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 4d92a6704437..2ec48656d322 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
@@ -109,6 +109,33 @@ class OrcFileFormat extends FileFormat with DataSourceRegister with Serializable
     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,
@@ -139,7 +166,9 @@ class OrcFileFormat extends FileFormat with DataSourceRegister with Serializable
         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)
@@ -163,7 +192,7 @@ class OrcFileFormat extends FileFormat with DataSourceRegister with Serializable
         // Unwraps `OrcStruct`s to `UnsafeRow`s
         OrcRelation.unwrapOrcStructs(
           conf,
-          requiredSchema,
+          mappedReqPhysicalSchema,
           Some(orcRecordReader.getObjectInspector.asInstanceOf[StructObjectInspector]),
           recordsIterator)
       }
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 60ccd996d6d5..8c02c9524f61 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 java.sql.Timestamp
 
@@ -439,6 +440,31 @@ 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")
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcSourceSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcSourceSuite.scala
index 781de6631f32..ef7e140255a2 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcSourceSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcSourceSuite.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.io.File
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{QueryTest, Row}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.test.TestHiveSingleton
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.sources._
@@ -187,8 +188,12 @@ abstract class OrcSuite extends QueryTest with TestHiveSingleton with BeforeAndA
            |STORED AS orc
            |LOCATION '$uri'""".stripMargin)
       val result = Row("a", "b         ", "c", Seq("d  "))
-      checkAnswer(spark.table("hive_orc"), result)
-      checkAnswer(spark.table("spark_orc"), result)
+      Seq("false", "true").foreach { value =>
+        withSQLConf(HiveUtils.CONVERT_METASTORE_ORC.key -> value) {
+          checkAnswer(spark.table("hive_orc"), result)
+          checkAnswer(spark.table("spark_orc"), result)
+        }
+      }
     } finally {
       hiveClient.runSqlHive("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hive_orc")
       hiveClient.runSqlHive("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS spark_orc")