diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala
index 1d3c4663c339..2faf5d0e98a5 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala
@@ -100,6 +100,33 @@ private[sql] class OrcFileFormat
     true
   }
 
+  def mapRequiredColumns(
+      conf: Configuration,
+      dataSchema: StructType,
+      physicalSchema: StructType,
+      requiredSchema: StructType): StructType = {
+
+    // requiredSchema names might not match with physical schema names.
+    // This is especially true when data is generated via Hive wherein
+    // orc files would have column names as _col0, _col1 etc. This is
+    // fixed in Hive 2.0, where in physical col names would match that
+    // of metastore. To make it backward compatible, it is required to
+    // map physical names to that of requiredSchema.
+
+    // for requiredSchema, get the ordinal from dataSchema
+    val ids = requiredSchema.map(a => dataSchema.fieldIndex(a.name): Integer).sorted
+
+    // for ids, get corresponding name from physicalSchema (e.g _col1 in
+    // case of hive. otherwise it would match physical name)
+    val names = ids.map(i => physicalSchema.fieldNames(i))
+    HiveShim.appendReadColumns(conf, ids, names)
+
+    val mappedReqPhysicalSchemaStruct =
+      StructType(physicalSchema.filter(struct => names.contains(struct.name)))
+
+    mappedReqPhysicalSchemaStruct
+  }
+
   override def buildReader(
       sparkSession: SparkSession,
       dataSchema: StructType,
@@ -130,7 +157,9 @@ private[sql] class OrcFileFormat
         Iterator.empty
       } else {
         val physicalSchema = maybePhysicalSchema.get
-        OrcRelation.setRequiredColumns(conf, physicalSchema, requiredSchema)
+        // Get StructType for newly mapped schema
+        val mappedReqPhysicalSchema =
+          mapRequiredColumns(conf, dataSchema, physicalSchema, requiredSchema)
 
         val orcRecordReader = {
           val job = Job.getInstance(conf)
@@ -151,7 +180,7 @@ private[sql] class OrcFileFormat
         // Unwraps `OrcStruct`s to `UnsafeRow`s
         OrcRelation.unwrapOrcStructs(
           conf,
-          requiredSchema,
+          mappedReqPhysicalSchema,
           Some(orcRecordReader.getObjectInspector.asInstanceOf[StructObjectInspector]),
           new RecordReaderIterator[OrcStruct](orcRecordReader))
       }
@@ -306,11 +335,4 @@ private[orc] object OrcRelation extends HiveInspectors {
 
     maybeStructOI.map(unwrap).getOrElse(Iterator.empty)
   }
-
-  def setRequiredColumns(
-      conf: Configuration, physicalSchema: StructType, requestedSchema: StructType): Unit = {
-    val ids = requestedSchema.map(a => physicalSchema.fieldIndex(a.name): Integer)
-    val (sortedIDs, sortedNames) = ids.zip(requestedSchema.fieldNames).sorted.unzip
-    HiveShim.appendReadColumns(conf, sortedIDs, sortedNames)
-  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/resources/data/files/hive_1.x_orc/dummy_orc.orc b/sql/hive/src/test/resources/data/files/hive_1.x_orc/dummy_orc.orc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fb35cb0df83c
Binary files /dev/null and b/sql/hive/src/test/resources/data/files/hive_1.x_orc/dummy_orc.orc differ
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcQuerySuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcQuerySuite.scala
index 49e963ee1294..8642a81a18d9 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcQuerySuite.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.hive.orc
 
+import java.io.File
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
@@ -401,6 +402,31 @@ class OrcQuerySuite extends QueryTest with BeforeAndAfterAll with OrcTest {
     }
   }
 
+  def getHiveFile(path: String): File = {
+    new File(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader.getResource(path).getFile)
+  }
+
+  test("Verify ORC conversion parameter: CONVERT_METASTORE_ORC with Hive-1.x files") {
+    val singleRowDF = Seq((2415022, "AAAAAAAAOKJNECAA")).toDF("key", "value")
+    Seq("true", "false").foreach { orcConversion =>
+      withSQLConf(HiveUtils.CONVERT_METASTORE_ORC.key -> orcConversion) {
+        withTable("dummy_orc") {
+          // Hive 1.x can have virtual columns as follows in ORC files
+          // Type: struct<_col0:int,_col1:string> in hive_1.x_orc
+          spark.sql(
+            s"""
+               |CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE dummy_orc(key INT, value STRING)
+               |STORED AS ORC
+               |LOCATION '${getHiveFile("data/files/hive_1.x_orc/")}'
+             """.stripMargin)
+
+          val df = spark.sql("SELECT key, value FROM dummy_orc LIMIT 1")
+          checkAnswer(df, singleRowDF)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   test("Verify the ORC conversion parameter: CONVERT_METASTORE_ORC") {
     withTempView("single") {
       val singleRowDF = Seq((0, "foo")).toDF("key", "value")