diff --git a/spark/v3.2/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkReadConf.java b/spark/v3.2/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkReadConf.java
index a4748df75af9..c7c01758c3ee 100644
--- a/spark/v3.2/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkReadConf.java
+++ b/spark/v3.2/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkReadConf.java
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ public boolean streamingSkipDeleteSnapshots() {
         .parse();
   }
 
+  public boolean streamingSkipOverwriteSnapshots() {
+    return confParser.booleanConf()
+        .option(SparkReadOptions.STREAMING_SKIP_OVERWRITE_SNAPSHOTS)
+        .defaultValue(SparkReadOptions.STREAMING_SKIP_OVERWRITE_SNAPSHOTS_DEFAULT)
+        .parse();
+  }
+
   public boolean parquetVectorizationEnabled() {
     return confParser.booleanConf()
         .option(SparkReadOptions.VECTORIZATION_ENABLED)
diff --git a/spark/v3.2/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkReadOptions.java b/spark/v3.2/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkReadOptions.java
index 2d1c8cd178ff..edcc2300344a 100644
--- a/spark/v3.2/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkReadOptions.java
+++ b/spark/v3.2/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkReadOptions.java
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ private SparkReadOptions() {
   public static final String STREAMING_SKIP_DELETE_SNAPSHOTS = "streaming-skip-delete-snapshots";
   public static final boolean STREAMING_SKIP_DELETE_SNAPSHOTS_DEFAULT = false;
 
+  // skip snapshots of type overwrite while reading stream out of iceberg table
+  public static final String STREAMING_SKIP_OVERWRITE_SNAPSHOTS = "streaming-skip-overwrite-snapshots";
+  public static final boolean STREAMING_SKIP_OVERWRITE_SNAPSHOTS_DEFAULT = false;
+
   // Controls whether to allow reading timestamps without zone info
   public static final String HANDLE_TIMESTAMP_WITHOUT_TIMEZONE = "handle-timestamp-without-timezone";
 
diff --git a/spark/v3.2/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkMicroBatchStream.java b/spark/v3.2/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkMicroBatchStream.java
index 6311c48f1c78..dd68022c6b8d 100644
--- a/spark/v3.2/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkMicroBatchStream.java
+++ b/spark/v3.2/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkMicroBatchStream.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public class SparkMicroBatchStream implements MicroBatchStream {
   private final boolean localityPreferred;
   private final StreamingOffset initialOffset;
   private final boolean skipDelete;
+  private final boolean skipOverwrite;
   private final Long fromTimestamp;
 
   SparkMicroBatchStream(JavaSparkContext sparkContext, Table table, SparkReadConf readConf, boolean caseSensitive,
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ public class SparkMicroBatchStream implements MicroBatchStream {
     this.initialOffset = initialOffsetStore.initialOffset();
 
     this.skipDelete = readConf.streamingSkipDeleteSnapshots();
+    this.skipOverwrite = readConf.streamingSkipOverwriteSnapshots();
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -200,13 +202,26 @@ private List<FileScanTask> planFiles(StreamingOffset startOffset, StreamingOffse
 
   private boolean shouldProcess(Snapshot snapshot) {
     String op = snapshot.operation();
-    Preconditions.checkState(!op.equals(DataOperations.DELETE) || skipDelete,
-        "Cannot process delete snapshot: %s, to ignore deletes, set %s=true.",
-        snapshot.snapshotId(), SparkReadOptions.STREAMING_SKIP_DELETE_SNAPSHOTS);
-    Preconditions.checkState(
-        op.equals(DataOperations.DELETE) || op.equals(DataOperations.APPEND) || op.equals(DataOperations.REPLACE),
-        "Cannot process %s snapshot: %s", op.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT), snapshot.snapshotId());
-    return op.equals(DataOperations.APPEND);
+    switch (op) {
+      case DataOperations.APPEND:
+        return true;
+      case DataOperations.REPLACE:
+        return false;
+      case DataOperations.DELETE:
+        Preconditions.checkState(skipDelete,
+            "Cannot process delete snapshot: %s, to ignore deletes, set %s=true",
+            snapshot.snapshotId(), SparkReadOptions.STREAMING_SKIP_DELETE_SNAPSHOTS);
+        return false;
+      case DataOperations.OVERWRITE:
+        Preconditions.checkState(skipOverwrite,
+            "Cannot process overwrite snapshot: %s, to ignore overwrites, set %s=true",
+            snapshot.snapshotId(), SparkReadOptions.STREAMING_SKIP_OVERWRITE_SNAPSHOTS);
+        return false;
+      default:
+        throw new IllegalStateException(String.format(
+            "Cannot process unknown snapshot operation: %s (snapshot id %s)",
+            op.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT), snapshot.snapshotId()));
+    }
   }
 
   private static StreamingOffset determineStartingOffset(Table table, Long fromTimestamp) {
diff --git a/spark/v3.2/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestStructuredStreamingRead3.java b/spark/v3.2/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestStructuredStreamingRead3.java
index 145cf78fba86..fb0b9031a872 100644
--- a/spark/v3.2/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestStructuredStreamingRead3.java
+++ b/spark/v3.2/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestStructuredStreamingRead3.java
@@ -481,6 +481,31 @@ public void testReadStreamWithSnapshotTypeDeleteAndSkipDeleteOption() throws Exc
         .containsExactlyInAnyOrderElementsOf(Iterables.concat(dataAcrossSnapshots));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testReadStreamWithSnapshotTypeDeleteAndSkipOverwriteOption() throws Exception {
+    table.updateSpec()
+        .removeField("id_bucket")
+        .addField(ref("id"))
+        .commit();
+
+    // fill table with some data
+    List<List<SimpleRecord>> dataAcrossSnapshots = TEST_DATA_MULTIPLE_SNAPSHOTS;
+    appendDataAsMultipleSnapshots(dataAcrossSnapshots);
+
+    // this should create a snapshot with type overwrite.
+    table.newOverwrite()
+        .overwriteByRowFilter(Expressions.greaterThan("id", 4))
+        .commit();
+
+    // check pre-condition - that the above delete operation on table resulted in Snapshot of Type OVERWRITE.
+    table.refresh();
+    Assert.assertEquals(DataOperations.OVERWRITE, table.currentSnapshot().operation());
+
+    StreamingQuery query = startStream(SparkReadOptions.STREAMING_SKIP_OVERWRITE_SNAPSHOTS, "true");
+    Assertions.assertThat(rowsAvailable(query))
+        .containsExactlyInAnyOrderElementsOf(Iterables.concat(dataAcrossSnapshots));
+  }
+
   /**
    * appends each list as a Snapshot on the iceberg table at the given location.
    * accepts a list of lists - each list representing data per snapshot.