diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
index ea187c0316c17..5ececc7e3c97e 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
@@ -3902,6 +3902,15 @@ object SQLConf {
       .booleanConf
       .createWithDefault(false)
 
+  val RESPECT_USER_SCHEMA_NULLABILITY_FOR_FILE_DATA_SOURCES =
+    buildConf("spark.sql.respectUserSchemaNullabilityForFileDataSourceWithFilePath")
+      .doc("When true, the nullability in the user-specified schema for " +
+        "`DataFrameReader.schema(schema).json(path)` and .csv(path) and .xml(path) is respected" +
+        "Otherwise, they are turned to a nullable schema forcibly.")
+      .version("4.0.0")
+      .booleanConf
+      .createWithDefault(false)
+
   val REPL_EAGER_EVAL_ENABLED = buildConf("spark.sql.repl.eagerEval.enabled")
     .doc("Enables eager evaluation or not. When true, the top K rows of Dataset will be " +
       "displayed if and only if the REPL supports the eager evaluation. Currently, the " +
@@ -6022,6 +6031,9 @@ class SQLConf extends Serializable with Logging with SqlApiConf {
     getConf(SQLConf.LEGACY_NULL_IN_EMPTY_LIST_BEHAVIOR).getOrElse(!ansiEnabled)
   }
 
+  def respectUserSchemaNullabilityForFileDataSources: Boolean =
+    getConf(SQLConf.RESPECT_USER_SCHEMA_NULLABILITY_FOR_FILE_DATA_SOURCES)
+
   def isReplEagerEvalEnabled: Boolean = getConf(SQLConf.REPL_EAGER_EVAL_ENABLED)
 
   def replEagerEvalMaxNumRows: Int = getConf(SQLConf.REPL_EAGER_EVAL_MAX_NUM_ROWS)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/FileTable.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/FileTable.scala
index 4eee731e0b2d6..c9fb0db2664d2 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/FileTable.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/FileTable.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.expressions.Transform
 import org.apache.spark.sql.errors.QueryCompilationErrors
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.streaming.{FileStreamSink, MetadataLogFileIndex}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{DataType, StructType}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.util.CaseInsensitiveStringMap
 import org.apache.spark.sql.util.SchemaUtils
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ abstract class FileTable(
     }
     fileIndex match {
       case _: MetadataLogFileIndex => schema
+      case _ if SQLConf.get.respectUserSchemaNullabilityForFileDataSources => schema
       case _ => schema.asNullable
     }
   }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonSuite.scala
index aea95f0af117a..f4f4d7c22e7f8 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonSuite.scala
@@ -3354,6 +3354,66 @@ abstract class JsonSuite
     }
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-49893: Validate user schema nullability is respected when file is read") {
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.RESPECT_USER_SCHEMA_NULLABILITY_FOR_FILE_DATA_SOURCES.key -> "true") {
+      val schema = StructType(Seq(
+        StructField("f1", LongType, nullable = true),
+        StructField("f2", LongType, nullable = false)
+      ))
+
+      val invalidFiles = Seq(
+        """ {"f1": 1200} """, // Field is missing
+        """ {"f1": 1200, "f2": null} """, // Field is null
+      )
+
+      invalidFiles.foreach(invalidFileContent => {
+        withTempPath(file => {
+            Seq(invalidFileContent).toDF()
+              .repartition(1)
+              .write
+              .text(file.getAbsolutePath)
+
+          val df = spark.read
+            .schema(schema)
+            .json(file.getAbsolutePath)
+
+          val schemaStr = df.schema.treeString
+          assert(schemaStr.contains("f2: string (nullable = false)"))
+
+          assertThrows[SparkException] {
+            df.collect()
+          }
+        })
+      })
+
+      // Sequence of tuples, where first tuple element is file content,
+      // while second tuple element is expected value after parsing
+      val validFiles = Seq(
+        (""" {"f1": 1200, "f2": 1000} """, 1000), // Non default value for non-nullable field f2
+        (""" {"f1": 1200, "f2": 0} """, 0), // Default value for non-nullable filed f2
+      )
+
+      validFiles.foreach {
+        case (validFileContent, expectedFieldValue) =>
+          withTempPath(file => {
+            Seq(validFileContent).toDF()
+              .repartition(1)
+              .write
+              .text(file.getAbsolutePath)
+
+            val df = spark.read
+              .schema(schema)
+              .json(file.getAbsolutePath)
+
+            val schemaStr = df.schema.treeString
+            assert(schemaStr.contains("f2: string (nullable = false)"))
+
+            checkAnswer(df, Row(1200, expectedFieldValue))
+          })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   test("SPARK-36379: proceed parsing with root nulls in permissive mode") {
     val exception = intercept[SparkException] {
       spark.read.option("mode", "failfast")