diff --git a/lang/java/java17-test/pom.xml b/lang/java/java17-test/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d494dd16faa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/java/java17-test/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+       https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+-->
+<project
+        xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+        xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+      <artifactId>avro-parent</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+      <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <relativePath>../</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>java17-test</artifactId>
+  <name>Avro Java 17 Tests</name>
+  <description>Unit tests that require java 17 language support.</description>
+  <url>https://avro.apache.org/</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+    <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lang/java/java17-test/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/reflect/TestJavaRecords.java b/lang/java/java17-test/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/reflect/TestJavaRecords.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b10dba8d1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/java/java17-test/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/reflect/TestJavaRecords.java
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.avro.reflect;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.apache.avro.AvroTypeException;
+import org.apache.avro.Schema;
+import org.apache.avro.io.Decoder;
+import org.apache.avro.io.DecoderFactory;
+import org.apache.avro.io.Encoder;
+import org.apache.avro.io.EncoderFactory;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class TestJavaRecords {
+
+  EncoderFactory factory = new EncoderFactory();
+
+  @Test
+  void testRecordWithEncoder() throws IOException {
+
+    var wrapper = new Wrapper(new R1("test"));
+
+    var read = readWrite(wrapper);
+
+    assertEquals("test", wrapper.getR1().value());
+    assertEquals("test used this", read.getR1().value());
+  }
+
+  public static class Wrapper {
+
+    @AvroEncode(using = R1Encoding.class)
+    private R1 r1;
+
+    public Wrapper() {
+    }
+
+    public Wrapper(R1 r1) {
+      this.r1 = r1;
+    }
+
+    public R1 getR1() {
+      return r1;
+    }
+
+    public void setR1(R1 r1) {
+      this.r1 = r1;
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  public static record R1(String value) {
+  }
+
+  public static class R1Encoding extends CustomEncoding<R1> {
+
+    {
+
+      schema = Schema.createRecord("R1", null, null, false,
+          Arrays.asList(new Schema.Field("value", Schema.create(Schema.Type.STRING), null, null)));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void write(Object datum, Encoder out) throws IOException {
+      if (datum instanceof R1 r1) {
+        out.writeString(r1.value());
+
+      } else {
+        throw new AvroTypeException("Expected R1, got " + datum.getClass());
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected R1 read(Object reuse, Decoder in) throws IOException {
+      return new R1(in.readString() + " used this");
+    }
+  }
+
+  <T> T readWrite(T object) throws IOException {
+    var schema = ReflectData.get().getSchema(object.getClass());
+    ReflectDatumWriter<T> writer = new ReflectDatumWriter<>(schema);
+    ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    writer.write(object, factory.directBinaryEncoder(out, null));
+    ReflectDatumReader<T> reader = new ReflectDatumReader<>(schema);
+    return reader.read(null, DecoderFactory.get().binaryDecoder(out.toByteArray(), null));
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/lang/java/pom.xml b/lang/java/pom.xml
index 46f659ea9b1..c0274a3c44d 100644
--- a/lang/java/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/pom.xml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
     <module>integration-test</module>
     <module>perf</module>
     <module>interop-data-test</module>
+    <module>java17-test</module>
   </modules>
 
   <build>