diff --git a/integration-tests/batch_quickstart_test.go b/integration-tests/batch_quickstart_test.go
index c0f0d08..1803541 100644
--- a/integration-tests/batch_quickstart_test.go
+++ b/integration-tests/batch_quickstart_test.go
@@ -93,6 +93,32 @@ func getPinotClientFromBrokerAndCustomHTTPClient() *pinot.Connection {
 	return pinotClient
 }
 
+func getPinotClientFromConfig() *pinot.Connection {
+	pinotClient, err := pinot.NewWithConfig(&pinot.ClientConfig{
+		BrokerList:          []string{"localhost:" + brokerPort},
+		HTTPTimeout:         1500 * time.Millisecond,
+		ExtraHTTPHeader:     map[string]string{},
+		UseMultistageEngine: true,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
+	return pinotClient
+}
+
+func getPinotClientFromConfigAndCustomHTTPClient() *pinot.Connection {
+	pinotClient, err := pinot.NewWithConfigAndClient(&pinot.ClientConfig{
+		BrokerList:          []string{"localhost:" + brokerPort},
+		HTTPTimeout:         1500 * time.Millisecond,
+		ExtraHTTPHeader:     map[string]string{},
+		UseMultistageEngine: true,
+	}, getCustomHTTPClient())
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
+	return pinotClient
+}
+
 // TestSendingQueriesToPinot tests sending queries to Pinot using different Pinot clients.
 // This test requires a Pinot cluster running locally with binary not docker.
 // You can change the ports by setting the environment variables ZOOKEEPER_PORT, CONTROLLER_PORT, and BROKER_PORT.
@@ -101,9 +127,11 @@ func TestSendingQueriesToPinot(t *testing.T) {
 		getPinotClientFromZookeeper(),
 		getPinotClientFromController(),
 		getPinotClientFromBroker(),
+		getPinotClientFromConfig(),
 		getPinotClientFromZookeeperAndCustomHTTPClient(),
 		getPinotClientFromControllerAndCustomHTTPClient(),
 		getPinotClientFromBrokerAndCustomHTTPClient(),
+		getPinotClientFromConfigAndCustomHTTPClient(),
 	}
 
 	table := "baseballStats"
diff --git a/pinot/config.go b/pinot/config.go
index 765cd40..fcf00b2 100644
--- a/pinot/config.go
+++ b/pinot/config.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ type ClientConfig struct {
 	BrokerList []string
 	// HTTP request timeout in your broker query for API requests
 	HTTPTimeout time.Duration
+	// UseMultistageEngine is a flag to enable multistage query execution engine
+	UseMultistageEngine bool
 }
 
 // ZookeeperConfig describes how to config Pinot Zookeeper connection
diff --git a/pinot/connection.go b/pinot/connection.go
index 5fae778..0b2d39b 100644
--- a/pinot/connection.go
+++ b/pinot/connection.go
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import (
 
 // Connection to Pinot, normally created through calls to the {@link ConnectionFactory}.
 type Connection struct {
-	transport      clientTransport
-	brokerSelector brokerSelector
-	trace          bool
+	transport           clientTransport
+	brokerSelector      brokerSelector
+	trace               bool
+	useMultistageEngine bool
 }
 
