diff --git a/ocf/ocf.go b/ocf/ocf.go
index 9bf5c8c3..75216656 100644
--- a/ocf/ocf.go
+++ b/ocf/ocf.go
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ type encoderConfig struct {
 	CodecCompression int
 	Metadata         map[string][]byte
 	Sync             [16]byte
+	EncodingConfig   avro.API
 }
 
 // EncoderFunc represents an configuration function for Encoder.
@@ -186,6 +187,13 @@ func WithSyncBlock(sync [16]byte) EncoderFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithEncodingConfig sets the value encoder config on the OCF encoder.
+func WithEncodingConfig(wCfg avro.API) EncoderFunc {
+	return func(cfg *encoderConfig) {
+		cfg.EncodingConfig = wCfg
+	}
+}
+
 // Encoder writes Avro container file to an output stream.
 type Encoder struct {
 	writer  *avro.Writer
@@ -209,6 +217,7 @@ func NewEncoder(s string, w io.Writer, opts ...EncoderFunc) (*Encoder, error) {
 		CodecName:        Null,
 		CodecCompression: -1,
 		Metadata:         map[string][]byte{},
+		EncodingConfig:   avro.DefaultConfig,
 	}
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(&cfg)
@@ -233,12 +242,12 @@ func NewEncoder(s string, w io.Writer, opts ...EncoderFunc) (*Encoder, error) {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 
-			writer := avro.NewWriter(w, 512)
+			writer := avro.NewWriter(w, 512, avro.WithWriterConfig(cfg.EncodingConfig))
 			buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 			e := &Encoder{
 				writer:      writer,
 				buf:         buf,
-				encoder:     avro.NewEncoderForSchema(h.Schema, buf),
+				encoder:     cfg.EncodingConfig.NewEncoder(h.Schema, buf),
 				sync:        h.Sync,
 				codec:       h.Codec,
 				blockLength: cfg.BlockLength,
@@ -268,7 +277,7 @@ func NewEncoder(s string, w io.Writer, opts ...EncoderFunc) (*Encoder, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	writer := avro.NewWriter(w, 512)
+	writer := avro.NewWriter(w, 512, avro.WithWriterConfig(cfg.EncodingConfig))
 	writer.WriteVal(HeaderSchema, header)
 	if err = writer.Flush(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -278,7 +287,7 @@ func NewEncoder(s string, w io.Writer, opts ...EncoderFunc) (*Encoder, error) {
 	e := &Encoder{
 		writer:      writer,
 		buf:         buf,
-		encoder:     avro.NewEncoderForSchema(schema, buf),
+		encoder:     cfg.EncodingConfig.NewEncoder(schema, buf),
 		sync:        header.Sync,
 		codec:       codec,
 		blockLength: cfg.BlockLength,
diff --git a/ocf/ocf_test.go b/ocf/ocf_test.go
index cd6f97b9..3b02a082 100644
--- a/ocf/ocf_test.go
+++ b/ocf/ocf_test.go
@@ -409,6 +409,80 @@ func TestEncoder(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
+func TestEncoder_WithEncodingConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	arrSchema := `{"type": "array", "items": "long"}`
+	syncMarker := [16]byte{0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x2F, 0x2F, 0x2F, 0x2F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x4F, 0x4F, 0x4F, 0x4F}
+
+	skipOcfHeader := func(encoded []byte) []byte {
+		index := bytes.Index(encoded, syncMarker[:])
+		require.False(t, index == -1)
+		return encoded[index+len(syncMarker):] // +1 for the null byte
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		data        any
+		encConfig   avro.API
+		wantPayload []byte // without OCF header
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "no encoding config",
+			data: []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5},
+			wantPayload: []byte{
+				0x2, 0x10, // OCF block header: 1 elems, 8 bytes
+				0x9, 0xA, // array block header: 5 elems, 5 bytes
+				0x2, 0x4, 0x6, 0x8, 0xA, 0x0, // array block payload with terminator
+				0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x2F, 0x2F, 0x2F, 0x2F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x4F, 0x4F, 0x4F, 0x4F, // OCF trailing sync marker
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "no array bytes size",
+			encConfig: avro.Config{DisableBlockSizeHeader: true}.Freeze(),
+			data:      []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5},
+			wantPayload: []byte{
+				0x2, 0x0E, // OCF block header: 1 elem, 7 bytes
+				0xA,                          // array block header: 5 elems
+				0x2, 0x4, 0x6, 0x8, 0xA, 0x0, // array block payload with terminator
+				0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x2F, 0x2F, 0x2F, 0x2F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x4F, 0x4F, 0x4F, 0x4F, // OCF trailing sync marker
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "non-default array block length",
+			encConfig: avro.Config{BlockLength: 5}.Freeze(),
+			data:      []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9},
+			wantPayload: []byte{
+				0x2, 0x1c, // OCF block header: 1 elems, 15 bytes
+				0x9, 0xA, // array block 1 header: 5 elems, 5 bytes
+				0x2, 0x4, 0x6, 0x8, 0xA, // array block 1
+				0x7, 0x8, // array block 2 header: 4 elems, 4 bytes
+				0xC, 0xE, 0x10, 0x12, 0x0, // array block 2 with terminator
+				0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x2F, 0x2F, 0x2F, 0x2F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x4F, 0x4F, 0x4F, 0x4F, // OCF sync marker
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+			opts := []ocf.EncoderFunc{ocf.WithSyncBlock(syncMarker)}
+			if tt.encConfig != nil {
+				opts = append(opts, ocf.WithEncodingConfig(tt.encConfig))
+			}
+			enc, err := ocf.NewEncoder(arrSchema, buf, opts...)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			err = enc.Encode(tt.data)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			err = enc.Close()
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantPayload, skipOcfHeader(buf.Bytes()))
+		})
+	}
+
+}
+
 func TestEncoder_ExistingOCF(t *testing.T) {
 	record := FullRecord{
 		Strings: []string{"another", "record"},