diff --git a/programs/client/Client.cpp b/programs/client/Client.cpp
index 5e0bc081526..b778a68a06a 100644
--- a/programs/client/Client.cpp
+++ b/programs/client/Client.cpp
@@ -439,6 +439,9 @@ private:
         registerFunctions();
         registerAggregateFunctions();
 
+        // Needed for parallel parsing.
+        GlobalThreadPool::initialize();
+
         /// Batch mode is enabled if one of the following is true:
         /// - -e (--query) command line option is present.
         ///   The value of the option is used as the text of query (or of multiple queries).
diff --git a/programs/obfuscator/Obfuscator.cpp b/programs/obfuscator/Obfuscator.cpp
index f3ac0549573..761373c2212 100644
--- a/programs/obfuscator/Obfuscator.cpp
+++ b/programs/obfuscator/Obfuscator.cpp
@@ -1040,6 +1040,9 @@ try
         return 0;
     }
 
+    // Needed for parallel parsing.
+    GlobalThreadPool::initialize();
+
     UInt64 seed = sipHash64(options["seed"].as<std::string>());
 
     std::string structure = options["structure"].as<std::string>();
diff --git a/programs/server/Server.cpp b/programs/server/Server.cpp
index 9a5dc55ded2..17756ea232f 100644
--- a/programs/server/Server.cpp
+++ b/programs/server/Server.cpp
@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@ int Server::main(const std::vector<std::string> & /*args*/)
     DateLUT::instance();
     LOG_TRACE(log, "Initialized DateLUT with time zone '{}'.", DateLUT::instance().getTimeZone());
 
+    /// Initialize global thread pool
+    GlobalThreadPool::initialize(config().getUInt("max_thread_pool_size", 10000));
 
     /// Storage with temporary data for processing of heavy queries.
     {
diff --git a/src/Common/ThreadPool.cpp b/src/Common/ThreadPool.cpp
index 3a669056f21..840ef7dd283 100644
--- a/src/Common/ThreadPool.cpp
+++ b/src/Common/ThreadPool.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <Common/ThreadPool.h>
 #include <Common/Exception.h>
 
+#include <cassert>
 #include <type_traits>
 
 #include <Poco/Util/Application.h>
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ namespace DB
     namespace ErrorCodes
     {
         extern const int CANNOT_SCHEDULE_TASK;
+        extern const int LOGICAL_ERROR;
     }
 }
 
@@ -263,17 +265,25 @@ void ThreadPoolImpl<Thread>::worker(typename std::list<Thread>::iterator thread_
 template class ThreadPoolImpl<std::thread>;
 template class ThreadPoolImpl<ThreadFromGlobalPool>;
 
+std::unique_ptr<GlobalThreadPool> GlobalThreadPool::the_instance;
+
+void GlobalThreadPool::initialize(size_t max_threads)
+{
+    // There should be an assert, but we can't add it because of the unit tests...
+    // assert(!the_instance);
+
+    the_instance.reset(new GlobalThreadPool(max_threads,
+        1000 /*max_free_threads*/, 10000 /*max_queue_size*/,
+        false /*shutdown_on_exception*/));
+}
 
 GlobalThreadPool & GlobalThreadPool::instance()
 {
-    const Poco::Util::LayeredConfiguration & config = Poco::Util::Application::instance().config();
+    if (!the_instance)
+    {
+        throw DB::Exception(DB::ErrorCodes::LOGICAL_ERROR,
+            "The global thread pool is not initalized");
+    }
 
-    UInt64 max_threads = config.getUInt64("max_thread_pool_size", 10000);
-    size_t max_free_threads = 1000;
-    size_t max_queue_size = 10000;
-    const bool shutdown_on_exception = false;
-
-    static GlobalThreadPool ret(max_threads, max_free_threads, max_queue_size, shutdown_on_exception);
-
-    return ret;
+    return *the_instance;
 }
diff --git a/src/Common/ThreadPool.h b/src/Common/ThreadPool.h
index 3d1169d618d..c1304051ea7 100644
--- a/src/Common/ThreadPool.h
+++ b/src/Common/ThreadPool.h
@@ -128,10 +128,16 @@ using FreeThreadPool = ThreadPoolImpl<std::thread>;
   */
 class GlobalThreadPool : public FreeThreadPool, private boost::noncopyable
 {
+    static std::unique_ptr<GlobalThreadPool> the_instance;
+
+    GlobalThreadPool(size_t max_threads_, size_t max_free_threads_,
+            size_t queue_size_, const bool shutdown_on_exception_)
+        : FreeThreadPool(max_threads_, max_free_threads_, queue_size_,
+            shutdown_on_exception_)
+    {}
+
 public:
-    GlobalThreadPool(size_t max_threads_, size_t max_free_threads_, size_t queue_size_,
-                     const bool shutdown_on_exception_) :
-            FreeThreadPool(max_threads_, max_free_threads_, queue_size_, shutdown_on_exception_) {}
+    static void initialize(size_t max_threads = 10000);
     static GlobalThreadPool & instance();
 };
 
diff --git a/src/Common/tests/gtest_thread_pool_global_full.cpp b/src/Common/tests/gtest_thread_pool_global_full.cpp
index 583d43be1bb..2fc291c1e1a 100644
--- a/src/Common/tests/gtest_thread_pool_global_full.cpp
+++ b/src/Common/tests/gtest_thread_pool_global_full.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 TEST(ThreadPool, GlobalFull1)
 {
+    GlobalThreadPool::initialize();
+
     GlobalThreadPool & global_pool = GlobalThreadPool::instance();
 
     static constexpr size_t capacity = 5;
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ TEST(ThreadPool, GlobalFull1)
 
 TEST(ThreadPool, GlobalFull2)
 {
+    GlobalThreadPool::initialize();
+
     GlobalThreadPool & global_pool = GlobalThreadPool::instance();
 
     static constexpr size_t capacity = 5;