diff --git a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HiveSyncConfig.java b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HiveSyncConfig.java
index 0c2abdbf571ac..9b6385120ff9f 100644
--- a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HiveSyncConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HiveSyncConfig.java
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ public class HiveSyncConfig implements Serializable {
   @Parameter(names = {"--with-operation-field"}, description = "Whether to include the '_hoodie_operation' field in the metadata fields")
   public Boolean withOperationField = false;
 
+  @Parameter(names = {"--conditional-sync"}, description = "If true, only sync on conditions like schema change or partition change.")
+  public Boolean isConditionalSync = false;
+
   // enhance the similar function in child class
   public static HiveSyncConfig copy(HiveSyncConfig cfg) {
     HiveSyncConfig newConfig = new HiveSyncConfig();
@@ -143,6 +146,7 @@ public static HiveSyncConfig copy(HiveSyncConfig cfg) {
     newConfig.syncAsSparkDataSourceTable = cfg.syncAsSparkDataSourceTable;
     newConfig.sparkSchemaLengthThreshold = cfg.sparkSchemaLengthThreshold;
     newConfig.withOperationField = cfg.withOperationField;
+    newConfig.isConditionalSync = cfg.isConditionalSync;
     return newConfig;
   }
 
@@ -174,6 +178,7 @@ public String toString() {
       + ", syncAsSparkDataSourceTable=" + syncAsSparkDataSourceTable
       + ", sparkSchemaLengthThreshold=" + sparkSchemaLengthThreshold
       + ", withOperationField=" + withOperationField
+      + ", isConditionalSync=" + isConditionalSync
       + '}';
   }
 }
diff --git a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HiveSyncTool.java b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HiveSyncTool.java
index 6a1d930c5e89e..3bbaee1ed8bcb 100644
--- a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HiveSyncTool.java
+++ b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HiveSyncTool.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ protected void syncHoodieTable(String tableName, boolean useRealtimeInputFormat,
       cfg.syncAsSparkDataSourceTable = false;
     }
     // Sync schema if needed
-    syncSchema(tableName, tableExists, useRealtimeInputFormat, readAsOptimized, schema);
+    boolean schemaChanged = syncSchema(tableName, tableExists, useRealtimeInputFormat, readAsOptimized, schema);
 
     LOG.info("Schema sync complete. Syncing partitions for " + tableName);
     // Get the last time we successfully synced partitions
@@ -192,8 +192,11 @@ protected void syncHoodieTable(String tableName, boolean useRealtimeInputFormat,
     LOG.info("Storage partitions scan complete. Found " + writtenPartitionsSince.size());
 
     // Sync the partitions if needed
-    syncPartitions(tableName, writtenPartitionsSince);
-    hoodieHiveClient.updateLastCommitTimeSynced(tableName);
+    boolean partitionsChanged = syncPartitions(tableName, writtenPartitionsSince);
+    boolean meetSyncConditions = schemaChanged || partitionsChanged;
+    if (!cfg.isConditionalSync || meetSyncConditions) {
+      hoodieHiveClient.updateLastCommitTimeSynced(tableName);
+    }
     LOG.info("Sync complete for " + tableName);
   }
 
