diff --git a/codec.go b/codec.go
index 192bcf6..a141548 100644
--- a/codec.go
+++ b/codec.go
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ type CodecOption struct {
 	// When true, the string literal "null" in textual Avro data will be coerced to Go's nil.
 	// Primarily used to handle edge cases where some Avro implementations allow string representations of null.
 	EnableStringNull bool
+
+	// SkipAdditionalFields controls handling of additional fields during decoding.
+	// When true, any additional input fields not defined in the schema will be skipped during decoding.
+	// When false (default), any additional input fields not defined in the schema will result in an error.
+	SkipAdditionalFields bool
 }
 
 // Codec supports decoding binary and text Avro data to Go native data types,
diff --git a/map.go b/map.go
index 8bb885d..6f90f7f 100644
--- a/map.go
+++ b/map.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func makeMapCodec(st map[string]*Codec, namespace string, schemaMap map[string]i
 			return longBinaryFromNative(buf, 0) // append tailing 0 block count to signal end of Map
 		},
 		nativeFromTextual: func(buf []byte) (interface{}, []byte, error) {
-			return genericMapTextDecoder(buf, valueCodec, nil) // codecFromKey == nil
+			return genericMapTextDecoder(buf, valueCodec, nil, cb.option.SkipAdditionalFields) // codecFromKey == nil
 		},
 		textualFromNative: func(buf []byte, datum interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 			return genericMapTextEncoder(buf, datum, valueCodec, nil)
@@ -155,7 +155,12 @@ func makeMapCodec(st map[string]*Codec, namespace string, schemaMap map[string]i
 // error if it encounters a map key that is not present in codecFromKey. If
 // codecFromKey is nil, every map value will be decoded using defaultCodec, if
 // possible.
-func genericMapTextDecoder(buf []byte, defaultCodec *Codec, codecFromKey map[string]*Codec) (map[string]interface{}, []byte, error) {
+func genericMapTextDecoder(
+	buf []byte,
+	defaultCodec *Codec,
+	codecFromKey map[string]*Codec,
+	skipAdditionalFields bool,
+) (map[string]interface{}, []byte, error) {
 	var value interface{}
 	var err error
 	var b byte
@@ -191,7 +196,7 @@ func genericMapTextDecoder(buf []byte, defaultCodec *Codec, codecFromKey map[str
 		if fieldCodec == nil {
 			fieldCodec = defaultCodec
 		}
-		if fieldCodec == nil {
+		if fieldCodec == nil && !skipAdditionalFields {
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot decode textual map: cannot determine codec: %q", key)
 		}
 		// decode colon
@@ -202,12 +207,19 @@ func genericMapTextDecoder(buf []byte, defaultCodec *Codec, codecFromKey map[str
 		if buf, _ = advanceToNonWhitespace(buf); len(buf) == 0 {
 			return nil, nil, io.ErrShortBuffer
 		}
-		value, buf, err = fieldCodec.nativeFromTextual(buf)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s for key: %q", err, key)
+		if fieldCodec != nil {
+			value, buf, err = fieldCodec.nativeFromTextual(buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s for key: %q", err, key)
+			}
+			// set map value for key
+			mapValues[key] = value
+		} else {
+			// skipAdditionalFields is true and we have no codec
+			if buf, _ = advanceToNextValue(buf); len(buf) == 0 {
+				return nil, nil, io.ErrShortBuffer
+			}
 		}
-		// set map value for key
-		mapValues[key] = value
 		// either comma or closing curly brace
 		if buf, _ = advanceToNonWhitespace(buf); len(buf) == 0 {
 			return nil, nil, io.ErrShortBuffer
diff --git a/map_test.go b/map_test.go
index d1b02d2..84ee309 100644
--- a/map_test.go
+++ b/map_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ package goavro
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -149,6 +150,67 @@ func TestMapTextualReceiveSliceInt(t *testing.T) {
 	testTextEncodeFail(t, `{"type":"map","values":"int"}`, map[int]int{42: 13}, "cannot create map[string]interface{}")
 }
 
