diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ExtractCommonOperatorsRule.java b/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ExtractCommonOperatorsRule.java
index 7e27b79..0d20f28 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ExtractCommonOperatorsRule.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ExtractCommonOperatorsRule.java
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
     @Override
     public boolean rewritePre(Mutable<ILogicalOperator> opRef, IOptimizationContext context) throws AlgebricksException {
         AbstractLogicalOperator op = (AbstractLogicalOperator) opRef.getValue();
-        if (op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE && op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE_RESULT) {
+        if (op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE && op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE_RESULT
+                && op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.DISTRIBUTE_RESULT) {
             return false;
         }
         if (!roots.contains(op))
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@
     public boolean rewritePost(Mutable<ILogicalOperator> opRef, IOptimizationContext context)
             throws AlgebricksException {
         AbstractLogicalOperator op = (AbstractLogicalOperator) opRef.getValue();
-        if (op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE && op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE_RESULT) {
+        if (op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE && op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE_RESULT
+                && op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.DISTRIBUTE_RESULT) {
             return false;
         }
         boolean rewritten = false;