diff --git a/c++/include/orc/Reader.hh b/c++/include/orc/Reader.hh
index 122a781c93..4ae989ec58 100644
--- a/c++/include/orc/Reader.hh
+++ b/c++/include/orc/Reader.hh
@@ -353,6 +353,16 @@ namespace orc {
      */
     const std::string& getTimezoneName() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Use the writer timezone when reading timestamp values.
+     */
+    RowReaderOptions& setUseWriterTimezone(bool useWriterTimezone);
+
+    /**
+     * Get whether to use the writer timezone when reading timestamp values.
+     */
+    bool getUseWriterTimezone() const;
+
     /**
      * Get the IdReadIntentMap map that was supplied by client.
      */
diff --git a/c++/src/Options.hh b/c++/src/Options.hh
index c0abf190cc..18388780ce 100644
--- a/c++/src/Options.hh
+++ b/c++/src/Options.hh
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ namespace orc {
     bool enableLazyDecoding;
     std::shared_ptr<SearchArgument> sargs;
     std::string readerTimezone;
+    bool useWriterTimezone;
     RowReaderOptions::IdReadIntentMap idReadIntentMap;
     bool useTightNumericVector;
     std::shared_ptr<Type> readType;
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ namespace orc {
       forcedScaleOnHive11Decimal = 6;
       enableLazyDecoding = false;
       readerTimezone = "GMT";
+      useWriterTimezone = false;
       useTightNumericVector = false;
       throwOnSchemaEvolutionOverflow = false;
       enableAsyncPrefetch = false;
@@ -318,6 +320,7 @@ namespace orc {
 
   RowReaderOptions& RowReaderOptions::setTimezoneName(const std::string& zoneName) {
     privateBits_->readerTimezone = zoneName;
+    privateBits_->useWriterTimezone = false;
     return *this;
   }
 
@@ -325,6 +328,15 @@ namespace orc {
     return privateBits_->readerTimezone;
   }
 
+  RowReaderOptions& RowReaderOptions::setUseWriterTimezone(bool useWriterTimezone) {
+    privateBits_->useWriterTimezone = useWriterTimezone;
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  bool RowReaderOptions::getUseWriterTimezone() const {
+    return privateBits_->useWriterTimezone;
+  }
+
   const RowReaderOptions::IdReadIntentMap RowReaderOptions::getIdReadIntentMap() const {
     return privateBits_->idReadIntentMap;
   }
diff --git a/c++/src/Reader.cc b/c++/src/Reader.cc
index c409576cc9..4c16b737fb 100644
--- a/c++/src/Reader.cc
+++ b/c++/src/Reader.cc
@@ -314,7 +314,9 @@ namespace orc {
         footer_(contents_->footer.get()),
         firstRowOfStripe_(*contents_->pool, 0),
         enableEncodedBlock_(opts.getEnableLazyDecoding()),
-        readerTimezone_(getTimezoneByName(opts.getTimezoneName())),
+        readerTimezone_(opts.getUseWriterTimezone() ? localTimezone_
+                                                    : getTimezoneByName(opts.getTimezoneName())),
+        useWriterTimezone_(opts.getUseWriterTimezone()),
         schemaEvolution_(opts.getReadType(), contents_->schema.get()) {
     uint64_t numberOfStripes;
     numberOfStripes = static_cast<uint64_t>(footer_->stripes_size());
@@ -1366,7 +1368,8 @@ namespace orc {
               : localTimezone_;
       StripeStreamsImpl stripeStreams(*this, currentStripe_, currentStripeInfo_,
                                       currentStripeFooter_, currentStripeInfo_.offset(),
-                                      *contents_->stream, writerTimezone, readerTimezone_);
+                                      *contents_->stream, writerTimezone,
+                                      useWriterTimezone_ ? writerTimezone : readerTimezone_);
       reader_ = buildReader(*contents_->schema, stripeStreams, useTightNumericVector_,
                             throwOnSchemaEvolutionOverflow_, /*convertToReadType=*/true);
 
diff --git a/c++/src/Reader.hh b/c++/src/Reader.hh
index 204f678e96..289e467930 100644
--- a/c++/src/Reader.hh
+++ b/c++/src/Reader.hh
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ namespace orc {
 
     // desired timezone to return data of timestamp types.
     const Timezone& readerTimezone_;
+    const bool useWriterTimezone_;
 
     // match read and file types
     SchemaEvolution schemaEvolution_;
diff --git a/c++/test/TestWriter.cc b/c++/test/TestWriter.cc
index f43e80ac8e..5827bcdbca 100644
--- a/c++/test/TestWriter.cc
+++ b/c++/test/TestWriter.cc
@@ -840,6 +840,44 @@ namespace orc {
                                    "2014-06-06 12:34:56", IS_DST);
   }
 
+  TEST_P(WriterTest, readTimestampWithWriterTimezone) {
+    MemoryOutputStream memStream(DEFAULT_MEM_STREAM_SIZE);
+    MemoryPool* pool = getDefaultPool();
+    std::unique_ptr<Type> type(Type::buildTypeFromString("struct<col1:timestamp>"));
+
+    std::unique_ptr<Writer> writer =
+        createWriter(16 * 1024, 64, 1024, CompressionKind_ZLIB, *type, pool, &memStream,
+                     fileVersion, 0, "Asia/Shanghai");
+    std::unique_ptr<ColumnVectorBatch> batch = writer->createRowBatch(1);
+    auto* structBatch = dynamic_cast<StructVectorBatch*>(batch.get());
+    auto* tsBatch = dynamic_cast<TimestampVectorBatch*>(structBatch->fields[0]);
+    tsBatch->data[0] = 0;
+    tsBatch->nanoseconds[0] = 123000000;
+    structBatch->numElements = 1;
+    tsBatch->numElements = 1;
+    writer->add(*batch);
+    writer->close();
+
+    auto readTimestamp = [&](bool useWriterTimezone) {
+      auto inStream =
+          std::make_unique<MemoryInputStream>(memStream.getData(), memStream.getLength());
+      std::unique_ptr<Reader> reader = createReader(pool, std::move(inStream));
+      RowReaderOptions rowReaderOptions;
+      rowReaderOptions.setTimezoneName("GMT");
+      rowReaderOptions.setUseWriterTimezone(useWriterTimezone);
+      std::unique_ptr<RowReader> rowReader = reader->createRowReader(rowReaderOptions);
+      std::unique_ptr<ColumnVectorBatch> readBatch = rowReader->createRowBatch(1);
+      EXPECT_TRUE(rowReader->next(*readBatch));
+      auto* readStructBatch = dynamic_cast<StructVectorBatch*>(readBatch.get());
+      auto* readTsBatch = dynamic_cast<TimestampVectorBatch*>(readStructBatch->fields[0]);
+      EXPECT_EQ(123000000, readTsBatch->nanoseconds[0]);
+      return readTsBatch->data[0];
+    };
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(8 * 60 * 60, readTimestamp(/*useWriterTimezone=*/false));
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, readTimestamp(/*useWriterTimezone=*/true));
+  }
+
   // Test that the ORC-306 compensation (-1s for pre-1970 timestamps with
   // nanos > 999999) is applied BEFORE timezone conversion in the Reader.
   //