diff --git a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/config/HoodieStorageConfig.java b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/config/HoodieStorageConfig.java
index 0403b62ebb465..9a2a3fb80c1fc 100644
--- a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/config/HoodieStorageConfig.java
+++ b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/config/HoodieStorageConfig.java
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ public class HoodieStorageConfig extends DefaultHoodieConfig {
   public static final String PARQUET_COMPRESSION_RATIO = "hoodie.parquet.compression.ratio";
   // Default compression ratio for parquet
   public static final String DEFAULT_STREAM_COMPRESSION_RATIO = String.valueOf(0.1);
+  public static final String PARQUET_COMPRESSION_CODEC = "hoodie.parquet.compression.codec";
+  // Default compression codec for parquet
+  public static final String DEFAULT_PARQUET_COMPRESSION_CODEC = "gzip";
   public static final String LOGFILE_TO_PARQUET_COMPRESSION_RATIO = "hoodie.logfile.to.parquet.compression.ratio";
   // Default compression ratio for log file to parquet, general 3x
   public static final String DEFAULT_LOGFILE_TO_PARQUET_COMPRESSION_RATIO = String.valueOf(0.35);
@@ -105,6 +108,11 @@ public Builder parquetCompressionRatio(double parquetCompressionRatio) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    public Builder parquetCompressionCodec(String parquetCompressionCodec) {
+      props.setProperty(PARQUET_COMPRESSION_CODEC, parquetCompressionCodec);
+      return this;
+    }
+
     public Builder logFileToParquetCompressionRatio(double logFileToParquetCompressionRatio) {
       props.setProperty(LOGFILE_TO_PARQUET_COMPRESSION_RATIO, String.valueOf(logFileToParquetCompressionRatio));
       return this;
@@ -124,6 +132,8 @@ public HoodieStorageConfig build() {
           LOGFILE_SIZE_MAX_BYTES, DEFAULT_LOGFILE_SIZE_MAX_BYTES);
       setDefaultOnCondition(props, !props.containsKey(PARQUET_COMPRESSION_RATIO),
           PARQUET_COMPRESSION_RATIO, DEFAULT_STREAM_COMPRESSION_RATIO);
+      setDefaultOnCondition(props, !props.containsKey(PARQUET_COMPRESSION_CODEC),
+          PARQUET_COMPRESSION_CODEC, DEFAULT_PARQUET_COMPRESSION_CODEC);
       setDefaultOnCondition(props, !props.containsKey(LOGFILE_TO_PARQUET_COMPRESSION_RATIO),
           LOGFILE_TO_PARQUET_COMPRESSION_RATIO, DEFAULT_LOGFILE_TO_PARQUET_COMPRESSION_RATIO);
       return config;
diff --git a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java
index 07ddc9673ec21..d1a5e467fdafa 100644
--- a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java
+++ b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.CompressionCodecName;
 import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel;
 
 /**
@@ -355,6 +356,10 @@ public double getParquetCompressionRatio() {
     return Double.valueOf(props.getProperty(HoodieStorageConfig.PARQUET_COMPRESSION_RATIO));
   }
 
+  public CompressionCodecName getParquetCompressionCodec() {
+    return CompressionCodecName.fromConf(props.getProperty(HoodieStorageConfig.PARQUET_COMPRESSION_CODEC));
+  }
+
   public double getLogFileToParquetCompressionRatio() {
     return Double.valueOf(props.getProperty(HoodieStorageConfig.LOGFILE_TO_PARQUET_COMPRESSION_RATIO));
   }
diff --git a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/storage/HoodieStorageWriterFactory.java b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/storage/HoodieStorageWriterFactory.java
index 2e83108e434bf..13874ca3623ba 100644
--- a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/storage/HoodieStorageWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/storage/HoodieStorageWriterFactory.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import org.apache.avro.generic.IndexedRecord;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.parquet.avro.AvroSchemaConverter;
-import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.CompressionCodecName;
 
 public class HoodieStorageWriterFactory {
 
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ R extends IndexedRecord> HoodieStorageWriter<R> newParquetStorageWriter(String c
         new AvroSchemaConverter().convert(schema), schema, filter);
 
     HoodieParquetConfig parquetConfig =
-        new HoodieParquetConfig(writeSupport, CompressionCodecName.GZIP,
+        new HoodieParquetConfig(writeSupport, config.getParquetCompressionCodec(),
             config.getParquetBlockSize(), config.getParquetPageSize(),
             config.getParquetMaxFileSize(), hoodieTable.getHadoopConf(),
             config.getParquetCompressionRatio());