diff --git a/lang/java/mapred/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/mapred/FsInput.java b/lang/java/mapred/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/mapred/FsInput.java
index e8fe1d03e1d..d7a6e147aeb 100644
--- a/lang/java/mapred/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/mapred/FsInput.java
+++ b/lang/java/mapred/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/mapred/FsInput.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 import org.apache.avro.file.SeekableInput;
 
+import static org.apache.hadoop.util.functional.FutureIO.awaitFuture;
+
 /** Adapt an {@link FSDataInputStream} to {@link SeekableInput}. */
 public class FsInput implements Closeable, SeekableInput {
   private final FSDataInputStream stream;
@@ -41,7 +43,15 @@ public FsInput(Path path, Configuration conf) throws IOException {
   /** Construct given a path and a {@code FileSystem}. */
   public FsInput(Path path, FileSystem fileSystem) throws IOException {
     this.len = fileSystem.getFileStatus(path).getLen();
-    this.stream = fileSystem.open(path);
+    // use the hadoop 3.3.0 openFile API and specify length
+    // and read policy. object stores can use these to
+    // optimize read performance.
+    // the read policy "adaptive" means "start sequential but
+    // go to random IO after backwards seeks"
+    // Filesystems which don't recognize the options will ignore them
+
+    this.stream = awaitFuture(fileSystem.openFile(path).opt("fs.option.openfile.read.policy", "adaptive")
+        .opt("fs.option.openfile.length", Long.toString(len)).build());
   }
 
   @Override