diff --git a/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/backendsapi/velox/VeloxBackend.scala b/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/backendsapi/velox/VeloxBackend.scala
index 61ed9a2de17f..56d6fb2e65c2 100644
--- a/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/backendsapi/velox/VeloxBackend.scala
+++ b/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/backendsapi/velox/VeloxBackend.scala
@@ -200,8 +200,13 @@ object VeloxBackendSettings extends BackendSettingsApi {
         return None
       }
 
+      val fileLimit = GlutenConfig.get.parquetEncryptionValidationFileLimit
       val encryptionResult =
-        ParquetMetadataUtils.validateEncryption(format, rootPaths, serializableHadoopConf)
+        ParquetMetadataUtils.validateEncryption(
+          format,
+          rootPaths,
+          serializableHadoopConf,
+          fileLimit)
       if (encryptionResult.ok()) {
         None
       } else {
diff --git a/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/utils/ParquetMetadataUtils.scala b/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/utils/ParquetMetadataUtils.scala
index 9f43575cf90c..48d0629268da 100644
--- a/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/utils/ParquetMetadataUtils.scala
+++ b/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/utils/ParquetMetadataUtils.scala
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ object ParquetMetadataUtils {
   def validateEncryption(
       format: ReadFileFormat,
       rootPaths: Seq[String],
-      serializableHadoopConf: Option[SerializableConfiguration]
+      serializableHadoopConf: Option[SerializableConfiguration],
+      fileLimit: Int
   ): ValidationResult = {
     if (format != ParquetReadFormat || rootPaths.isEmpty) {
       return ValidationResult.succeeded
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ object ParquetMetadataUtils {
         val fs = new Path(rootPath).getFileSystem(conf)
         try {
           val encryptionDetected =
-            checkForEncryptionWithLimit(fs, new Path(rootPath), conf, fileLimit = 10)
+            checkForEncryptionWithLimit(fs, new Path(rootPath), conf, fileLimit = fileLimit)
           if (encryptionDetected) {
             return ValidationResult.failed("Encrypted Parquet file detected.")
           }
diff --git a/shims/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/config/GlutenConfig.scala b/shims/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/config/GlutenConfig.scala
index 1cdc3d552af1..e9e2dbac54a0 100644
--- a/shims/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/config/GlutenConfig.scala
+++ b/shims/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/config/GlutenConfig.scala
@@ -503,6 +503,8 @@ class GlutenConfig(conf: SQLConf) extends Logging {
 
   def autoAdjustStageFallenNodeThreshold: Double =
     getConf(AUTO_ADJUST_STAGE_RESOURCES_FALLEN_NODE_RATIO_THRESHOLD)
+
+  def parquetEncryptionValidationFileLimit: Int = getConf(ENCRYPTED_PARQUET_FALLBACK_FILE_LIMIT)
 }
 
 object GlutenConfig {
@@ -2310,4 +2312,14 @@ object GlutenConfig {
         "count exceeds the total node count ratio.")
       .doubleConf
       .createWithDefault(0.5d)
+
+  val ENCRYPTED_PARQUET_FALLBACK_FILE_LIMIT =
+    buildConf("spark.gluten.sql.fallbackEncryptedParquet.limit")
+      .internal()
+      .doc("If supplied, `limit` number of files will be checked to determine encryption " +
+        "and falling back java scan")
+      .intConf
+      .checkValue(_ > 0, s"must be positive.")
+      .createWithDefault(10)
+
 }