diff --git a/phoenix-spark/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/spark/datasource/v2/reader/PhoenixDataSourceReader.java b/phoenix-spark/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/spark/datasource/v2/reader/PhoenixDataSourceReader.java
index 18e304b4..dfc928a1 100644
--- a/phoenix-spark/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/spark/datasource/v2/reader/PhoenixDataSourceReader.java
+++ b/phoenix-spark/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/spark/datasource/v2/reader/PhoenixDataSourceReader.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public class PhoenixDataSourceReader implements DataSourceReader, SupportsPushDo
     private final String zkUrl;
     private final boolean dateAsTimestamp;
     private final Properties overriddenProps;
+    private final boolean disableBlockCache;
 
     private StructType schema;
     private Filter[] pushedFilters = new Filter[]{};
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ public PhoenixDataSourceReader(DataSourceOptions options) {
         this.tableName = options.tableName().get();
         this.zkUrl = options.get(PhoenixDataSource.ZOOKEEPER_URL).get();
         this.dateAsTimestamp = options.getBoolean("dateAsTimestamp", false);
+        this.disableBlockCache = options.getBoolean("NO_CACHE", false);
         this.overriddenProps = extractPhoenixHBaseConfFromOptions(options);
         setSchema();
     }
@@ -148,6 +150,9 @@ public List<InputPartition<InternalRow>> planInputPartitions() {
             // Optimize the query plan so that we potentially use secondary indexes
             final QueryPlan queryPlan = pstmt.optimizeQuery(selectStatement);
             final Scan scan = queryPlan.getContext().getScan();
+            if (this.disableBlockCache) {
+                scan.setCacheBlocks(false);
+            }
 
             // setting the snapshot configuration
             Optional<String> snapshotName = options.get(PhoenixConfigurationUtil.SNAPSHOT_NAME_KEY);
diff --git a/phoenix-spark/src/test/java/org/apache/phoenix/spark/datasource/v2/PhoenixDataSourceTest.java b/phoenix-spark/src/test/java/org/apache/phoenix/spark/datasource/v2/PhoenixDataSourceTest.java
index 018f517a..7dc890e1 100644
--- a/phoenix-spark/src/test/java/org/apache/phoenix/spark/datasource/v2/PhoenixDataSourceTest.java
+++ b/phoenix-spark/src/test/java/org/apache/phoenix/spark/datasource/v2/PhoenixDataSourceTest.java
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ public class PhoenixDataSourceTest {
     private static final String V1 = "v1";
     private static final String V2 = "v2";
     private static final String V3 = "v3";
+    private static final String NO_CACHE = "NO_CACHE";
+    private static final String NO_CACHE_VALUE = "true";
     private static final String EQ = "=";
     private static final String COMMA = ",";
     private static final String SINGLE_PHOENIX_PROP = P1 + EQ + V1;
     private static final String VALID_PHOENIX_PROPS_LIST =
-            SINGLE_PHOENIX_PROP + COMMA + P2 + EQ + V2 + COMMA + P3 + EQ + V3;
+            SINGLE_PHOENIX_PROP + COMMA + P2 + EQ + V2 + COMMA + P3 + EQ + V3 + COMMA +
+                    NO_CACHE + EQ + NO_CACHE_VALUE;
     private static final String INVALID_PHOENIX_PROPS_LIST =
             SINGLE_PHOENIX_PROP + COMMA + P2 + V2 + COMMA + P3 + EQ + V3;
 
@@ -64,6 +67,8 @@ public void testPhoenixConfigsExtractedProperly() {
         assertEquals(V1, p.getProperty(P1));
         assertEquals(V2, p.getProperty(P2));
         assertEquals(V3, p.getProperty(P3));
+        assertEquals(V3, p.getProperty(P3));
+        assertEquals(true, Boolean.valueOf(p.getProperty(NO_CACHE)));
     }
 
     @Test