 // ExecuteSQL for a given table
@@ -19,9 +20,10 @@ func (c *Connection) ExecuteSQL(table string, query string) (*BrokerResponse, er
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	brokerResp, err := c.transport.execute(brokerAddress, &Request{
-		queryFormat: "sql",
-		query:       query,
-		trace:       c.trace,
+		queryFormat:         "sql",
+		query:               query,
+		trace:               c.trace,
+		useMultistageEngine: c.useMultistageEngine,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("Caught exception to execute SQL query %s, Error: %v\n", query, err)
diff --git a/pinot/connectionFactory.go b/pinot/connectionFactory.go
index efa8e0d..68ab802 100644
--- a/pinot/connectionFactory.go
+++ b/pinot/connectionFactory.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ func NewWithConfigAndClient(config *ClientConfig, httpClient *http.Client) (*Con
 			brokerSelector: &dynamicBrokerSelector{
 				zkConfig: config.ZkConfig,
 			},
+			useMultistageEngine: config.UseMultistageEngine,
 		}
 	}
 	if config.BrokerList != nil && len(config.BrokerList) > 0 {
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ func NewWithConfigAndClient(config *ClientConfig, httpClient *http.Client) (*Con
 			brokerSelector: &simpleBrokerSelector{
 				brokerList: config.BrokerList,
 			},
+			useMultistageEngine: config.UseMultistageEngine,
 		}
 	}
 	if config.ControllerConfig != nil {
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ func NewWithConfigAndClient(config *ClientConfig, httpClient *http.Client) (*Con
 				config: config.ControllerConfig,
 				client: http.DefaultClient,
 			},
+			useMultistageEngine: config.UseMultistageEngine,
 		}
 	}
 	if conn != nil {
diff --git a/pinot/connectionFactory_test.go b/pinot/connectionFactory_test.go
index 2e62818..7d94cbb 100644
--- a/pinot/connectionFactory_test.go
+++ b/pinot/connectionFactory_test.go
@@ -39,9 +39,26 @@ func TestPinotClients(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = NewWithConfig(&ClientConfig{})
 	assert.NotNil(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), "please specify"))
+	pinotClient4, err := NewWithConfig(&ClientConfig{
+		ZkConfig: &ZookeeperConfig{
+			ZookeeperPath:     []string{"localhost:2181"},
+			PathPrefix:        strings.Join([]string{"/", "QuickStartCluster"}, "/"),
+			SessionTimeoutSec: defaultZkSessionTimeoutSec,
+		},
+		ExtraHTTPHeader: map[string]string{
+			"k1": "v1",
+		},
+		UseMultistageEngine: true,
+	})
+	assert.NotNil(t, pinotClient4)
+	assert.NotNil(t, pinotClient4.brokerSelector)
+	assert.NotNil(t, pinotClient4.transport)
+	assert.True(t, pinotClient4.useMultistageEngine)
+	// Since there is no zk setup, so an error will be raised
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
 }
 
-func TestPinotWithHttpTImeout(t *testing.T) {
+func TestPinotWithHttpTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	pinotClient, err := NewWithConfig(&ClientConfig{
 		// Hit an unreachable port
 		BrokerList: []string{"www.google.com:81"},
diff --git a/pinot/jsonAsyncHTTPClientTransport.go b/pinot/jsonAsyncHTTPClientTransport.go
index 29ebef2..7a0049e 100644
--- a/pinot/jsonAsyncHTTPClientTransport.go
+++ b/pinot/jsonAsyncHTTPClientTransport.go
@@ -27,8 +27,18 @@ func (t jsonAsyncHTTPClientTransport) execute(brokerAddress string, query *Reque
 	url := fmt.Sprintf(getQueryTemplate(query.queryFormat, brokerAddress), brokerAddress)
 	requestJSON := map[string]string{}
 	requestJSON[query.queryFormat] = query.query
+	queryOptions := ""
 	if query.queryFormat == "sql" {
-		requestJSON["queryOptions"] = "groupByMode=sql;responseFormat=sql"
+		queryOptions = "groupByMode=sql;responseFormat=sql"
+	}
+	if query.useMultistageEngine {
+		if queryOptions != "" {
+			queryOptions += ";"
+		}
+		queryOptions += "useMultistageEngine=true"
+	}
+	if queryOptions != "" {
+		requestJSON["queryOptions"] = queryOptions
 	}
 	if query.trace {
 		requestJSON["trace"] = "true"
diff --git a/pinot/request.go b/pinot/request.go
index 702a040..1471926 100644
--- a/pinot/request.go
+++ b/pinot/request.go
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ package pinot
 
 // Request is used in server request to host multiple pinot query types, like PQL, SQL.
 type Request struct {
-	queryFormat string
-	query       string
-	trace       bool
+	queryFormat         string
+	query               string
+	trace               bool
+	useMultistageEngine bool
 }