diff --git a/lib/cartodb/utils/overviews_query_rewriter.js b/lib/cartodb/utils/overviews_query_rewriter.js
index 622c2018..2b253908 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/utils/overviews_query_rewriter.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/utils/overviews_query_rewriter.js
@@ -168,9 +168,16 @@ OverviewsQueryRewriter.prototype.query = function(query, data) {
 };
 
 OverviewsQueryRewriter.prototype.is_supported_query = function(sql) {
-  return !!sql.match(
-    /^\s*SELECT\s+[\*a-z0-9_,\s]+?\s+FROM\s+((\"[^"]+\"|[a-z0-9_]+)\.)?(\"[^"]+\"|[a-z0-9_]+)\s*;?\s*$/i
+  var basic_query = /\s*SELECT\s+[\*a-z0-9_,\s]+?\s+FROM\s+((\"[^"]+\"|[a-z0-9_]+)\.)?(\"[^"]+\"|[a-z0-9_]+)\s*;?\s*/i;
+  var unwrapped_query = new RegExp("^"+basic_query.source+"$", 'i');
+  // queries for named maps are wrapped like this:
+  var wrapped_query = new RegExp(
+    "^\\s*SELECT\\s+\\*\\s+FROM\\s+\\(" +
+    basic_query.source +
+    "\\)\\s+AS\\s+wrapped_query\\s+WHERE\\s+\\d+=1\\s*$",
+    'i'
   );
+  return !!(sql.match(unwrapped_query) || sql.match(wrapped_query));
 };
 
 OverviewsQueryRewriter.prototype.overviews_metadata = function(data) {
diff --git a/test/unit/cartodb/overviews_query_rewriter.js b/test/unit/cartodb/overviews_query_rewriter.js
index b58b55b0..f79e82c7 100644
--- a/test/unit/cartodb/overviews_query_rewriter.js
+++ b/test/unit/cartodb/overviews_query_rewriter.js
@@ -395,5 +395,32 @@ describe('Overviews query rewriter', function() {
     done();
   });
 
-
+  it('generates overviews for wrapped query', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM table1) AS wrapped_query WHERE 1=1";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            table1: {
+              0: { table: 'table1_ov0' },
+              1: { table: 'table1_ov1' },
+              2: { table: 'table1_ov2' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z )\
+          SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM  (\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov0, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z = 0\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z = 1\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov2, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z = 2\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 2\
+          ) AS _vovw_table1) AS wrapped_query WHERE 1=1\
+    ";
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
 });