diff --git a/integrations/python/dataloader/src/openhouse/dataloader/data_loader.py b/integrations/python/dataloader/src/openhouse/dataloader/data_loader.py
index 062bdbd55..c64f5d690 100644
--- a/integrations/python/dataloader/src/openhouse/dataloader/data_loader.py
+++ b/integrations/python/dataloader/src/openhouse/dataloader/data_loader.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import cached_property
+from itertools import batched
 from types import MappingProxyType
 
 from pyiceberg.catalog import Catalog
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ def __init__(
         context: DataLoaderContext | None = None,
         max_attempts: int = 3,
         batch_size: int | None = None,
+        files_per_split: int = 1,
     ):
         """
         Args:
@@ -131,11 +133,15 @@ def __init__(
                 Passed to PyArrow's Scanner which produces batches of at most this many
                 rows. Smaller values reduce peak memory but increase per-batch overhead.
                 None uses the PyArrow default (~131K rows).
+            files_per_split: Number of files each split reads concurrently.
+                Default is 1 (one file per split).
         """
         if branch is not None and branch.strip() == "":
             raise ValueError("branch must not be empty or whitespace")
         if branch is not None and snapshot_id is not None:
             raise ValueError("Cannot specify both branch and snapshot_id")
+        if files_per_split < 1:
+            raise ValueError("files_per_split must be at least 1")
         self._catalog = catalog
         self._table_id = TableIdentifier(database, table, branch)
         self._snapshot_id = snapshot_id
@@ -144,6 +150,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._context = context or DataLoaderContext()
         self._max_attempts = max_attempts
         self._batch_size = batch_size
+        self._files_per_split = files_per_split
 
         if self._context.jvm_config is not None and self._context.jvm_config.planner_args is not None:
             apply_libhdfs_opts(self._context.jvm_config.planner_args)
@@ -260,9 +267,9 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[DataLoaderSplit]:
             lambda: scan.plan_files(), label=f"plan_files {self._table_id}", max_attempts=self._max_attempts
         )
 
-        for scan_task in scan_tasks:
+        for chunk in batched(scan_tasks, self._files_per_split):
             yield DataLoaderSplit(
-                file_scan_task=scan_task,
+                file_scan_tasks=chunk,
                 scan_context=scan_context,
                 transform_sql=optimized_sql,
                 udf_registry=self._context.udf_registry,
diff --git a/integrations/python/dataloader/src/openhouse/dataloader/data_loader_split.py b/integrations/python/dataloader/src/openhouse/dataloader/data_loader_split.py
index 59649536e..b07de881a 100644
--- a/integrations/python/dataloader/src/openhouse/dataloader/data_loader_split.py
+++ b/integrations/python/dataloader/src/openhouse/dataloader/data_loader_split.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import hashlib
-from collections.abc import Iterator, Mapping
+from collections.abc import Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
 from types import MappingProxyType
 
 from datafusion.context import SessionContext
@@ -45,17 +45,19 @@ def _bind_batch_table(session: SessionContext, table_id: TableIdentifier, batch:
 
 
 class DataLoaderSplit:
-    """A single data split"""
+    """A data split that reads one or more files."""
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        file_scan_task: FileScanTask,
+        file_scan_tasks: Sequence[FileScanTask],
         scan_context: TableScanContext,
         transform_sql: str | None = None,
         udf_registry: UDFRegistry | None = None,
         batch_size: int | None = None,
     ):
-        self._file_scan_task = file_scan_task
+        self._file_scan_tasks = list(file_scan_tasks)
+        if not self._file_scan_tasks:
+            raise ValueError("file_scan_tasks must not be empty")
         self._scan_context = scan_context
         self._transform_sql = transform_sql
         self._udf_registry = udf_registry or NoOpRegistry()
@@ -66,8 +68,9 @@ def id(self) -> str:
         """Unique ID for the split. This is stable across executions for a given
         snapshot and split size.
         """
-        file_path = self._file_scan_task.file.file_path
-        return hashlib.sha256(file_path.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
+        paths = sorted(t.file.file_path for t in self._file_scan_tasks)
+        combined = "\0".join(paths)
+        return hashlib.sha256(combined.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
 
     @property
     def table_properties(self) -> Mapping[str, str]:
@@ -75,11 +78,9 @@ def table_properties(self) -> Mapping[str, str]:
         return MappingProxyType(self._scan_context.table_metadata.properties)
 
     def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[RecordBatch]:
-        """Reads the file scan task and yields Arrow RecordBatches.
+        """Reads the file scan tasks and yields Arrow RecordBatches.
 
-        Uses PyIceberg's ArrowScan to handle format dispatch, schema resolution,
-        delete files, and partition spec lookups. The number of batches loaded
-        into memory at once is bounded to prevent using too much memory at once.
+        When the split contains multiple files, they are read concurrently.
         """
         ctx = self._scan_context
         if ctx.worker_jvm_args is not None:
@@ -92,8 +93,8 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[RecordBatch]:
         )
 
         batches = arrow_scan.to_record_batches(
-            [self._file_scan_task],
-            order=ArrivalOrder(concurrent_streams=1, batch_size=self._batch_size),
+            self._file_scan_tasks,
+            order=ArrivalOrder(concurrent_streams=len(self._file_scan_tasks), batch_size=self._batch_size),
         )
 
         if self._transform_sql is None:
diff --git a/integrations/python/dataloader/tests/test_data_loader.py b/integrations/python/dataloader/tests/test_data_loader.py
index 8816ab1c0..cf10fa2c1 100644
--- a/integrations/python/dataloader/tests/test_data_loader.py
+++ b/integrations/python/dataloader/tests/test_data_loader.py
@@ -559,12 +559,12 @@ def fake_scan(**kwargs):
     # Without branch: splits come from main snapshot
     main_splits = list(OpenHouseDataLoader(catalog=catalog, database="db", table="tbl"))
     assert len(main_splits) == 1
-    assert main_splits[0]._file_scan_task.file.file_path == "main.parquet"
+    assert main_splits[0]._file_scan_tasks[0].file.file_path == "main.parquet"
 
