diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/AbfsConfiguration.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/AbfsConfiguration.java
index 6462cc9600..4c77d2e136 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/AbfsConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/AbfsConfiguration.java
@@ -302,6 +302,11 @@ public class AbfsConfiguration{
           DefaultValue = DEFAULT_ABFS_LATENCY_TRACK)
   private boolean trackLatency;
 
+  @BooleanConfigurationValidatorAnnotation(
+      ConfigurationKey = FS_AZURE_ENABLE_READAHEAD,
+      DefaultValue = DEFAULT_ENABLE_READAHEAD)
+  private boolean enabledReadAhead;
+
   @LongConfigurationValidatorAnnotation(ConfigurationKey = FS_AZURE_SAS_TOKEN_RENEW_PERIOD_FOR_STREAMS,
       MinValue = 0,
       DefaultValue = DEFAULT_SAS_TOKEN_RENEW_PERIOD_FOR_STREAMS_IN_SECONDS)
@@ -915,6 +920,15 @@ public SASTokenProvider getSASTokenProvider() throws AzureBlobFileSystemExceptio
     }
   }
 
+  public boolean isReadAheadEnabled() {
+    return this.enabledReadAhead;
+  }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  void setReadAheadEnabled(final boolean enabledReadAhead) {
+    this.enabledReadAhead = enabledReadAhead;
+  }
+
   public int getReadAheadRange() {
     return this.readAheadRange;
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/AzureBlobFileSystemStore.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/AzureBlobFileSystemStore.java
index 28c3ef25e9..3941f6e421 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/AzureBlobFileSystemStore.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/AzureBlobFileSystemStore.java
@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@ private AbfsInputStreamContext populateAbfsInputStreamContext(
             .withReadBufferSize(abfsConfiguration.getReadBufferSize())
             .withReadAheadQueueDepth(abfsConfiguration.getReadAheadQueueDepth())
             .withTolerateOobAppends(abfsConfiguration.getTolerateOobAppends())
+            .isReadAheadEnabled(abfsConfiguration.isReadAheadEnabled())
             .withReadSmallFilesCompletely(abfsConfiguration.readSmallFilesCompletely())
             .withOptimizeFooterRead(abfsConfiguration.optimizeFooterRead())
             .withReadAheadRange(abfsConfiguration.getReadAheadRange())
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/ConfigurationKeys.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/ConfigurationKeys.java
index 9d3b2d5e82..0353f3e01f 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/ConfigurationKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/ConfigurationKeys.java
@@ -186,6 +186,13 @@ public final class ConfigurationKeys {
   public static final String FS_AZURE_SKIP_SUPER_USER_REPLACEMENT = "fs.azure.identity.transformer.skip.superuser.replacement";
   public static final String AZURE_KEY_ACCOUNT_KEYPROVIDER = "fs.azure.account.keyprovider";
   public static final String AZURE_KEY_ACCOUNT_SHELLKEYPROVIDER_SCRIPT = "fs.azure.shellkeyprovider.script";
+
+  /**
+   * Enable or disable readahead buffer in AbfsInputStream.
+   * Value: {@value}.
+   */
+  public static final String FS_AZURE_ENABLE_READAHEAD = "fs.azure.enable.readahead";
+
   /** Setting this true will make the driver use it's own RemoteIterator implementation */
   public static final String FS_AZURE_ENABLE_ABFS_LIST_ITERATOR = "fs.azure.enable.abfslistiterator";
   /** Server side encryption key */
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/FileSystemConfigurations.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/FileSystemConfigurations.java
index 63d62a33b1..42f3b7503e 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/FileSystemConfigurations.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/FileSystemConfigurations.java
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ public final class FileSystemConfigurations {
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_ABFS_LATENCY_TRACK = false;
   public static final long DEFAULT_SAS_TOKEN_RENEW_PERIOD_FOR_STREAMS_IN_SECONDS = 120;
 
+  public static final boolean DEFAULT_ENABLE_READAHEAD = true;
   public static final String DEFAULT_FS_AZURE_USER_AGENT_PREFIX = EMPTY_STRING;
   public static final String DEFAULT_VALUE_UNKNOWN = "UNKNOWN";
 
