diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetFileReader.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetFileReader.java
index 55ed5ee050..2b0a862a06 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetFileReader.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetFileReader.java
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ public class ParquetFileReader implements Closeable {
 
   public static String PARQUET_READ_PARALLELISM = "parquet.metadata.read.parallelism";
 
+  //URI Schemes to blacklist for bytebuffer read.
+  public static final String PARQUET_BYTEBUFFER_BLACKLIST = "parquet.bytebuffer.fs.blacklist";
+  public static final String[] PARQUET_BYTEBUFFER_BLACKLIST_DEFAULT = {"s3", "s3n", "s3a"};
+
   private static ParquetMetadataConverter converter = new ParquetMetadataConverter();
 
   /**
@@ -472,6 +476,7 @@ static ParquetFileReader open(Configuration conf, Path file) throws IOException
   private final FileMetaData fileMetaData;
   private final String createdBy;
   private final ByteBufferAllocator allocator;
+  private final boolean disableByteBufferRead;
 
   private int currentBlock = 0;
 
@@ -506,6 +511,10 @@ public ParquetFileReader(
     // the codec factory to get decompressors
     this.codecFactory = new CodecFactory(configuration, 0);
     this.allocator = new HeapByteBufferAllocator();
+
+    //Bypass ByteBuffer read path for S3 FileSystems.  See PARQUET-400.
+    List<String> fsBlackList = Arrays.asList(configuration.getStrings(PARQUET_BYTEBUFFER_BLACKLIST, PARQUET_BYTEBUFFER_BLACKLIST_DEFAULT));
+    this.disableByteBufferRead = fsBlackList.contains(filePath.toUri().getScheme());
   }
 
   public void appendTo(ParquetFileWriter writer) throws IOException {
@@ -725,7 +734,7 @@ protected PageHeader readPageHeader() throws IOException {
         // to allow reading older files (using dictionary) we need this.
         // usually 13 to 19 bytes are missing
         // if the last page is smaller than this, the page header itself is truncated in the buffer.
-        this.byteBuf.rewind(); // resetting the buffer to the position before we got the error
+        this.byteBuf.position(initialPos); // resetting the buffer to the position before we got the error
         LOG.info("completing the column chunk to read the page header");
         pageHeader = Util.readPageHeader(new SequenceInputStream(this, f)); // trying again from the buffer + remainder of the stream.
       }
@@ -814,8 +823,20 @@ public void addChunk(ChunkDescriptor descriptor) {
     public List<Chunk> readAll(FSDataInputStream f) throws IOException {
       List<Chunk> result = new ArrayList<Chunk>(chunks.size());
       f.seek(offset);
-      ByteBuffer chunksByteBuffer = allocator.allocate(length);
-      CompatibilityUtil.getBuf(f, chunksByteBuffer, length);
+
+      //Allocate the bytebuffer based on whether the FS can support it.
+      ByteBuffer chunksByteBuffer;
+      if(disableByteBufferRead) {
+        byte[] chunkBytes = new byte[length];
+        f.readFully(chunkBytes);
+        chunksByteBuffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(chunkBytes);
+      } else {
+        chunksByteBuffer = allocator.allocate(length);
+        while (chunksByteBuffer.hasRemaining()) {
+          CompatibilityUtil.getBuf(f, chunksByteBuffer);
+        }
+      }
+
       // report in a counter the data we just scanned
       BenchmarkCounter.incrementBytesRead(length);
       int currentChunkOffset = 0;
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/util/CompatibilityUtil.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/util/CompatibilityUtil.java
index bacf222a24..4289e1a265 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/util/CompatibilityUtil.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/util/CompatibilityUtil.java
@@ -66,17 +66,7 @@ private V21FileAPI() throws ReflectiveOperationException {
     }
   }
 
-  private static Object invoke(Method method, String errorMsg, Object instance, Object... args) {
-    try {
-      return method.invoke(instance, args);
-    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException(errorMsg, e);
-    } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException(errorMsg, e);
-    }
-  }
-
-  public static int getBuf(FSDataInputStream f, ByteBuffer readBuf, int maxSize) throws IOException {
+  public static int getBuf(FSDataInputStream f, ByteBuffer readBuf) throws IOException {
     int res;
     if (useV21) {
       try {
@@ -88,7 +78,7 @@ public static int getBuf(FSDataInputStream f, ByteBuffer readBuf, int maxSize) t
           // be a reasonable check to make to see if the interface is
           // present but not implemented and we should be falling back
           useV21 = false;
-          return getBuf(f, readBuf, maxSize);
+          return getBuf(f, readBuf);
         } else if (e.getCause() instanceof IOException) {
           throw (IOException) e.getCause();
         } else {
@@ -105,9 +95,15 @@ public static int getBuf(FSDataInputStream f, ByteBuffer readBuf, int maxSize) t
         throw new ShouldNeverHappenException(e);
       }
     } else {
-      byte[] buf = new byte[maxSize];
-      res = f.read(buf);
-      readBuf.put(buf, 0, res);
+      if (readBuf.hasArray()) {
+        int initPos = readBuf.position();
+        res = f.read(readBuf.array(), readBuf.arrayOffset(), readBuf.remaining());
+        readBuf.position(initPos + res);
+      } else {
+        byte[] buf = new byte[readBuf.remaining()];
+        res = f.read(buf);
+        readBuf.put(buf, 0, res);
+      }
     }
     return res;
   }