diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 95ac58e..3c80f5b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ DATA = $(wildcard *--*.sql)
 PGXS := $(shell $(PG_CONFIG) --pgxs)
 include $(PGXS)
 
+ifneq ($(MAJORVERSION),$(filter $(MAJORVERSION), 9.2 9.3 9.4))
+	REGRESS += hypo_brin
+endif
 ifeq ($(MAJORVERSION),$(filter $(MAJORVERSION),9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6))
 	REGRESS += hypo_no_table
 else
diff --git a/expected/hypo_brin.out b/expected/hypo_brin.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a93465d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/expected/hypo_brin.out
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-- Hypothetical BRIN index tests
+CREATE TABLE hypo_brin (id integer);
+INSERT INTO hypo_brin SELECT generate_series(1, 10000);
+ANALYZE hypo_brin;
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS nb
+FROM public.hypopg_create_index('CREATE INDEX ON hypo_brin USING brin (id);');
+ nb 
+----
+  1
+(1 row)
+
+-- Should use hypothetical index
+SET enable_seqscan = 0;
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM do_explain('SELECT * FROM hypo_brin WHERE id = 1') e
+WHERE e ~ 'Bitmap Index Scan on <\d+>brin_hypo_brin.*';
+ count 
+-------
+     1
+(1 row)
+
+DROP TABLE hypo_brin;
diff --git a/hypopg_index.c b/hypopg_index.c
index 8f26e06..595610f 100644
--- a/hypopg_index.c
+++ b/hypopg_index.c
@@ -339,6 +339,33 @@ hypo_index_store_parsetree(IndexStmt *node, const char *queryString)
 	ListCell   *lc;
 	int			attn;
 
+	/*
+	 * Support for hypothetical BRIN indexes is broken in some minor versions
+	 * of pg10, pg11 and pg12.  For simplicity, check PG_VERSION_NUM rather
+	 * than the real instance version, which should should be right most of the
+	 * time.  When it's not, the only effect is to have a less user-friendly
+	 * error message.
+	 */
+#if ((PG_VERSION_NUM >= 100000 && PG_VERSION_NUM < 100012) || \
+	(PG_VERSION_NUM >= 110000 && PG_VERSION_NUM < 110007) || \
+	(PG_VERSION_NUM >= 120000 && PG_VERSION_NUM < 120002))
+	if (get_am_oid(node->accessMethod, true) == BRIN_AM_OID)
+	{
+		elog(ERROR, "hypopg: BRIN hypothetical indexes are only supported"
+				" with PostgreSQL "
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 120000
+				"12.2"
+#else
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 110000
+				"11.7"
+#else
+				"10.12"
+#endif					/* pg 11 */
+#endif					/* pg 12 */
+				" and later.");
+	}
+#endif
+
 #if PG_VERSION_NUM < 100000
 	relid = RangeVarGetRelid(node->relation, AccessShareLock, false);
 #else
diff --git a/test/sql/hypo_brin.sql b/test/sql/hypo_brin.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86d87fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sql/hypo_brin.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+-- Hypothetical BRIN index tests
+
+CREATE TABLE hypo_brin (id integer);
+
+INSERT INTO hypo_brin SELECT generate_series(1, 10000);
+
+ANALYZE hypo_brin;
+
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS nb
+FROM public.hypopg_create_index('CREATE INDEX ON hypo_brin USING brin (id);');
+
+
+-- Should use hypothetical index
+SET enable_seqscan = 0;
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM do_explain('SELECT * FROM hypo_brin WHERE id = 1') e
+WHERE e ~ 'Bitmap Index Scan on <\d+>brin_hypo_brin.*';
+
+DROP TABLE hypo_brin;