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsInputStream.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsInputStream.java
index 7033ae9a4a..e7ddffe99f 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsInputStream.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public AbfsInputStream(
     this.tolerateOobAppends = abfsInputStreamContext.isTolerateOobAppends();
     this.eTag = eTag;
     this.readAheadRange = abfsInputStreamContext.getReadAheadRange();
-    this.readAheadEnabled = true;
+    this.readAheadEnabled = abfsInputStreamContext.isReadAheadEnabled();
     this.alwaysReadBufferSize
         = abfsInputStreamContext.shouldReadBufferSizeAlways();
     this.bufferedPreadDisabled = abfsInputStreamContext
@@ -745,6 +745,11 @@ byte[] getBuffer() {
     return buffer;
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public boolean isReadAheadEnabled() {
+    return readAheadEnabled;
+  }
+
   @VisibleForTesting
   public int getReadAheadRange() {
     return readAheadRange;
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsInputStreamContext.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsInputStreamContext.java
index 55f01bf15b..05afc7b985 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsInputStreamContext.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsInputStreamContext.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public class AbfsInputStreamContext extends AbfsStreamContext {
 
   private boolean tolerateOobAppends;
 
+  private boolean isReadAheadEnabled = true;
+
   private boolean alwaysReadBufferSize;
 
   private int readAheadBlockSize;
@@ -72,6 +74,12 @@ public AbfsInputStreamContext withTolerateOobAppends(
     return this;
   }
 
+  public AbfsInputStreamContext isReadAheadEnabled(
+          final boolean isReadAheadEnabled) {
+    this.isReadAheadEnabled = isReadAheadEnabled;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   public AbfsInputStreamContext withReadAheadRange(
           final int readAheadRange) {
     this.readAheadRange = readAheadRange;
@@ -141,6 +149,10 @@ public boolean isTolerateOobAppends() {
     return tolerateOobAppends;
   }
 
+  public boolean isReadAheadEnabled() {
+    return isReadAheadEnabled;
+  }
+
   public int getReadAheadRange() {
     return readAheadRange;
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek.java
index 5bd6eaff42..beada775ae 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.services.AbfsInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.services.AbfsOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.utils.TracingHeaderValidator;
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.statistics.IOStatisticsLogging;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.statistics.IOStatisticsSource;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys.IOSTATISTICS_LOGGING_LEVEL_INFO;
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.FileSystemConfigurations.DEFAULT_READ_BUFFER_SIZE;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.FileSystemConfigurations.MAX_BUFFER_SIZE;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.FileSystemConfigurations.MIN_BUFFER_SIZE;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.statistics.IOStatisticsLogging.logIOStatisticsAtLevel;
 
 /**
  * Test read, write and seek.
@@ -50,18 +50,27 @@
 public class ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek extends AbstractAbfsScaleTest {
   private static final String TEST_PATH = "/testfile";
 
-  @Parameterized.Parameters(name = "Size={0}")
+  /**
+   * Parameterize on read buffer size and readahead.
+   * For test performance, a full x*y test matrix is not used.
+   * @return the test parameters
+   */
+  @Parameterized.Parameters(name = "Size={0}-readahead={1}")
   public static Iterable<Object[]> sizes() {
-    return Arrays.asList(new Object[][]{{MIN_BUFFER_SIZE},
-        {DEFAULT_READ_BUFFER_SIZE},
-        {APPENDBLOB_MAX_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE},
-        {MAX_BUFFER_SIZE}});
+    return Arrays.asList(new Object[][]{{MIN_BUFFER_SIZE, true},
+        {DEFAULT_READ_BUFFER_SIZE, false},
+        {DEFAULT_READ_BUFFER_SIZE, true},
+        {APPENDBLOB_MAX_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE, false},
+        {MAX_BUFFER_SIZE, true}});
   }
 
   private final int size;
+  private final boolean readaheadEnabled;
 
