diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index df8c29594..fdda392ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ members = [
 lto = true
 codegen-units = 1
 
+[patch.crates-io]
+arrow2 = { git = "https://github.com/blaze-init/arrow2.git", branch = "shuffle_ipc" }
+
 # If you want to try your local work of arrow-df instead of directly from github,
 # uncomment the patch below and adjust the paths accordingly.
 # [patch.'https://github.com/blaze-init/arrow-datafusion.git']
diff --git a/datafusion-ext/src/lib.rs b/datafusion-ext/src/lib.rs
index f7eec6b36..8082293f5 100644
--- a/datafusion-ext/src/lib.rs
+++ b/datafusion-ext/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
 
 #![allow(unused_imports)]
 
+pub mod shuffle_reader;
 pub mod shuffle_writer;
 pub mod task_runner;
diff --git a/datafusion-ext/src/shuffle_reader.rs b/datafusion-ext/src/shuffle_reader.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cbb91424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datafusion-ext/src/shuffle_reader.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+// 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.
+
+use arrow::error::{ArrowError, Result as ArrowResult};
+use datafusion::error::{DataFusionError, Result};
+use std::any::Any;
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::fmt::{Debug, Formatter};
+use std::fs::{self, File, Metadata};
+use std::io::{BufReader, Cursor, Read, Seek, SeekFrom};
+
+use arrow::datatypes::SchemaRef;
+use arrow::io::ipc::read::{
+    read_file_segment_metadata, FileMetadata as IPCMeta, FileReader as IPCReader,
+    FileReader,
+};
+use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use datafusion::physical_plan::common::AbortOnDropSingle;
+use datafusion::physical_plan::{
+    ExecutionPlan, Partitioning, RecordBatchStream, SendableRecordBatchStream, Statistics,
+};
+use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
+use log::info;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::{Receiver, Sender};
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+use tokio_stream::wrappers::ReceiverStream;
+
+pub trait ReadSeek: Read + Seek {}
+
+impl ReadSeek for std::fs::File {}
+
+impl<R: Read + Seek> ReadSeek for std::io::BufReader<R> {}
+
+impl<R: AsRef<[u8]>> ReadSeek for std::io::Cursor<R> {}
+
+pub type BatchIter = Box<dyn Iterator<Item = ArrowResult<RecordBatch>> + Send + Sync>;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum Content {
+    File(String),
+    // FIXME: raw pointer from JNI to avoid copy
+    Mem(Vec<u8>),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Block {
+    pub content: Content,
+    pub offset: usize,
+    pub length: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct ShuffleReaderExec {
+    pub tx: Arc<Mutex<Option<Sender<Result<Block>>>>>,
+    pub schema: SchemaRef,
+}
+
+impl ShuffleReaderExec {
+    pub fn new(schema: SchemaRef) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            tx: Arc::new(Mutex::new(None)),
+            schema,
+        }
+    }
+
+    // execute(i) first to set up block sending channel, get sender here to insert shuffle blocks
+    pub fn tx(&self) -> Sender<Result<Block>> {
+        let tx = self.tx.lock().unwrap();
+        tx.clone().unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl ExecutionPlan for ShuffleReaderExec {
+    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any {
+        self
+    }
+
+    fn schema(&self) -> SchemaRef {
+        self.schema.clone()
+    }
+
+    fn output_partitioning(&self) -> Partitioning {
+        Partitioning::UnknownPartitioning(1)
+    }
+
+    fn children(&self) -> Vec<Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>> {
+        vec![]
+    }
+
+    fn with_new_children(
+        &self,
+        _children: Vec<Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>>,
+    ) -> Result<Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>> {
+        Err(DataFusionError::Plan(
+            "Blaze ShuffleReaderExec does not support with_new_children()".to_owned(),
+        ))
+    }
+
+    async fn execute(&self, partition: usize) -> Result<SendableRecordBatchStream> {
+        info!("ShuffleReader for partition {}", partition);
+        let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(2);
