diff --git a/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/PageReader.cpp b/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/PageReader.cpp
index 004b0f6b801c..cf46fdb58184 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/PageReader.cpp
+++ b/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/PageReader.cpp
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ void PageReader::makeDecoder() {
               pageData_, pageData_ + encodedDataSize_);
           break;
         case thrift::Type::FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY:
-          if (type_->type()->isVarbinary()) {
+          if (type_->type()->isVarbinary() || type_->type()->isVarchar()) {
             stringDecoder_ = std::make_unique<StringDecoder>(
                 pageData_, pageData_ + encodedDataSize_, type_->typeLength_);
           } else {
diff --git a/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/examples/uuid.parquet b/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/examples/uuid.parquet
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91ca9d2061fd
Binary files /dev/null and b/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/examples/uuid.parquet differ
diff --git a/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/reader/ParquetReaderTest.cpp b/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/reader/ParquetReaderTest.cpp
index 1a4ef241bd3c..743f14682627 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/reader/ParquetReaderTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/reader/ParquetReaderTest.cpp
@@ -1180,6 +1180,34 @@ TEST_F(ParquetReaderTest, readBinaryAsStringFromNation) {
           0));
 }
 
+TEST_F(ParquetReaderTest, readFixedLenBinaryAsStringFromUuid) {
+  const std::string filename("uuid.parquet");
+  const std::string sample(getExampleFilePath(filename));
+
+  dwio::common::ReaderOptions readerOptions{leafPool_.get()};
+  auto outputRowType = ROW({"uuid_field"}, {VARCHAR()});
+
+  readerOptions.setFileSchema(outputRowType);
+  auto reader = createReader(sample, readerOptions);
+  EXPECT_EQ(reader->numberOfRows(), 3ULL);
+  auto rowType = reader->typeWithId();
+  EXPECT_EQ(rowType->type()->kind(), TypeKind::ROW);
+  EXPECT_EQ(rowType->size(), 1ULL);
+  EXPECT_EQ(rowType->childAt(0)->type()->kind(), TypeKind::VARCHAR);
+
+  auto rowReaderOpts = getReaderOpts(outputRowType);
+  rowReaderOpts.setScanSpec(makeScanSpec(outputRowType));
+  auto rowReader = reader->createRowReader(rowReaderOpts);
+
+  auto expected = std::string("5468454a-363f-ccc8-7d0b-76072a75dfaa");
+  VectorPtr result = BaseVector::create(outputRowType, 0, &(*leafPool_));
+  rowReader->next(1, result);
+  EXPECT_EQ(
+      expected,
+      result->as<RowVector>()->childAt(0)->asFlatVector<StringView>()->valueAt(
+          0));
+}
+
 TEST_F(ParquetReaderTest, testV2PageWithZeroMaxDefRep) {
   // enum_type.parquet contains 1 column (ENUM) with 3 rows.
   const std::string sample(getExampleFilePath("v2_page.parquet"));