diff --git a/grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5/src/main/groovy/org/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/GrailsDomainBinder.java b/grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5/src/main/groovy/org/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/GrailsDomainBinder.java
index ba238832..8bc89b49 100644
--- a/grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5/src/main/groovy/org/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/GrailsDomainBinder.java
+++ b/grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5/src/main/groovy/org/grails/orm/hibernate/cfg/GrailsDomainBinder.java
@@ -1485,6 +1485,7 @@ else if(tablePerConcreteClass) {
             subClass.setDynamicInsert(true);
         }
         
+        subClass.setAbstract(sub.isAbstract());
         subClass.setEntityName(fullName);
         subClass.setJpaEntityName(unqualify(fullName));