diff --git a/lib/constants.js b/lib/constants.js
index 83a66832b55..f5f5c5a19b3 100644
--- a/lib/constants.js
+++ b/lib/constants.js
@@ -34,3 +34,13 @@ const queryMiddlewareFunctions = queryOperations.concat([
 ]);
 
 exports.queryMiddlewareFunctions = queryMiddlewareFunctions;
+
+/*!
+ * ignore
+ */
+
+const aggregateMiddlewareFunctions = [
+  'aggregate'
+];
+
+exports.aggregateMiddlewareFunctions = aggregateMiddlewareFunctions;
diff --git a/lib/helpers/model/applyStaticHooks.js b/lib/helpers/model/applyStaticHooks.js
index 957e94f2288..34611c3b39c 100644
--- a/lib/helpers/model/applyStaticHooks.js
+++ b/lib/helpers/model/applyStaticHooks.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const middlewareFunctions = require('../../constants').queryMiddlewareFunctions;
 const promiseOrCallback = require('../promiseOrCallback');
+const { queryMiddlewareFunctions, aggregateMiddlewareFunctions } = require('../../constants');
+
+const middlewareFunctions = [
+  ...queryMiddlewareFunctions,
+  ...aggregateMiddlewareFunctions
+];
 
 module.exports = function applyStaticHooks(model, hooks, statics) {
   const kareemOptions = {
@@ -10,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = function applyStaticHooks(model, hooks, statics) {
   };
 
   hooks = hooks.filter(hook => {
-    // If the custom static overwrites an existing query middleware, don't apply
+    // If the custom static overwrites an existing query/aggregate middleware, don't apply
     // middleware to it by default. This avoids a potential backwards breaking
     // change with plugins like `mongoose-delete` that use statics to overwrite
     // built-in Mongoose functions.
diff --git a/test/model.test.js b/test/model.test.js
index 8e94a876694..c2e3f68c1e8 100644
--- a/test/model.test.js
+++ b/test/model.test.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const { once } = require('events');
 const random = require('./util').random;
 const util = require('./util');
+const model = require('../lib/model');
 
 const mongoose = start.mongoose;
 const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
@@ -5861,6 +5862,35 @@ describe('Model', function() {
 
   });
 
+  it('custom statics that overwrite aggregate functions dont get hooks by default (gh-14903)', async function() {
+
+    const schema = new Schema({ name: String });
+
+    schema.statics.aggregate = function(pipeline) {
+      return model.aggregate.apply(this, [pipeline]);
+    };
+
+    let called = 0;
+    schema.pre('aggregate', function(next) {
+      ++called;
+      next();
+    });
+    const Model = db.model('Test', schema);
+
+    await Model.create({ name: 'foo' });
+
+    const res = await Model.aggregate([
+      {
+        $match: {
+          name: 'foo'
+        }
+      }
+    ]);
+
+    assert.ok(res[0].name);
+    assert.equal(called, 1);
+  });
+
   it('error handling middleware passes saved doc (gh-7832)', async function() {
     const schema = new Schema({ _id: Number });