diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/ContentObjectRenderer.php b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/ContentObjectRenderer.php
index db9eaa8384daecc3c2aedcd0bf59390b65efcc9f..35a5ee99d5abed5b1a8bc0eef2f47da612f3fbbb 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/ContentObjectRenderer.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/ContentObjectRenderer.php
@@ -6707,7 +6707,7 @@ class ContentObjectRenderer implements LoggerAwareInterface
         $matchEnd = '(\\s*,|\\s*$)/';
         $necessaryFields = ['uid', 'pid'];
         $wsFields = ['t3ver_state'];
-        if (isset($GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]) && !preg_match($matchStart . '\\*' . $matchEnd, $selectPart) && !preg_match('/(count|max|min|avg|sum)\\([^\\)]+\\)/i', $selectPart)) {
+        if (isset($GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]) && !preg_match($matchStart . '\\*' . $matchEnd, $selectPart) && !preg_match('/(count|max|min|avg|sum)\\([^\\)]+\\)|distinct/i', $selectPart)) {
             foreach ($necessaryFields as $field) {
                 $match = $matchStart . $field . $matchEnd;
                 if (!preg_match($match, $selectPart)) {
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Functional/ContentObject/ContentObjectRendererTest.php b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Functional/ContentObject/ContentObjectRendererTest.php
index c860e4eb06f7eaabfc1f6e18d954623c173fd154..57cfe1d3a964195cef1a077980f3b52609385f1b 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Functional/ContentObject/ContentObjectRendererTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Functional/ContentObject/ContentObjectRendererTest.php
@@ -180,6 +180,15 @@ class ContentObjectRendererTest extends FunctionalTestCase
                 [
                     'SELECT' => 'avg(crdate)'
                 ]
+            ],
+            'single distinct, add nothing' => [
+                'tt_content',
+                [
+                    'selectFields' => 'DISTINCT crdate'
+                ],
+                [
+                    'SELECT' => 'DISTINCT crdate'
+                ]
             ]
         ];