diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/rest/RestUnifiedQueryAction.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/rest/RestUnifiedQueryAction.java
index 0531cbde51..7d39deb68d 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/rest/RestUnifiedQueryAction.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/rest/RestUnifiedQueryAction.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.opensearch.core.action.ActionListener;
+import org.opensearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.opensearch.sql.api.UnifiedQueryContext;
 import org.opensearch.sql.api.UnifiedQueryPlanner;
 import org.opensearch.sql.ast.AbstractNodeVisitor;
@@ -73,8 +74,10 @@ public RestUnifiedQueryAction(
   }
 
   /**
-   * Check if the query targets an analytics engine index (e.g., Parquet-backed). Uses the context's
-   * parser for index name extraction, supporting both PPL and SQL.
+   * Returns true iff the target index has {@link
+   * IndexSettings#PLUGGABLE_DATAFORMAT_ENABLED_SETTING} set and {@link
+   * IndexSettings#PLUGGABLE_DATAFORMAT_VALUE_SETTING} is {@code "parquet"}, routing it to
+   * DataFusion instead of the Calcite→DSL path.
    *
    * <p>Note: This creates a separate UnifiedQueryContext for parsing. The context cannot be shared
    * with doExecute/doExplain because UnifiedQueryContext holds a Calcite JDBC connection that fails
@@ -87,18 +90,29 @@ public boolean isAnalyticsIndex(String query, QueryType queryType) {
     }
     try (UnifiedQueryContext context = buildParsingContext(queryType)) {
       return extractIndexName(query, queryType, context)
-          .map(
-              indexName -> {
-                int lastDot = indexName.lastIndexOf('.');
-                return lastDot >= 0 ? indexName.substring(lastDot + 1) : indexName;
-              })
-          .map(tableName -> tableName.startsWith("parquet_"))
+          .map(this::stripSchemaPrefix)
+          .map(this::isPluggableDataformatIndex)
           .orElse(false);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       return false;
     }
   }
 
+  private String stripSchemaPrefix(String indexName) {
+    int lastDot = indexName.lastIndexOf('.');
+    return lastDot >= 0 ? indexName.substring(lastDot + 1) : indexName;
+  }
+
+  private boolean isPluggableDataformatIndex(String indexName) {
+    var indexMetadata = clusterService.state().metadata().index(indexName);
+    if (indexMetadata == null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    var settings = indexMetadata.getSettings();
+    return IndexSettings.PLUGGABLE_DATAFORMAT_ENABLED_SETTING.get(settings)
+        && "parquet".equals(IndexSettings.PLUGGABLE_DATAFORMAT_VALUE_SETTING.get(settings));
+  }
+
   /** Execute a query through the unified query pipeline on the sql-worker thread pool. */
   public void execute(
       String query,
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/rest/RestUnifiedQueryActionTest.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/rest/RestUnifiedQueryActionTest.java
index 60e0b0bf76..25f157f0d9 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/rest/RestUnifiedQueryActionTest.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/rest/RestUnifiedQueryActionTest.java
@@ -8,44 +8,96 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import org.apache.calcite.rel.RelNode;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.opensearch.analytics.exec.QueryPlanExecutor;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterState;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.Metadata;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
-import org.opensearch.sql.common.setting.Settings;
+import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.opensearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.opensearch.sql.executor.QueryType;
 import org.opensearch.transport.client.node.NodeClient;
 
 /**
- * Tests for analytics index routing in RestUnifiedQueryAction. Uses context parser for AST-based
- * index name extraction.
+ * Tests for analytics index routing in RestUnifiedQueryAction. Routing requires both {@code
+ * index.pluggable.dataformat.enabled=true} and {@code index.pluggable.dataformat=parquet}.
  */
 public class RestUnifiedQueryActionTest {
 
+  private ClusterService clusterService;
+  private Metadata metadata;
   private RestUnifiedQueryAction action;
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() {
+    clusterService = mock(ClusterService.class);
+    ClusterState clusterState = mock(ClusterState.class);
+    metadata = mock(Metadata.class);
+    when(clusterService.state()).thenReturn(clusterState);
+    when(clusterState.metadata()).thenReturn(metadata);
+
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     QueryPlanExecutor<RelNode, Iterable<Object[]>> executor = mock(QueryPlanExecutor.class);
     action =
         new RestUnifiedQueryAction(
-            mock(NodeClient.class), mock(ClusterService.class), executor, mock(Settings.class));
+            mock(NodeClient.class),
+            clusterService,
+            executor,
+            mock(org.opensearch.sql.common.setting.Settings.class));
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void parquetIndexRoutesToAnalytics() {
+  public void pluggableDataformatIndexRoutesToAnalytics() {
+    registerIndex(
+        "parquet_logs",
+        Settings.builder()
+            .put(IndexSettings.PLUGGABLE_DATAFORMAT_ENABLED_SETTING.getKey(), true)
+            .put(IndexSettings.PLUGGABLE_DATAFORMAT_VALUE_SETTING.getKey(), "parquet")
+            .build());
+
     assertTrue(action.isAnalyticsIndex("source = parquet_logs | fields ts", QueryType.PPL));
     assertTrue(
         action.isAnalyticsIndex("source = opensearch.parquet_logs | fields ts", QueryType.PPL));
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void nonParquetIndexRoutesToLucene() {
-    assertFalse(action.isAnalyticsIndex("source = my_logs | fields ts", QueryType.PPL));
+  public void pluggableEnabledButLuceneFormatRoutesToLucene() {
+    registerIndex(
+        "lucene_logs",
+        Settings.builder()
+            .put(IndexSettings.PLUGGABLE_DATAFORMAT_ENABLED_SETTING.getKey(), true)
+            .put(IndexSettings.PLUGGABLE_DATAFORMAT_VALUE_SETTING.getKey(), "lucene")
+            .build());
+
+    assertFalse(action.isAnalyticsIndex("source = lucene_logs | fields ts", QueryType.PPL));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void indexWithoutSettingRoutesToLucene() {
+    registerIndex("plain_logs", Settings.EMPTY);
+
+    assertFalse(action.isAnalyticsIndex("source = plain_logs | fields ts", QueryType.PPL));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void missingIndexRoutesToLucene() {
+    assertFalse(action.isAnalyticsIndex("source = does_not_exist | fields ts", QueryType.PPL));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void nullAndEmptyQueriesRouteToLucene() {
     assertFalse(action.isAnalyticsIndex(null, QueryType.PPL));
     assertFalse(action.isAnalyticsIndex("", QueryType.PPL));
   }
+
+  private void registerIndex(String name, Settings settings) {
+    IndexMetadata indexMetadata = mock(IndexMetadata.class);
+    when(indexMetadata.getSettings()).thenReturn(settings);
+    when(metadata.index(name)).thenReturn(indexMetadata);
+  }
 }