diff --git a/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/UtilHelpers.java b/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/UtilHelpers.java
index 9e6204ec9a6b3..8df72fa01f211 100644
--- a/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/UtilHelpers.java
+++ b/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/UtilHelpers.java
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ public static SchemaProvider createSchemaProvider(String schemaProviderClass,
     }
   }
 
+  public static SchemaProvider createSchemaProvider(String schemaProviderClass,
+      TypedProperties cfg) throws IOException {
+    try {
+      return schemaProviderClass == null ? null :
+          (SchemaProvider) ReflectionUtils.loadClass(schemaProviderClass, cfg);
+    } catch (Throwable e) {
+      throw new IOException("Could not load schema provider class " + schemaProviderClass, e);
+    }
+  }
+
   public static Transformer createTransformer(String transformerClass) throws IOException {
     try {
       return transformerClass == null ? null : (Transformer) ReflectionUtils.loadClass(transformerClass);
diff --git a/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/schema/SchemaRegistryProvider.java b/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/schema/SchemaRegistryProvider.java
index 68daf7995c3ae..4f58d316f7145 100644
--- a/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/schema/SchemaRegistryProvider.java
+++ b/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/schema/SchemaRegistryProvider.java
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ private static String fetchSchemaFromRegistry(String registryUrl) throws IOExcep
     return node.get("schema").asText();
   }
 
+  public SchemaRegistryProvider(TypedProperties props) {
+    this(props, null);
+  }
+
   public SchemaRegistryProvider(TypedProperties props, JavaSparkContext jssc) {
     super(props, jssc);
     DataSourceUtils.checkRequiredProperties(props, Collections.singletonList(Config.SRC_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL_PROP));
diff --git a/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/sources/AvroKafkaSource.java b/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/sources/AvroKafkaSource.java
index baeaaa8d3c2cd..3e51e5708cb92 100644
--- a/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/sources/AvroKafkaSource.java
+++ b/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/sources/AvroKafkaSource.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ protected InputBatch<JavaRDD<GenericRecord>> fetchNewData(Optional<String> lastC
 
   private JavaRDD<GenericRecord> toRDD(OffsetRange[] offsetRanges) {
     JavaRDD<GenericRecord> recordRDD = KafkaUtils
-        .createRDD(sparkContext, String.class, Object.class, StringDecoder.class, KafkaAvroDecoder.class,
+        .createRDD(sparkContext, String.class, Object.class, StringDecoder.class, SourceSchemaKafkaAvroDecoder.class,
             offsetGen.getKafkaParams(), offsetRanges).values().map(obj -> (GenericRecord) obj);
     return recordRDD;
   }
diff --git a/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/sources/SourceSchemaKafkaAvroDecoder.java b/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/sources/SourceSchemaKafkaAvroDecoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ed5d7caf9d5e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hoodie-utilities/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/utilities/sources/SourceSchemaKafkaAvroDecoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package com.uber.hoodie.utilities.sources;
+
+import com.uber.hoodie.common.util.TypedProperties;
+import com.uber.hoodie.utilities.UtilHelpers;
+import com.uber.hoodie.utilities.schema.SchemaProvider;
+import io.confluent.kafka.serializers.AbstractKafkaAvroDeserializer;
+import io.confluent.kafka.serializers.KafkaAvroDeserializerConfig;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import kafka.serializer.Decoder;
+import kafka.utils.VerifiableProperties;
+import org.apache.avro.Schema;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.SerializationException;
+
+/** A Kafka decoder that uses the source schema for read. */
+public class SourceSchemaKafkaAvroDecoder extends AbstractKafkaAvroDeserializer
+    implements Decoder<Object> {
+
+  private static final String SCHEMA_PROVIDER_CLASS_PROP = "hoodie.deltastreamer.schemaprovider.class";
+
+  private final Schema sourceSchema;
+
+  public SourceSchemaKafkaAvroDecoder(VerifiableProperties props) {
+    this.configure(new KafkaAvroDeserializerConfig(props.props()));
+
+    TypedProperties typedProperties = new TypedProperties();
+    copyProperties(typedProperties, props.props());
+
+    try {
+      SchemaProvider schemaProvider =
+          UtilHelpers.createSchemaProvider(
+              props.getString(SCHEMA_PROVIDER_CLASS_PROP), typedProperties);
+      sourceSchema = Objects.requireNonNull(schemaProvider).getSourceSchema();
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Object fromBytes(byte[] bytes) {
+    return deserialize(bytes);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected Object deserialize(
+      boolean includeSchemaAndVersion,
+      String topic,
+      Boolean isKey,
+      byte[] payload,
+      Schema readerSchema)
+      throws SerializationException {
+    if (readerSchema != null) {
+      return super.deserialize(includeSchemaAndVersion, topic, isKey, payload, readerSchema);
+    }
+
+    return super.deserialize(includeSchemaAndVersion, topic, isKey, payload, sourceSchema);
+  }
+
+  private static void copyProperties(TypedProperties typedProperties, Properties properties) {
+    for (Entry<Object, Object> entry : properties.entrySet()) {
+      typedProperties.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+    }
+  }
+}