diff --git a/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/impala/analysis/AnalysisContext.java b/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/impala/analysis/AnalysisContext.java
index e20fd34af..e720867bd 100644
--- a/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/impala/analysis/AnalysisContext.java
+++ b/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/impala/analysis/AnalysisContext.java
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public class AnalysisContext {
     public Set<TAccessEvent> getAccessEvents() { return analyzer_.getAccessEvents(); }
     public boolean requiresSubqueryRewrite() {
       return analyzer_.containsSubquery() && !(stmt_ instanceof CreateViewStmt)
-          && !(stmt_ instanceof AlterViewStmt);
+          && !(stmt_ instanceof AlterViewStmt) && !(stmt_ instanceof ShowCreateTableStmt);
     }
     public boolean requiresExprRewrite() {
       return isQueryStmt() ||isInsertStmt() || isCreateTableAsSelectStmt()
diff --git a/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/show-create-table.test b/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/show-create-table.test
index 910f2d595..252cd9661 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/show-create-table.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/show-create-table.test
@@ -337,3 +337,12 @@ STORED AS PARQUET
 LOCATION '$$location_uri$$'
 TBLPROPERTIES ()
 ====
+---- CREATE_VIEW
+# Create view that contains a subquery (IMPALA-4579)
+CREATE VIEW view_with_subquery AS SELECT * FROM functional.alltypestiny
+  WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM functional.alltypesagg);
+---- RESULTS
+CREATE VIEW show_create_table_test_db.view_with_subquery
+AS SELECT * FROM functional.alltypestiny
+WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM functional.alltypesagg)
+====