+        let mut stx = self.tx.lock().unwrap();
+        *stx = Some(tx);
+        Ok(Box::pin(ShuffleReaderStream::new(rx, self.schema.clone())))
+    }
+
+    fn statistics(&self) -> Statistics {
+        Statistics::default()
+    }
+}
+
+struct ShuffleReaderStream {
+    inner: ReceiverStream<Result<Block>>,
+    schema: SchemaRef,
+    batch_iter: BatchIter,
+}
+
+impl ShuffleReaderStream {
+    fn new(rx: Receiver<Result<Block>>, schema: SchemaRef) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner: ReceiverStream::new(rx),
+            schema,
+            batch_iter: Box::new(std::iter::empty()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Stream for ShuffleReaderStream {
+    type Item = ArrowResult<RecordBatch>;
+
+    fn poll_next(
+        mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        let item = self.batch_iter.next();
+        match item {
+            None => {
+                let poll = self.inner.poll_next_unpin(cx);
+                match poll {
+                    Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(block))) => {
+                        let start = block.offset;
+                        let end = block.offset + block.length;
+                        match block.content {
+                            Content::File(f) => {
+                                let f = BufReader::new(File::open(f).unwrap());
+                                let r = MultiIPCReader::new(f, start, end).unwrap();
+                                self.as_mut().batch_iter = Box::new(r);
+                            }
+                            Content::Mem(m) => {
+                                let c = Cursor::new(m);
+                                let r = MultiIPCReader::new(c, start, end).unwrap();
+                                self.as_mut().batch_iter = Box::new(r);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        self.poll_next(cx)
+                    }
+
+                    Poll::Pending => Poll::Pending,
+                    Poll::Ready(None) => Poll::Ready(None),
+                    Poll::Ready(Some(Err(e))) => {
+                        Poll::Ready(Some(Err(e.into_arrow_external_error())))
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Some(b) => Poll::Ready(Some(b)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl RecordBatchStream for ShuffleReaderStream {
+    fn schema(&self) -> SchemaRef {
+        self.schema.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+fn read_meta<R: ReadSeek>(reader: &mut R, end: usize) -> Result<(usize, IPCMeta)> {
+    let ipc_end = end - 8;
+    reader.seek(SeekFrom::Start(ipc_end as u64))?;
+    let mut meta_buf = [0; 8];
+    reader.read_exact(&mut meta_buf)?;
+    let ipc_length = i64::from_le_bytes(meta_buf) as usize;
+    let ipc_start = ipc_end - ipc_length;
+
+    let ipc_meta = read_file_segment_metadata(reader, ipc_start as u64, ipc_end as u64)
+        .map_err(DataFusionError::ArrowError)?;
+    Ok((ipc_start, ipc_meta))
+}
+
+pub struct MultiIPCReader<R: ReadSeek> {
+    start: usize,
+    current_start: usize,
+    reader: Option<IPCReader<R>>,
+}
+
+impl<R: ReadSeek> MultiIPCReader<R> {
+    fn new(mut reader: R, start: usize, end: usize) -> Result<Self> {
+        let (current_start, meta) = read_meta(&mut reader, end)?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            start,
+            current_start,
+            reader: Some(IPCReader::new(reader, meta, None)),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<R: ReadSeek> Iterator for MultiIPCReader<R> {
+    type Item = ArrowResult<RecordBatch>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        let next = self.reader.as_mut().unwrap().next();
+        match next {
+            None => {
+                if self.current_start == self.start {
+                    None
+                } else {
+                    let mut r = self.reader.take().unwrap().into_inner();
+                    let (new_start, meta) =
+                        read_meta(&mut r, self.current_start).unwrap();
+                    self.reader = Some(IPCReader::new(r, meta, None));
+                    self.current_start = new_start;
+                    self.next()
+                }
+            }
+            item => item,
+        }
+    }
+}