
                     done();
                 });
             });
+
+            it('when sql_wrap is provided should return a layergroup', function (done) {
+                this.mapConfig = createVectorMapConfig([
+                    {
+                        type: 'cartodb',
+                        options: {
+                            sql_wrap: SQL_WRAP,
+                            sql: POINTS_SQL_1,
+                            aggregation: {
+                                threshold: 1
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                ]);
+                this.testClient = new TestClient(this.mapConfig);
+
+                this.testClient.getLayergroup((err, body) => {
+                    if (err) {
+                        return done(err);
+                    }
+
+                    assert.equal(typeof body.metadata, 'object');
+                    assert.ok(Array.isArray(body.metadata.layers));
+
+                    body.metadata.layers.forEach(layer => assert.ok(layer.meta.aggregation.mvt));
+                    body.metadata.layers.forEach(layer => assert.ok(!layer.meta.aggregation.png));
+
+                    done();
+                });
+            });
         });
     });
 });
diff --git a/test/support/prepare_db.sh b/test/support/prepare_db.sh
index b31b2c9b..03d97fc7 100755
--- a/test/support/prepare_db.sh
+++ b/test/support/prepare_db.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ if test x"$PREPARE_PGSQL" = xyes; then
   createdb -Ttemplate_postgis -EUTF8 "${TEST_DB}" || die "Could not create test database"
 
   LOCAL_SQL_SCRIPTS='analysis_catalog windshaft.test gadm4 ported/populated_places_simple_reduced cdb_analysis_check cdb_invalidate_varnish'
-  REMOTE_SQL_SCRIPTS='CDB_QueryStatements CDB_QueryTables CDB_CartodbfyTable CDB_TableMetadata CDB_ForeignTable CDB_UserTables CDB_ColumnNames CDB_ZoomFromScale CDB_OverviewsSupport CDB_Overviews CDB_QuantileBins CDB_JenksBins CDB_HeadsTailsBins CDB_EqualIntervalBins CDB_Hexagon CDB_XYZ CDB_EstimateRowCount'
+  REMOTE_SQL_SCRIPTS='CDB_QueryStatements CDB_QueryTables CDB_CartodbfyTable CDB_TableMetadata CDB_ForeignTable CDB_UserTables CDB_ColumnNames CDB_ZoomFromScale CDB_OverviewsSupport CDB_Overviews CDB_QuantileBins CDB_JenksBins CDB_HeadsTailsBins CDB_EqualIntervalBins CDB_Hexagon CDB_XYZ CDB_EstimateRowCount CDB_RectangleGrid'
 
   CURL_ARGS=""
   for i in ${REMOTE_SQL_SCRIPTS}
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ if test x"$PREPARE_PGSQL" = xyes; then
         sed -e 's/PARALLEL \= [A-Z]*,/''/g' \
             -e 's/PARALLEL [A-Z]*/''/g' sql/$i.sql > $TMPFILE
         mv $TMPFILE sql/$i.sql
-    fi  
+    fi
     cat sql/${i}.sql |
       sed -e 's/cartodb\./public./g' -e "s/''cartodb''/''public''/g" |
       sed "s/:PUBLICUSER/${PUBLICUSER}/" |