diff --git a/docs/configurations/02_sql_configurations.md b/docs/configurations/02_sql_configurations.md
index 294d72c7..060b8310 100644
--- a/docs/configurations/02_sql_configurations.md
+++ b/docs/configurations/02_sql_configurations.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ license: |
 <!--begin-include-->
 |Key | Default | Description | Since
 |--- | ------- | ----------- | -----
+spark.clickhouse.fixedStringReadAs|binary|read ClickHouse FixedString type as the specified Spark data type. Supported formats: binary, string|0.8.1
 spark.clickhouse.ignoreUnsupportedTransform|false|ClickHouse supports using complex expressions as sharding keys or partition values, e.g. `cityHash64(col_1, col_2)`, and those can not be supported by Spark now. If `true`, ignore the unsupported expressions, otherwise fail fast w/ an exception. Note, when `spark.clickhouse.write.distributed.convertLocal` is enabled, ignore unsupported sharding keys may corrupt the data.|0.4.0
 spark.clickhouse.read.compression.codec|lz4|The codec used to decompress data for reading. Supported codecs: none, lz4.|0.5.0
 spark.clickhouse.read.distributed.convertLocal|true|When reading Distributed table, read local table instead of itself. If `true`, ignore `spark.clickhouse.read.distributed.useClusterNodes`.|0.1.0
diff --git a/spark-3.4/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/ClickHouseSQLConf.scala b/spark-3.4/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/ClickHouseSQLConf.scala
index c61218af..0d47f7de 100644
--- a/spark-3.4/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/ClickHouseSQLConf.scala
+++ b/spark-3.4/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/ClickHouseSQLConf.scala
@@ -201,4 +201,12 @@ object ClickHouseSQLConf {
       .version("0.8.0")
       .booleanConf
       .createWithDefault(false)
+
+  val FIXED_STRING_READ_AS: ConfigEntry[String] =
+    buildConf("spark.clickhouse.fixedStringReadAs")
+      .doc("read ClickHouse FixedString type as the specified Spark data type. Supported formats: binary, string")
+      .version("0.8.1")
+      .stringConf
+      .transform(_.toLowerCase)
+      .createWithDefault("binary")
 }
diff --git a/spark-3.4/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/SchemaUtils.scala b/spark-3.4/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/SchemaUtils.scala
index 54d88c75..d72f885f 100644
--- a/spark-3.4/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/SchemaUtils.scala
+++ b/spark-3.4/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/SchemaUtils.scala
@@ -18,15 +18,22 @@ import com.clickhouse.data.ClickHouseDataType._
 import com.clickhouse.data.{ClickHouseColumn, ClickHouseDataType}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import xenon.clickhouse.exception.CHClientException
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.SQLConfHelper
+import org.apache.spark.sql.clickhouse.ClickHouseSQLConf.FIXED_STRING_READ_AS
 
-object SchemaUtils {
+object SchemaUtils extends SQLConfHelper {
 
   def fromClickHouseType(chColumn: ClickHouseColumn): (DataType, Boolean) = {
     val catalystType = chColumn.getDataType match {
       case Nothing => NullType
       case Bool => BooleanType
       case String | JSON | UUID | Enum8 | Enum16 | IPv4 | IPv6 => StringType
-      case FixedString => BinaryType
+      case FixedString =>
+        conf.getConf(FIXED_STRING_READ_AS) match {
+          case "binary" => BinaryType
+          case "string" => StringType
+          case unsupported => throw CHClientException(s"Unsupported fixed string read format mapping: $unsupported")
+        }
       case Int8 => ByteType
       case UInt8 | Int16 => ShortType
       case UInt16 | Int32 => IntegerType
diff --git a/spark-3.5/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/ClickHouseSQLConf.scala b/spark-3.5/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/ClickHouseSQLConf.scala
index c61218af..0d47f7de 100644
--- a/spark-3.5/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/ClickHouseSQLConf.scala
+++ b/spark-3.5/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/ClickHouseSQLConf.scala
@@ -201,4 +201,12 @@ object ClickHouseSQLConf {
       .version("0.8.0")
       .booleanConf
       .createWithDefault(false)
+
+  val FIXED_STRING_READ_AS: ConfigEntry[String] =
+    buildConf("spark.clickhouse.fixedStringReadAs")
+      .doc("read ClickHouse FixedString type as the specified Spark data type. Supported formats: binary, string")
+      .version("0.8.1")
+      .stringConf
+      .transform(_.toLowerCase)
+      .createWithDefault("binary")
 }
diff --git a/spark-3.5/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/SchemaUtils.scala b/spark-3.5/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/SchemaUtils.scala
index 54d88c75..d72f885f 100644
--- a/spark-3.5/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/SchemaUtils.scala
+++ b/spark-3.5/clickhouse-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/clickhouse/SchemaUtils.scala
@@ -18,15 +18,22 @@ import com.clickhouse.data.ClickHouseDataType._
 import com.clickhouse.data.{ClickHouseColumn, ClickHouseDataType}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import xenon.clickhouse.exception.CHClientException
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.SQLConfHelper
+import org.apache.spark.sql.clickhouse.ClickHouseSQLConf.FIXED_STRING_READ_AS
 
-object SchemaUtils {
+object SchemaUtils extends SQLConfHelper {
 
   def fromClickHouseType(chColumn: ClickHouseColumn): (DataType, Boolean) = {
     val catalystType = chColumn.getDataType match {
       case Nothing => NullType
       case Bool => BooleanType
       case String | JSON | UUID | Enum8 | Enum16 | IPv4 | IPv6 => StringType
-      case FixedString => BinaryType
+      case FixedString =>
+        conf.getConf(FIXED_STRING_READ_AS) match {
+          case "binary" => BinaryType
+          case "string" => StringType
+          case unsupported => throw CHClientException(s"Unsupported fixed string read format mapping: $unsupported")
+        }
       case Int8 => ByteType
       case UInt8 | Int16 => ShortType
       case UInt16 | Int32 => IntegerType