diff --git a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/configuration/FlinkOptions.java b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/configuration/FlinkOptions.java
index 164106a4e876c..1881e2558a9f1 100644
--- a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/configuration/FlinkOptions.java
+++ b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/configuration/FlinkOptions.java
@@ -244,6 +244,12 @@ private FlinkOptions() {
       .withDescription("Enables data-skipping allowing queries to leverage indexes to reduce the search space by"
           + "skipping over files");
 
+  public static final ConfigOption<Boolean> READ_DATA_DELETE = ConfigOptions
+      .key("read.data.delete.enabled")
+      .booleanType()
+      .defaultValue(false)// default not read delete data
+      .withDescription("Whether to read delete data, default false");
+
   // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Write Options
   // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieTableSource.java b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieTableSource.java
index 2034cb322eb8e..a83830bf3cb40 100644
--- a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieTableSource.java
+++ b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieTableSource.java
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ private List<MergeOnReadInputSplit> buildFileIndex() {
     final RowType requiredRowType = (RowType) getProducedDataType().notNull().getLogicalType();
 
     final String queryType = this.conf.getString(FlinkOptions.QUERY_TYPE);
+    boolean emitDelete = this.conf.getBoolean(FlinkOptions.READ_DATA_DELETE);
     switch (queryType) {
       case FlinkOptions.QUERY_TYPE_SNAPSHOT:
         final HoodieTableType tableType = HoodieTableType.valueOf(this.conf.getString(FlinkOptions.TABLE_TYPE));
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ private List<MergeOnReadInputSplit> buildFileIndex() {
               return InputFormats.EMPTY_INPUT_FORMAT;
             }
             return mergeOnReadInputFormat(rowType, requiredRowType, tableAvroSchema,
-                rowDataType, inputSplits, false);
+                rowDataType, inputSplits, emitDelete);
           case COPY_ON_WRITE:
             return baseFileOnlyInputFormat();
           default:
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ private List<MergeOnReadInputSplit> buildFileIndex() {
           return InputFormats.EMPTY_INPUT_FORMAT;
         }
         return mergeOnReadInputFormat(rowType, requiredRowType, tableAvroSchema,
-            rowDataType, result.getInputSplits(), false);
+            rowDataType, result.getInputSplits(), emitDelete);
       default:
         String errMsg = String.format("Invalid query type : '%s', options ['%s', '%s', '%s'] are supported now", queryType,
             FlinkOptions.QUERY_TYPE_SNAPSHOT, FlinkOptions.QUERY_TYPE_READ_OPTIMIZED, FlinkOptions.QUERY_TYPE_INCREMENTAL);
diff --git a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/ITTestHoodieDataSource.java b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/ITTestHoodieDataSource.java
index afe3e809b0c0a..3b218a4c02f22 100644
--- a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/ITTestHoodieDataSource.java
+++ b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/ITTestHoodieDataSource.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.hudi.table;
 
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.StringData;
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.TimestampData;
 import org.apache.hudi.adapter.TestTableEnvs;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.DefaultHoodieRecordPayload;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieTableType;
@@ -1185,6 +1187,43 @@ void testIncrementalReadArchivedCommits(HoodieTableType tableType) throws Except
         11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testIncrementalReadWithDeletes() throws Exception {
+    TableEnvironment tableEnv = batchTableEnv;
+    Configuration conf = TestConfigurations.getDefaultConf(tempFile.getAbsolutePath());
+    conf.setString(FlinkOptions.TABLE_NAME, "t1");
+    conf.setString(FlinkOptions.TABLE_TYPE, HoodieTableType.MERGE_ON_READ.name());
+    conf.setBoolean(FlinkOptions.COMPACTION_ASYNC_ENABLED, true);
+    conf.setInteger(FlinkOptions.COMPACTION_DELTA_COMMITS, 1);
+    conf.setBoolean(FlinkOptions.CHANGELOG_ENABLED, true);
+
+    // write 4 batches of data set
+    TestData.writeData(TestData.dataSetInsert(1, 2), conf);
+    TestData.writeData(TestData.dataSetInsert(3, 4), conf);
+    TestData.writeData(TestData.DATA_SET_INSERT_UPDATE_DELETE, conf);
+    TestData.writeData(TestData.dataSetInsert(5, 6), conf);
+
+    String startCommit = TestUtils.getNthCompleteInstant(tempFile.getAbsolutePath(), 1, true);
+    String endCommit = TestUtils.getNthCompleteInstant(tempFile.getAbsolutePath(), 2, true);
+    String hoodieTableDDL = sql("t1")
+        .option(FlinkOptions.PATH, tempFile.getAbsolutePath())
+        .option(FlinkOptions.TABLE_TYPE, HoodieTableType.MERGE_ON_READ.name())
+        .end();
+    tableEnv.executeSql(hoodieTableDDL);
+
+    List<Row> result = CollectionUtil.iterableToList(
+        () -> tableEnv.sqlQuery("select * from t1").execute().collect());
+    assertRowsEquals(result, TestData.dataSetInsert(2, 3, 4, 5, 6));
+
+    final String query = String.format("select * from t1/*+ options('read.start-commit'='%s', 'read.end-commit'='%s', 'read.data.delete.enabled'='true')*/", startCommit, endCommit);
+    List<Row> result1 = CollectionUtil.iterableToList(
+        () -> tableEnv.sqlQuery(query).execute().collect());
+    List<RowData> expected = TestData.dataSetInsert(3, 4);
+    RowData deleteRowData = TestData.deleteRow(StringData.fromString("id1"), StringData.fromString("Danny"), 22, TimestampData.fromEpochMillis(5), StringData.fromString("par1"));
+    expected.add(deleteRowData);
+    assertRowsEquals(result1, expected);
+  }
+
   @ParameterizedTest
   @EnumSource(value = HoodieTableType.class)
   void testReadWithWiderSchema(HoodieTableType tableType) throws Exception {
diff --git a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utils/TestData.java b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utils/TestData.java
index d0cf143318e9d..35bf4b835c370 100644
--- a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utils/TestData.java
+++ b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utils/TestData.java
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ public static BinaryRowData insertRow(RowType rowType, Object... fields) {
     return row;
   }
 
-  private static BinaryRowData deleteRow(Object... fields) {
+  public static BinaryRowData deleteRow(Object... fields) {
     BinaryRowData rowData = insertRow(fields);
     rowData.setRowKind(RowKind.DELETE);
     return rowData;