diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetTypes.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetTypes.scala
index 58370b955a5ec..c17cf3890d86e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetTypes.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetTypes.scala
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ private[parquet] object ParquetTypesConverter extends Logging {
   def isPrimitiveType(ctype: DataType): Boolean =
     classOf[PrimitiveType] isAssignableFrom ctype.getClass
 
+  private var allowBinaryType: Boolean = true
+
   def toPrimitiveDataType(parquetType: ParquetPrimitiveType): DataType =
     parquetType.getPrimitiveTypeName match {
       case ParquetPrimitiveTypeName.BINARY
-        if parquetType.getOriginalType == ParquetOriginalType.UTF8 => StringType
+        if (parquetType.getOriginalType == ParquetOriginalType.UTF8 || !allowBinaryType) => StringType
       case ParquetPrimitiveTypeName.BINARY => BinaryType
       case ParquetPrimitiveTypeName.BOOLEAN => BooleanType
       case ParquetPrimitiveTypeName.DOUBLE => DoubleType
@@ -369,9 +371,12 @@ private[parquet] object ParquetTypesConverter extends Logging {
     }
     ParquetRelation.enableLogForwarding()
 
-    val children = fs.listStatus(path).filterNot {
-      _.getPath.getName == FileOutputCommitter.SUCCEEDED_FILE_NAME
-    }
+    allowBinaryType = conf.getBoolean("parquet.binarytype", true)
+
+    val children = fs.listStatus(path).filterNot(
+      status => (status.getPath.getName.charAt(0) == '.' ||
+                 status.getPath.getName == FileOutputCommitter.SUCCEEDED_FILE_NAME)
+    )
 
     // NOTE (lian): Parquet "_metadata" file can be very slow if the file consists of lots of row
     // groups. Since Parquet schema is replicated among all row groups, we only need to touch a
@@ -406,8 +411,12 @@ private[parquet] object ParquetTypesConverter extends Logging {
     if (keyValueMetadata.get(RowReadSupport.SPARK_METADATA_KEY) != null) {
       convertFromString(keyValueMetadata.get(RowReadSupport.SPARK_METADATA_KEY))
     } else {
-      val attributes = convertToAttributes(
-        readMetaData(origPath, conf).getFileMetaData.getSchema)
+      val fileMetaData = readMetaData(origPath, conf).getFileMetaData
+      if (fileMetaData.getCreatedBy.contains("impala")) {
+        allowBinaryType = false
+        log.info(s"Impala parquet file founded, BinaryType disabled")
+      }
+      val attributes = convertToAttributes(fileMetaData.getSchema)
       log.info(s"Falling back to schema conversion from Parquet types; result: $attributes")
       attributes
     }