diff --git a/plugins/parquet/parquetembed.cpp b/plugins/parquet/parquetembed.cpp
index debf1693e3c..2581964b9af 100644
--- a/plugins/parquet/parquetembed.cpp
+++ b/plugins/parquet/parquetembed.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ ParquetHelper::ParquetHelper(const char *option, const char *_location, const ch
 
     parquet_doc = std::vector<rapidjson::Document>(rowsize);
 
-    partition = strlen(option) > 5;
+    partition = String(option).endsWith("partition");
 }
 
 ParquetHelper::~ParquetHelper()