diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java
index 8d8182963..16d941b1c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java
@@ -184,4 +184,8 @@ private TableProperties() {
 
   public static final String MERGE_CARDINALITY_CHECK_ENABLED = "write.merge.cardinality-check.enabled";
   public static final boolean MERGE_CARDINALITY_CHECK_ENABLED_DEFAULT = true;
+
+  public static final String ORC_DO_NOT_WRITE_FIELD_IDS = "write.orc.no-field-ids.enabled";
+
+  public static final boolean ORC_DO_NOT_WRITE_FIELD_IDS_DEFAULT = false;
 }
diff --git a/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/ORCSchemaUtil.java b/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/ORCSchemaUtil.java
index db14c1f1c..8a2d2c81d 100644
--- a/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/ORCSchemaUtil.java
+++ b/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/ORCSchemaUtil.java
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static TypeDescription removeIds(TypeDescription type) {
     return OrcSchemaVisitor.visit(type, new RemoveIds());
   }
 
-  static boolean hasIds(TypeDescription orcSchema) {
+  public static boolean hasIds(TypeDescription orcSchema) {
     return OrcSchemaVisitor.visit(orcSchema, new HasIds());
   }
 
diff --git a/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/OrcFileAppender.java b/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/OrcFileAppender.java
index 34f71fcc2..f2f72bded 100644
--- a/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/OrcFileAppender.java
+++ b/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/OrcFileAppender.java
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 import org.apache.orc.Writer;
 import org.apache.orc.storage.ql.exec.vector.VectorizedRowBatch;
 
+import static org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties.ORC_DO_NOT_WRITE_FIELD_IDS;
+import static org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties.ORC_DO_NOT_WRITE_FIELD_IDS_DEFAULT;
+
 /**
  * Create a file appender for ORC.
  */
@@ -66,13 +69,19 @@ class OrcFileAppender<D> implements FileAppender<D> {
     this.metricsConfig = metricsConfig;
 
     TypeDescription orcSchema = ORCSchemaUtil.convert(schema);
+    TypeDescription orcSchemaWithoutIds = ORCSchemaUtil.removeIds(orcSchema);
+
     this.batch = orcSchema.createRowBatch(this.batchSize);
 
     OrcFile.WriterOptions options = OrcFile.writerOptions(conf).useUTCTimestamp(true);
     if (file instanceof HadoopOutputFile) {
       options.fileSystem(((HadoopOutputFile) file).getFileSystem());
     }
-    options.setSchema(orcSchema);
+    if (conf.getBoolean(ORC_DO_NOT_WRITE_FIELD_IDS, ORC_DO_NOT_WRITE_FIELD_IDS_DEFAULT)) {
+      options.setSchema(orcSchemaWithoutIds);
+    } else {
+      options.setSchema(orcSchema);
+    }
     this.writer = newOrcWriter(file, options, metadata);
     this.valueWriter = newOrcRowWriter(schema, orcSchema, createWriterFunc);
   }
diff --git a/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/TestSparkOrcWriteWithoutIds.java b/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/TestSparkOrcWriteWithoutIds.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1088cd0c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/TestSparkOrcWriteWithoutIds.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.iceberg.spark.data;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.iceberg.Files;
+import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
+import org.apache.iceberg.io.CloseableIterable;
+import org.apache.iceberg.io.FileAppender;
+import org.apache.iceberg.orc.ORC;
+import org.apache.iceberg.orc.ORCSchemaUtil;
+import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types;
+import org.apache.orc.OrcFile;
+import org.apache.orc.Reader;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+
+import static org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties.ORC_DO_NOT_WRITE_FIELD_IDS;
+import static org.apache.iceberg.spark.data.TestHelpers.assertEquals;
+import static org.apache.iceberg.types.Types.NestedField.optional;
+
+public class TestSparkOrcWriteWithoutIds {
+
+  @Rule
+  public TemporaryFolder temp = new TemporaryFolder();
+
+  private static final Schema SCHEMA = new Schema(
+      optional(1, "id", Types.IntegerType.get()),
+      optional(2, "data", Types.StringType.get())
+  );
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWriteWithoutIds() throws IOException {
+    File testFile = temp.newFile();
+    Assert.assertTrue("Delete should succeed", testFile.delete());
+
+    Iterable<InternalRow> rows = RandomData.generateSpark(SCHEMA, 1, 0L);
+    try (FileAppender<InternalRow> writer = ORC.write(Files.localOutput(testFile))
+        .config(ORC_DO_NOT_WRITE_FIELD_IDS, String.valueOf(true))
+        .createWriterFunc(SparkOrcWriter::new)
+        .schema(SCHEMA)
+        .build()) {
+      writer.addAll(rows);
+    }
+
+    // read back using ORC native file reader and test file schema
+    try (Reader fileReader = OrcFile.createReader(new Path(testFile.getPath()),
+        new OrcFile.ReaderOptions(new Configuration()))) {
+      Assert.assertFalse(ORCSchemaUtil.hasIds(fileReader.getSchema()));
+    }
+
+    // read back using Spark ORC reader and test overall readability
+    try (CloseableIterable<InternalRow> reader = ORC.read(Files.localInput(testFile))
+        .project(SCHEMA)
+        .createReaderFunc(readOrcSchema -> new SparkOrcReader(SCHEMA, readOrcSchema))
+        .build()) {
+      final Iterator<InternalRow> actualRows = reader.iterator();
+      final Iterator<InternalRow> expectedRows = rows.iterator();
+      while (expectedRows.hasNext()) {
+        Assert.assertTrue("Should have expected number of rows", actualRows.hasNext());
+        assertEquals(SCHEMA, expectedRows.next(), actualRows.next());
+      }
+      Assert.assertFalse("Should not have extra rows", actualRows.hasNext());
+    }
+  }
+}