@@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ protected void syncHoodieTable(String tableName, boolean useRealtimeInputFormat,
    * @param tableExists - does table exist
    * @param schema - extracted schema
    */
-  private void syncSchema(String tableName, boolean tableExists, boolean useRealTimeInputFormat,
+  private boolean syncSchema(String tableName, boolean tableExists, boolean useRealTimeInputFormat,
                           boolean readAsOptimized, MessageType schema) {
     // Append spark table properties & serde properties
     Map<String, String> tableProperties = ConfigUtils.toMap(cfg.tableProperties);
@@ -215,6 +218,7 @@ private void syncSchema(String tableName, boolean tableExists, boolean useRealTi
       tableProperties.putAll(sparkTableProperties);
       serdeProperties.putAll(sparkSerdeProperties);
     }
+    boolean schemaChanged = false;
     // Check and sync schema
     if (!tableExists) {
       LOG.info("Hive table " + tableName + " is not found. Creating it");
@@ -236,6 +240,7 @@ private void syncSchema(String tableName, boolean tableExists, boolean useRealTi
       // /ql/exec/DDLTask.java#L3488
       hoodieHiveClient.createTable(tableName, schema, inputFormatClassName,
           outputFormatClassName, serDeFormatClassName, serdeProperties, tableProperties);
+      schemaChanged = true;
     } else {
       // Check if the table schema has evolved
       Map<String, String> tableSchema = hoodieHiveClient.getTableSchema(tableName);
@@ -248,10 +253,12 @@ private void syncSchema(String tableName, boolean tableExists, boolean useRealTi
           hoodieHiveClient.updateTableProperties(tableName, tableProperties);
           LOG.info("Sync table properties for " + tableName + ", table properties is: " + cfg.tableProperties);
         }
+        schemaChanged = true;
       } else {
         LOG.info("No Schema difference for " + tableName);
       }
     }
+    return schemaChanged;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -324,7 +331,8 @@ private Map<String, String> getSparkSerdeProperties(boolean readAsOptimized) {
    * Syncs the list of storage partitions passed in (checks if the partition is in hive, if not adds it or if the
    * partition path does not match, it updates the partition path).
    */
-  private void syncPartitions(String tableName, List<String> writtenPartitionsSince) {
+  private boolean syncPartitions(String tableName, List<String> writtenPartitionsSince) {
+    boolean partitionsChanged;
     try {
       List<Partition> hivePartitions = hoodieHiveClient.scanTablePartitions(tableName);
       List<PartitionEvent> partitionEvents =
@@ -335,9 +343,11 @@ private void syncPartitions(String tableName, List<String> writtenPartitionsSinc
       List<String> updatePartitions = filterPartitions(partitionEvents, PartitionEventType.UPDATE);
       LOG.info("Changed Partitions " + updatePartitions);
       hoodieHiveClient.updatePartitionsToTable(tableName, updatePartitions);
+      partitionsChanged = !updatePartitions.isEmpty() || !newPartitions.isEmpty();
     } catch (Exception e) {
       throw new HoodieHiveSyncException("Failed to sync partitions for table " + tableName, e);
     }
+    return partitionsChanged;
   }
 
   private List<String> filterPartitions(List<PartitionEvent> events, PartitionEventType eventType) {
diff --git a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/TestHiveSyncTool.java b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/TestHiveSyncTool.java
index 64043a5bb29f8..d36727a571deb 100644
--- a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/TestHiveSyncTool.java
+++ b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/TestHiveSyncTool.java
@@ -1017,4 +1017,35 @@ public void testTypeConverter(String syncMode) throws Exception {
         .containsValue("BIGINT"), errorMsg);
     ddlExecutor.runSQL(dropTableSql);
   }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @MethodSource("syncMode")
+  public void testSyncWithoutDiffs(String syncMode) throws Exception {
+    hiveSyncConfig.syncMode = syncMode;
+    hiveSyncConfig.isConditionalSync = true;
+    HiveTestUtil.hiveSyncConfig.batchSyncNum = 2;
+    String tableName = HiveTestUtil.hiveSyncConfig.tableName + HiveSyncTool.SUFFIX_SNAPSHOT_TABLE;
+
+    String commitTime0 = "100";
+    String commitTime1 = "101";
+    String commitTime2 = "102";
+    HiveTestUtil.createMORTable(commitTime0, commitTime1, 2, true, true);
+
+    HoodieHiveClient hiveClient =
+        new HoodieHiveClient(HiveTestUtil.hiveSyncConfig, HiveTestUtil.getHiveConf(), HiveTestUtil.fileSystem);
+
+    HiveSyncTool tool = new HiveSyncTool(HiveTestUtil.hiveSyncConfig, HiveTestUtil.getHiveConf(), HiveTestUtil.fileSystem);
+    tool.syncHoodieTable();
+
+    assertTrue(hiveClient.doesTableExist(tableName));
+    assertEquals(commitTime1, hiveClient.getLastCommitTimeSynced(tableName).get());
+
+    HiveTestUtil.addMORPartitions(0, true, true, true, ZonedDateTime.now().plusDays(2), commitTime1, commitTime2);
+
+    tool = new HiveSyncTool(HiveTestUtil.hiveSyncConfig, HiveTestUtil.getHiveConf(), HiveTestUtil.fileSystem);
+    tool.syncHoodieTable();
+    hiveClient = new HoodieHiveClient(HiveTestUtil.hiveSyncConfig, HiveTestUtil.getHiveConf(), HiveTestUtil.fileSystem);
+    assertEquals(commitTime1, hiveClient.getLastCommitTimeSynced(tableName).get());
+  }
+
 }