diff --git a/src/backend/commands/view.c b/src/backend/commands/view.c
index 67046752d30..ec0c90b42a2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/view.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/view.c
@@ -111,11 +111,6 @@ DefineVirtualRelation(RangeVar *relation, List *tlist, bool replace,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (attrList == NIL)
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_TABLE_DEFINITION),
-				 errmsg("view must have at least one column")));
-
 	/*
 	 * Look up, check permissions on, and lock the creation namespace; also
 	 * check for a preexisting view with the same name.  This will also set
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/create_view.out b/src/test/regress/expected/create_view.out
index e9a017fecb4..1434c2f85aa 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/create_view.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/create_view.out
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ COMMENT ON VIEW noview IS 'no view';
 ERROR:  relation "noview" does not exist
 COMMENT ON VIEW toyemp IS 'is a view';
 COMMENT ON VIEW toyemp IS NULL;
+-- These views are left around mainly to exercise special cases in pg_dump.
+CREATE TABLE view_base_table (key int PRIMARY KEY, data varchar(20));
+CREATE VIEW key_dependent_view AS
+   SELECT * FROM view_base_table GROUP BY key;
+ALTER TABLE view_base_table DROP CONSTRAINT view_base_table_pkey;  -- fails
+ERROR:  cannot drop constraint view_base_table_pkey on table view_base_table because other objects depend on it
+DETAIL:  view key_dependent_view depends on constraint view_base_table_pkey on table view_base_table
+HINT:  Use DROP ... CASCADE to drop the dependent objects too.
+CREATE VIEW key_dependent_view_no_cols AS
+   SELECT FROM view_base_table GROUP BY key HAVING length(data) > 0;
 --
 -- CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW
 --
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 1971aa00637..eac3ee100ad 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1289,6 +1289,14 @@ iexit| SELECT ih.name,
    FROM ihighway ih,
     ramp r
   WHERE (ih.thepath ## r.thepath);
+key_dependent_view| SELECT view_base_table.key,
+    view_base_table.data
+   FROM view_base_table
+  GROUP BY view_base_table.key;
+key_dependent_view_no_cols| SELECT
+   FROM view_base_table
+  GROUP BY view_base_table.key
+ HAVING (length((view_base_table.data)::text) > 0);
 mvtest_tv| SELECT mvtest_t.type,
     sum(mvtest_t.amt) AS totamt
    FROM mvtest_t
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/sanity_check.out b/src/test/regress/expected/sanity_check.out
index 5eb8b4af9b0..4930e6dc72d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/sanity_check.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/sanity_check.out
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ timestamp_tbl|f
 timestamptz_tbl|f
 timetz_tbl|f
 varchar_tbl|f
+view_base_table|t
 -- restore normal output mode
 \a\t
 --
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/create_view.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/create_view.sql
index 8a365749fce..11f539fcd36 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/create_view.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/create_view.sql
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ COMMENT ON VIEW noview IS 'no view';
 COMMENT ON VIEW toyemp IS 'is a view';
 COMMENT ON VIEW toyemp IS NULL;
 
+-- These views are left around mainly to exercise special cases in pg_dump.
+
+CREATE TABLE view_base_table (key int PRIMARY KEY, data varchar(20));
+
+CREATE VIEW key_dependent_view AS
+   SELECT * FROM view_base_table GROUP BY key;
+
+ALTER TABLE view_base_table DROP CONSTRAINT view_base_table_pkey;  -- fails
+
+CREATE VIEW key_dependent_view_no_cols AS
+   SELECT FROM view_base_table GROUP BY key HAVING length(data) > 0;
+
 --
 -- CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW
 --