diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/HoodieIncrSource.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/HoodieIncrSource.java
index aa1e261c250b..31328c1ba385 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/HoodieIncrSource.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/HoodieIncrSource.java
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ static class Config {
      * {@value #SOURCE_FILE_FORMAT} is passed to the reader while loading dataset. Default value is parquet.
      */
     static final String SOURCE_FILE_FORMAT = "hoodie.deltastreamer.source.hoodieincr.file.format";
+    /**
+     *{@value #SPARK_DATASOURCE_OPTIONS} is json string, passed to the reader while loading dataset.
+     * Example delta streamer conf
+     * - --hoodie-conf hoodie.deltastreamer.source.hoodieincr.spark.datasource.options={"header":"true","encoding":"UTF-8"}
+     *
+     */
+    static final String SPARK_DATASOURCE_OPTIONS = "hoodie.deltastreamer.source.hoodieincr.spark.datasource.options";
     static final String DEFAULT_SOURCE_FILE_FORMAT = "parquet";
   }
 
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/S3EventsHoodieIncrSource.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/S3EventsHoodieIncrSource.java
index 2f7d9898b95b..6b0698c788c0 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/S3EventsHoodieIncrSource.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/S3EventsHoodieIncrSource.java
@@ -26,14 +26,18 @@
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.Option;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.collection.Pair;
+import org.apache.hudi.exception.HoodieException;
 import org.apache.hudi.utilities.schema.SchemaProvider;
 import org.apache.hudi.utilities.sources.helpers.IncrSourceHelper;
 
+import com.esotericsoftware.minlog.Log;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaSparkContext;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameReader;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.Dataset;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.Row;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession;
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.sources.HoodieIncrSource.Config.DEFAULT_NUM_INSTANTS_PER_FETCH;
 import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.sources.HoodieIncrSource.Config.DEFAULT_READ_LATEST_INSTANT_ON_MISSING_CKPT;
@@ -50,6 +55,7 @@
 import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.sources.HoodieIncrSource.Config.NUM_INSTANTS_PER_FETCH;
 import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.sources.HoodieIncrSource.Config.READ_LATEST_INSTANT_ON_MISSING_CKPT;
 import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.sources.HoodieIncrSource.Config.SOURCE_FILE_FORMAT;
+import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.sources.HoodieIncrSource.Config.SPARK_DATASOURCE_OPTIONS;
 
 /**
  * This source will use the S3 events meta information from hoodie table generate by {@link S3EventsSource}.
@@ -125,7 +131,7 @@ public Pair<Option<Dataset<Row>>, String> fetchNextBatch(Option<String> lastCkpt
           .filter(String.format("%s > '%s'", HoodieRecord.COMMIT_TIME_METADATA_FIELD,
               queryTypeAndInstantEndpts.getRight().getLeft()));
     }
-    
+
     if (source.isEmpty()) {
       return Pair.of(Option.empty(), queryTypeAndInstantEndpts.getRight().getRight());
     }
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@ public Pair<Option<Dataset<Row>>, String> fetchNextBatch(Option<String> lastCkpt
       filter = filter + " and s3.object.key not like '%" + props.getString(Config.S3_IGNORE_KEY_SUBSTRING) + "%'";
     }
     // add file format filtering by default
-    filter = filter +  " and s3.object.key like '%" + fileFormat + "%'";
+    filter = filter + " and s3.object.key like '%" + fileFormat + "%'";
 
     String s3FS = props.getString(Config.S3_FS_PREFIX, "s3").toLowerCase();
     String s3Prefix = s3FS + "://";
@@ -174,7 +180,19 @@ public Pair<Option<Dataset<Row>>, String> fetchNextBatch(Option<String> lastCkpt
     }
     Option<Dataset<Row>> dataset = Option.empty();
     if (!cloudFiles.isEmpty()) {
-      dataset = Option.of(sparkSession.read().format(fileFormat).load(cloudFiles.toArray(new String[0])));
+      DataFrameReader dataFrameReader = sparkSession.read().format(fileFormat);
+      if (!StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(props.getString(HoodieIncrSource.Config.SPARK_DATASOURCE_OPTIONS, null))) {
+        final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        Map<String, String> sparkOptionsMap = null;
+        try {
+          sparkOptionsMap = mapper.readValue(props.getString(SPARK_DATASOURCE_OPTIONS), Map.class);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+          throw new HoodieException(String.format("Failed to parse sparkOptions: %s", props.getString(SPARK_DATASOURCE_OPTIONS)), e);
+        }
+        Log.info(String.format("sparkOptions loaded: %s", sparkOptionsMap));
+        dataFrameReader = dataFrameReader.options(sparkOptionsMap);
+      }
+      dataset = Option.of(dataFrameReader.load(cloudFiles.toArray(new String[0])));
     }
     return Pair.of(dataset, queryTypeAndInstantEndpts.getRight().getRight());
   }