-  public ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek(final int size) throws Exception {
+  public ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek(final int size,
+      final boolean readaheadEnabled) throws Exception {
     this.size = size;
+    this.readaheadEnabled = readaheadEnabled;
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -74,6 +83,7 @@ private void testReadWriteAndSeek(int bufferSize) throws Exception {
     final AbfsConfiguration abfsConfiguration = fs.getAbfsStore().getAbfsConfiguration();
     abfsConfiguration.setWriteBufferSize(bufferSize);
     abfsConfiguration.setReadBufferSize(bufferSize);
+    abfsConfiguration.setReadAheadEnabled(readaheadEnabled);
 
     final byte[] b = new byte[2 * bufferSize];
     new Random().nextBytes(b);
@@ -85,7 +95,7 @@ private void testReadWriteAndSeek(int bufferSize) throws Exception {
     } finally{
     stream.close();
     }
-    IOStatisticsLogging.logIOStatisticsAtLevel(LOG, IOSTATISTICS_LOGGING_LEVEL_INFO, stream);
+    logIOStatisticsAtLevel(LOG, IOSTATISTICS_LOGGING_LEVEL_INFO, stream);
 
     final byte[] readBuffer = new byte[2 * bufferSize];
     int result;
@@ -109,7 +119,7 @@ private void testReadWriteAndSeek(int bufferSize) throws Exception {
       inputStream.seek(0);
       result = inputStream.read(readBuffer, 0, bufferSize);
     }
-    IOStatisticsLogging.logIOStatisticsAtLevel(LOG, IOSTATISTICS_LOGGING_LEVEL_INFO, statisticsSource);
+    logIOStatisticsAtLevel(LOG, IOSTATISTICS_LOGGING_LEVEL_INFO, statisticsSource);
 
     assertNotEquals("data read in final read()", -1, result);
     assertArrayEquals(readBuffer, b);
@@ -121,6 +131,7 @@ public void testReadAheadRequestID() throws java.io.IOException {
     final AbfsConfiguration abfsConfiguration = fs.getAbfsStore().getAbfsConfiguration();
     int bufferSize = MIN_BUFFER_SIZE;
     abfsConfiguration.setReadBufferSize(bufferSize);
+    abfsConfiguration.setReadAheadEnabled(readaheadEnabled);
 
     final byte[] b = new byte[bufferSize * 10];
     new Random().nextBytes(b);
@@ -132,8 +143,10 @@ public void testReadAheadRequestID() throws java.io.IOException {
               ((AbfsOutputStream) stream.getWrappedStream())
                   .getStreamID()));
       stream.write(b);
+      logIOStatisticsAtLevel(LOG, IOSTATISTICS_LOGGING_LEVEL_INFO, stream);
     }
 
+
     final byte[] readBuffer = new byte[4 * bufferSize];
     int result;
     fs.registerListener(
@@ -146,6 +159,7 @@ public void testReadAheadRequestID() throws java.io.IOException {
               ((AbfsInputStream) inputStream.getWrappedStream())
                   .getStreamID()));
       result = inputStream.read(readBuffer, 0, bufferSize*4);
+      logIOStatisticsAtLevel(LOG, IOSTATISTICS_LOGGING_LEVEL_INFO, inputStream);
     }
     fs.registerListener(null);
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/TestTracingContext.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/TestTracingContext.java
index 006004850d..0e7c70e91a 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/TestTracingContext.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/TestTracingContext.java
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ public void runCorrelationTestForAllMethods() throws Exception {
 
     testClasses.put(new ITestAzureBlobFileSystemListStatus(), //liststatus
         ITestAzureBlobFileSystemListStatus.class.getMethod("testListPath"));
-    testClasses.put(new ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek(MIN_BUFFER_SIZE), //open,
+    testClasses.put(new ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek(MIN_BUFFER_SIZE, true), //open,
         // read, write
         ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek.class.getMethod("testReadAheadRequestID"));
-    testClasses.put(new ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek(MIN_BUFFER_SIZE), //read (bypassreadahead)
+    testClasses.put(new ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek(MIN_BUFFER_SIZE, false), //read (bypassreadahead)
         ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek.class
             .getMethod("testReadAndWriteWithDifferentBufferSizesAndSeek"));
     testClasses.put(new ITestAzureBlobFileSystemAppend(), //append