diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsAggregationBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsAggregationBuilder.java
index 4a5df855b5095..23e1e6238a279 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsAggregationBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsAggregationBuilder.java
@@ -921,4 +921,9 @@ public String getType() {
     public TransportVersion getMinimalSupportedVersion() {
         return TransportVersions.ZERO;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsParallelCollection() {
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsTests.java
index 39f583fd2c56b..b017b983ee084 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsTests.java
@@ -183,4 +183,8 @@ protected void assertToXContentAfterSerialization(TopHitsAggregationBuilder orig
             XContentType.JSON
         );
     }
+
+    public void testSupportsParallelCollection() {
+        assertFalse(createTestAggregatorBuilder().supportsParallelCollection());
+    }
 }