diff --git a/sdks/java/io/csv/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/csv/CsvIOParseConfiguration.java b/sdks/java/io/csv/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/csv/CsvIOParseConfiguration.java
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+/*
+ * 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
+ *
+ *     http://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.beam.sdk.io.csv;
+
+import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.Schema;
+import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.SerializableFunction;
+import org.apache.commons.csv.CSVFormat;
+
+/** Stores parameters needed for CSV record parsing. */
+@AutoValue
+abstract class CsvIOParseConfiguration {
+
+  static Builder builder() {
+    return new AutoValue_CsvIOParseConfiguration.Builder();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The expected <a
+   * href="https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-csv/1.8/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVFormat.html">CSVFormat</a>
+   * of the parsed CSV record.
+   */
+  abstract CSVFormat getCsvFormat();
+
+  /** The expected {@link Schema} of the target type. */
+  abstract Schema getSchema();
+
+  /** A map of the {@link Schema.Field#getName()} to the custom CSV processing lambda. */
+  abstract Map<String, SerializableFunction<String, Object>> getCustomProcessingMap();
+
+  @AutoValue.Builder
+  abstract static class Builder {
+    abstract Builder setCsvFormat(CSVFormat csvFormat);
+
+    abstract Builder setSchema(Schema schema);
+
+    abstract Builder setCustomProcessingMap(
+        Map<String, SerializableFunction<String, Object>> customProcessingMap);
+
+    abstract Optional<Map<String, SerializableFunction<String, Object>>> getCustomProcessingMap();
+
+    abstract CsvIOParseConfiguration autoBuild();
+
+    final CsvIOParseConfiguration build() {
+      if (!getCustomProcessingMap().isPresent()) {
+        setCustomProcessingMap(new HashMap<>());
+      }
+      return autoBuild();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/csv/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/csv/CsvIOParseConfigurationTest.java b/sdks/java/io/csv/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/csv/CsvIOParseConfigurationTest.java
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+/*
+ * 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
+ *
+ *     http://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.beam.sdk.io.csv;
+
+import org.apache.beam.sdk.util.SerializableUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class CsvIOParseConfigurationTest {
+  @Test
+  public void isSerializable() {
+    SerializableUtils.ensureSerializable(CsvIOParseConfiguration.class);
+    SerializableUtils.ensureSerializable(CsvIOParseConfiguration.Builder.class);
+  }
+}