     # With branch: splits come from branch snapshot
     branch_splits = list(OpenHouseDataLoader(catalog=catalog, database="db", table="tbl", branch="my-branch"))
     assert len(branch_splits) == 1
-    assert branch_splits[0]._file_scan_task.file.file_path == "branch.parquet"
+    assert branch_splits[0]._file_scan_tasks[0].file.file_path == "branch.parquet"
 
 
 # --- batch_size tests ---
@@ -594,6 +594,55 @@ def test_batch_size_default_is_none(tmp_path):
         assert split._batch_size is None
 
 
+# --- files_per_split tests ---
+
+
+def _add_file_tasks(catalog, num_tasks: int) -> None:
+    """Override plan_files on a catalog from _make_real_catalog to return multiple mock tasks."""
+    mock_table = catalog.load_table.return_value
+    original_scan = mock_table.scan.side_effect
+
+    def multi_file_scan(**kwargs):
+        scan = original_scan(**kwargs)
+        scan.plan_files.return_value = [
+            MagicMock(file=MagicMock(file_path=f"file_{i}.parquet")) for i in range(num_tasks)
+        ]
+        return scan
+
+    mock_table.scan.side_effect = multi_file_scan
+
+
+def test_files_per_split_groups_tasks(tmp_path):
+    """files_per_split=2 groups 4 files into 2 splits of 2 files each."""
+    catalog = _make_real_catalog(tmp_path)
+    _add_file_tasks(catalog, 4)
+    loader = OpenHouseDataLoader(catalog=catalog, database="db", table="tbl", files_per_split=2)
+    splits = list(loader)
+
+    assert len(splits) == 2
+    for split in splits:
+        assert len(split._file_scan_tasks) == 2
+
+
+def test_files_per_split_remainder_split(tmp_path):
+    """When files don't divide evenly, the last split gets the remainder."""
+    catalog = _make_real_catalog(tmp_path)
+    _add_file_tasks(catalog, 5)
+    loader = OpenHouseDataLoader(catalog=catalog, database="db", table="tbl", files_per_split=3)
+    splits = list(loader)
+
+    assert len(splits) == 2
+    assert len(splits[0]._file_scan_tasks) == 3
+    assert len(splits[1]._file_scan_tasks) == 2
+
+
+def test_files_per_split_invalid_raises():
+    """files_per_split < 1 raises ValueError."""
+    catalog = MagicMock()
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="files_per_split must be at least 1"):
+        OpenHouseDataLoader(catalog=catalog, database="db", table="tbl", files_per_split=0)
+
+
 # --- Predicate pushdown with transformer tests ---
 
 
diff --git a/integrations/python/dataloader/tests/test_data_loader_split.py b/integrations/python/dataloader/tests/test_data_loader_split.py
index afdea471d..eca583bff 100644
--- a/integrations/python/dataloader/tests/test_data_loader_split.py
+++ b/integrations/python/dataloader/tests/test_data_loader_split.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def _create_test_split(
     task = FileScanTask(data_file=data_file)
 
     return DataLoaderSplit(
-        file_scan_task=task,
+        file_scan_tasks=[task],
         scan_context=scan_context,
         transform_sql=transform_sql,
         udf_registry=udf_registry,
@@ -468,3 +468,30 @@ def test_split_batch_size_preserves_data(tmp_path):
     result = pa.Table.from_batches(list(split))
     assert result.num_rows == 25
     assert sorted(result.column("id").to_pylist()) == list(range(25))
+
+
+# --- multi-file split tests ---
+
+
+def test_multi_file_split_returns_all_rows(tmp_path):
+    """A split with multiple files yields rows from all files."""
+    schema = _BATCH_SCHEMA
+    table_a = pa.table({"id": pa.array([1, 2, 3], type=pa.int64())})
+    table_b = pa.table({"id": pa.array([4, 5, 6], type=pa.int64())})
+    split_a = _create_test_split(tmp_path, table_a, FileFormat.PARQUET, schema, filename="a.parquet")
+    split_b = _create_test_split(tmp_path, table_b, FileFormat.PARQUET, schema, filename="b.parquet")
+
+    combined = DataLoaderSplit(
+        file_scan_tasks=split_a._file_scan_tasks + split_b._file_scan_tasks,
+        scan_context=split_a._scan_context,
+    )
+    result = pa.Table.from_batches(list(combined))
+
+    assert result.num_rows == 6
+    assert sorted(result.column("id").to_pylist()) == [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+
+    reversed_split = DataLoaderSplit(
+        file_scan_tasks=split_b._file_scan_tasks + split_a._file_scan_tasks,
+        scan_context=split_a._scan_context,
+    )
+    assert reversed_split.id == combined.id