+// TestMapSkipAdditionalFields tests that when a map is used within a record,
+// additional fields at the record level can be skipped when SkipAdditionalFields is enabled.
+func TestMapSkipAdditionalFields(t *testing.T) {
+	// Note: For a plain map type, all string keys are valid, so we test
+	// the skip functionality in the context of a record containing a map
+	schema := `{
+		"type": "record",
+		"name": "RecordWithMap",
+		"fields": [
+			{
+				"name": "validMap",
+				"type": {"type": "map", "values": "int"}
+			}
+		]
+	}`
+
+	testSkipAdditionalFieldsFail(t, schema, false, []byte(`{"validMap": {}, "additionalField": 1}`))
+	testSkipAdditionalFieldsPass(t, schema, true, []byte(`{"validMap": {"k1": 1}, "additionalField": 1}`), map[string]interface{}{"validMap": map[string]interface{}{"k1": int32(1)}})
+	testSkipAdditionalFieldsPass(t, schema, true, []byte(`{"validMap": {"k1": 1}, "additionalField": 1, "additionalField2": 2}`), map[string]interface{}{"validMap": map[string]interface{}{"k1": int32(1)}})
+	testSkipAdditionalFieldsPass(t, schema, true, []byte(`{"validMap": {"k1": 1}, "additionalField": true}`), map[string]interface{}{"validMap": map[string]interface{}{"k1": int32(1)}})
+	testSkipAdditionalFieldsPass(t, schema, true, []byte(`{"validMap": {"k1": 1}, "additionalField": "1"}`), map[string]interface{}{"validMap": map[string]interface{}{"k1": int32(1)}})
+	testSkipAdditionalFieldsPass(t, schema, true, []byte(`{"validMap": {"k1": 1}, "additionalField": {"nested": 1"}}`), map[string]interface{}{"validMap": map[string]interface{}{"k1": int32(1)}})
+	testSkipAdditionalFieldsPass(t, schema, true, []byte(`{"validMap": {"k1": 1}, "additionalField": [1, 2, 3]}`), map[string]interface{}{"validMap": map[string]interface{}{"k1": int32(1)}})
+}
+
+func testSkipAdditionalFieldsFail(t *testing.T, schema string, skipAdditionalFields bool, input []byte) {
+	t.Helper()
+	option := &CodecOption{
+		SkipAdditionalFields: skipAdditionalFields,
+	}
+	codec, err := NewCodecWithOptions(schema, option)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	_, _, err = codec.NativeFromTextual(input)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected error when decoding record with additional field, but got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func testSkipAdditionalFieldsPass(t *testing.T, schema string, skipAdditionalFields bool, input []byte, expected interface{}) {
+	t.Helper()
+	option := &CodecOption{
+		SkipAdditionalFields: skipAdditionalFields,
+	}
+	codec, err := NewCodecWithOptions(schema, option)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	datum, remaining, err := codec.NativeFromTextual(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(remaining) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected no remaining bytes, got %d", len(remaining))
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(datum, expected) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v", expected, datum)
+	}
+}
+
 func ExampleMap() {
 	codec, err := NewCodec(`{
             "name": "r1",
diff --git a/record.go b/record.go
index 305dad6..763d58a 100644
--- a/record.go
+++ b/record.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func makeRecordCodec(st map[string]*Codec, enclosingNamespace string, schemaMap
 		// NOTE: Setting `defaultCodec == nil` instructs genericMapTextDecoder
 		// to return an error when a field name is not found in the
 		// codecFromFieldName map.
-		mapValues, buf, err = genericMapTextDecoder(buf, nil, codecFromFieldName)
+		mapValues, buf, err = genericMapTextDecoder(buf, nil, codecFromFieldName, cb.option.SkipAdditionalFields)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot decode textual record %q: %s", c.typeName, err)
 		}
diff --git a/text.go b/text.go
index 10e5308..00225ed 100644
--- a/text.go
+++ b/text.go
@@ -39,3 +39,34 @@ func advanceToNonWhitespace(buf []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	return nil, io.ErrShortBuffer
 }
+
+var (
+	valueBoundaries = map[byte]byte{
+		'"': '"',
+		'{': '}',
+		'[': ']',
+	}
+)
+
+func advanceToNextValue(buf []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	for openingRune, closingRune := range valueBoundaries {
+		if buf[0] == openingRune {
+			for i := 1; i < len(buf); i++ {
+				if buf[i] == closingRune {
+					return buf[i+1:], nil
+				}
+			}
+			return nil, io.ErrShortBuffer
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If we get here, then we are not in a string, map, or array. most likely a number or boolean
+	// We can just scan ahead to the next comma, closing brace, or closing bracket
+	for i := 1; i < len(buf); i++ {
+		if buf[i] == ',' || buf[i] == '}' || buf[i] == ']' {
+			return buf[i:], nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected: token; actual: %q", buf[0])
+}
diff --git a/union.go b/union.go
index ac5a18f..9558271 100644
--- a/union.go
+++ b/union.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type codecInfo struct {
 	codecFromIndex []*Codec
 	codecFromName  map[string]*Codec
 	indexFromName  map[string]int
+	option         *CodecOption
 }
 
 // Union wraps a datum value in a map for encoding as a Union, as required by
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ func makeCodecInfo(st map[string]*Codec, enclosingNamespace string, schemaArray
 		codecFromIndex: codecFromIndex,
 		codecFromName:  codecFromName,
 		indexFromName:  indexFromName,
+		option:         cb.option,
 	}, nil
 
 }
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ func unionNativeFromTextual(cr *codecInfo) func(buf []byte) (interface{}, []byte
 
 		var datum interface{}
 		var err error
-		datum, buf, err = genericMapTextDecoder(buf, nil, cr.codecFromName)
+		datum, buf, err = genericMapTextDecoder(buf, nil, cr.codecFromName, cr.option.SkipAdditionalFields)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot decode textual union: %s", err)
 		}