diff --git a/src/IO/ReadSettings.h b/src/IO/ReadSettings.h
index 9ea12e20999..76a8a692f48 100644
--- a/src/IO/ReadSettings.h
+++ b/src/IO/ReadSettings.h
@@ -1,35 +1,50 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <cstddef>
+#include <string>
 #include <Core/Defines.h>
 
 
 namespace DB
 {
 
+#define FOR_EACH_READ_METHOD(M) \
+    /** Simple synchronous reads with 'read'. \
+        Can use direct IO after specified size. Can use prefetch by asking OS to perform readahead. */ \
+    M(read) \
+    \
+    /** Simple synchronous reads with 'pread'. \
+        In contrast to 'read', shares single file descriptor from multiple threads. \
+        Can use direct IO after specified size. Can use prefetch by asking OS to perform readahead. */ \
+    M(pread) \
+    \
+    /** Use mmap after specified size or simple synchronous reads with 'pread'. \
+        Can use prefetch by asking OS to perform readahead. */ \
+    M(mmap) \
+    \
+    /** Checks if data is in page cache with 'preadv2' on modern Linux kernels. \
+        If data is in page cache, read from the same thread. \
+        If not, offload IO to separate threadpool. \
+        Can do prefetch with double buffering. \
+        Can use specified priorities and limit the number of concurrent reads. */ \
+    M(pread_threadpool) \
+    \
+    /** It's using asynchronous reader with fake backend that in fact synchronous. \
+        Only used for testing purposes. */ \
+    M(pread_fake_async) \
+
+
 enum class ReadMethod
 {
-    /// Simple synchronous reads with 'read'.
-    /// Can use direct IO after specified size. Can use prefetch by asking OS to perform readahead.
-    read,
-
-    /// Simple synchronous reads with 'pread'.
-    /// In contrast to 'read', shares single file descriptor from multiple threads.
-    /// Can use direct IO after specified size. Can use prefetch by asking OS to perform readahead.
-    pread,
-
-    /// Use mmap after specified size or simple synchronous reads with 'pread'.
-    /// Can use prefetch by asking OS to perform readahead.
-    mmap,
-
-    /// Checks if data is in page cache with 'preadv2' on modern Linux kernels.
-    /// If data is in page cache, read from the same thread.
-    /// If not, offload IO to separate threadpool.
-    /// Can do prefetch with double buffering.
-    /// Can use specified priorities and limit the number of concurrent reads.
-    pread_threadpool
+#define DEFINE_READ_METHOD(NAME) NAME,
+    FOR_EACH_READ_METHOD(DEFINE_READ_METHOD)
+#undef DEFINE_READ_METHOD
 };
 
+const char * toString(ReadMethod read_method);
+ReadMethod parseReadMethod(const std::string & name);
+
+
 class MMappedFileCache;
 
 struct ReadSettings
diff --git a/src/IO/createReadBufferFromFileBase.cpp b/src/IO/createReadBufferFromFileBase.cpp
index 4e562851ae3..b39b3b384c4 100644
--- a/src/IO/createReadBufferFromFileBase.cpp
+++ b/src/IO/createReadBufferFromFileBase.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ std::unique_ptr<ReadBufferFromFileBase> createReadBufferFromFileBase(
         {
             res = std::make_unique<ReadBufferFromFilePReadWithCache>(filename, buffer_size, actual_flags, existing_memory, alignment);
         }
+        else if (settings.local_fs_method == ReadMethod::pread_fake_async)
+        {
+            static AsynchronousReaderPtr reader = std::make_shared<SynchronousReader>();
+            res = std::make_unique<AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileWithCache>(
+                reader, settings.priority, filename, buffer_size, actual_flags, existing_memory, alignment);
+        }
         else if (settings.local_fs_method == ReadMethod::pread_threadpool)
         {
             static AsynchronousReaderPtr reader = std::make_shared<ThreadPoolReader>(16, 1000000);
diff --git a/src/Interpreters/Context.cpp b/src/Interpreters/Context.cpp
index 8a651bac526..a43bcb597c6 100644
--- a/src/Interpreters/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/Interpreters/Context.cpp
@@ -2697,16 +2697,7 @@ ReadSettings Context::getReadSettings() const
 {
     ReadSettings res;
 
-    if (settings.local_filesystem_read_method.value == "read")
-        res.local_fs_method = ReadMethod::read;
-    else if (settings.local_filesystem_read_method.value == "pread")
-        res.local_fs_method = ReadMethod::pread;
-    else if (settings.local_filesystem_read_method.value == "mmap")
-        res.local_fs_method = ReadMethod::mmap;
-    else if (settings.local_filesystem_read_method.value == "pread_threadpool")
-        res.local_fs_method = ReadMethod::pread_threadpool;
-    else
-        throw Exception(ErrorCodes::UNKNOWN_READ_METHOD, "Unknown read method '{}'", settings.local_filesystem_read_method.value);
+    res.local_fs_method = parseReadMethod(settings.local_filesystem_read_method.value);
 
     res.local_fs_prefetch = settings.local_filesystem_read_prefetch;
     res.remote_fs_prefetch = settings.remote_filesystem_read_prefetch;