diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/filesystemio.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/filesystemio.py
index dca341ddea5e..8d21e99fe555 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/filesystemio.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/filesystemio.py
@@ -80,16 +80,21 @@ def finish(self):
 class DownloaderStream(io.RawIOBase):
   """Provides a stream interface for Downloader objects."""
 
-  def __init__(self, downloader, mode='rb'):
+  def __init__(self,
+               downloader,
+               read_buffer_size=io.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE,
+               mode='rb'):
     """Initializes the stream.
 
     Args:
       downloader: (Downloader) Filesystem dependent implementation.
+      read_buffer_size: (int) Buffer size to use during read operations.
       mode: (string) Python mode attribute for this stream.
     """
     self._downloader = downloader
     self.mode = mode
     self._position = 0
+    self._reader_buffer_size = read_buffer_size
 
   def readinto(self, b):
     """Read up to len(b) bytes into b.
@@ -157,6 +162,16 @@ def seekable(self):
   def readable(self):
     return True
 
+  def readall(self):
+    """Read until EOF, using multiple read() call."""
+    res = []
+    while True:
+      data = self.read(self._reader_buffer_size)
+      if not data:
+        break
+      res.append(data)
+    return b''.join(res)
+
 
 class UploaderStream(io.RawIOBase):
   """Provides a stream interface for Uploader objects."""
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio.py
index 33a94fc81932..5586eb48fe8e 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def open(self,
     if mode == 'r' or mode == 'rb':
       downloader = GcsDownloader(self.client, filename,
                                  buffer_size=read_buffer_size)
-      return io.BufferedReader(DownloaderStream(downloader, mode=mode),
+      return io.BufferedReader(DownloaderStream(downloader, read_buffer_size=read_buffer_size, mode=mode),
                                buffer_size=read_buffer_size)
     elif mode == 'w' or mode == 'wb':
       uploader = GcsUploader(self.client, filename, mime_type)