diff --git a/src/IO/AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileDescriptor.cpp b/src/IO/AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileDescriptor.cpp
index b2be45471c8..0d1e32bb2b5 100644
--- a/src/IO/AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileDescriptor.cpp
+++ b/src/IO/AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileDescriptor.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace DB
 namespace ErrorCodes
 {
     extern const int ARGUMENT_OUT_OF_BOUND;
+    extern const int LOGICAL_ERROR;
 }
 
 
@@ -53,14 +54,52 @@ void AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileDescriptor::prefetch()
     if (prefetch_future.valid())
         return;
 
-    /// Will request the same amount of data that is read in nextImpl.
-    prefetch_buffer.resize(internal_buffer.size());
+    size_t read_size;
+    if (read_until_position)
+    {
+        /// Everything is already read.
+        if (file_offset_of_buffer_end == *read_until_position)
+            return;
+
+        if (file_offset_of_buffer_end > *read_until_position)
+            throw Exception(ErrorCodes::LOGICAL_ERROR, "Read beyond last offset ({} > {})",
+                            file_offset_of_buffer_end, *read_until_position);
+
+        /// Read range [file_offset_of_buffer_end, read_until_position).
+        read_size = *read_until_position - file_offset_of_buffer_end - 1;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        read_size = internal_buffer.size();
+    }
+
+    prefetch_buffer.resize(read_size);
     prefetch_future = readInto(prefetch_buffer.data(), prefetch_buffer.size());
 }
 
 
+void AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileDescriptor::setReadUntilPosition(size_t position)
+{
+    if (prefetch_future.valid())
+        throw Exception(ErrorCodes::LOGICAL_ERROR, "Prefetch is valid in readUntilPosition");
+
+    read_until_position = position;
+}
+
+
 bool AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileDescriptor::nextImpl()
 {
+    if (read_until_position)
+    {
+        /// Everything is already read.
+        if (file_offset_of_buffer_end == *read_until_position)
+            return false;
+
+        if (file_offset_of_buffer_end > *read_until_position)
+            throw Exception(ErrorCodes::LOGICAL_ERROR, "Read beyond last offset ({} > {})",
+                            file_offset_of_buffer_end, *read_until_position);
+    }
+
     if (prefetch_future.valid())
     {
         /// Read request already in flight. Wait for its completion.
@@ -201,4 +240,3 @@ void AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileDescriptor::rewind()
 }
 
 }
-
diff --git a/src/IO/AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileDescriptor.h b/src/IO/AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileDescriptor.h
index c64341089d0..271518dd1eb 100644
--- a/src/IO/AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileDescriptor.h
+++ b/src/IO/AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileDescriptor.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ protected:
 
     const size_t required_alignment = 0;  /// For O_DIRECT both file offsets and memory addresses have to be aligned.
     size_t file_offset_of_buffer_end = 0; /// What offset in file corresponds to working_buffer.end().
+    std::optional<size_t> read_until_position;
     int fd;
 
     bool nextImpl() override;
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ protected:
 
     void finalize();
 
+    void setReadUntilPosition(size_t position) override;
+
 public:
     AsynchronousReadBufferFromFileDescriptor(
         AsynchronousReaderPtr reader_, Int32 priority_,
@@ -67,4 +70,3 @@ private:
 };
 
 }
-
diff --git a/tests/config/install.sh b/tests/config/install.sh
index ba6ba0cd07c..fd43a611f79 100755
--- a/tests/config/install.sh
+++ b/tests/config/install.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ ln -sf $SRC_PATH/users.d/remote_queries.xml $DEST_SERVER_PATH/users.d/
 ln -sf $SRC_PATH/users.d/session_log_test.xml $DEST_SERVER_PATH/users.d/
 ln -sf $SRC_PATH/users.d/memory_profiler.xml $DEST_SERVER_PATH/users.d/
 ln -sf $SRC_PATH/users.d/no_fsync_metadata.xml $DEST_SERVER_PATH/users.d/
+ln -sf $SRC_PATH/users.d/read_method.xml $DEST_SERVER_PATH/users.d/
 
 # FIXME DataPartsExchange may hang for http_send_timeout seconds
 # when nobody is going to read from the other side of socket (due to "Fetching of part was cancelled"),
diff --git a/tests/config/users.d/read_method.xml b/tests/config/users.d/read_method.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4247561e921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/config/users.d/read_method.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<clickhouse>
+    <profiles>
+        <default>
+            <local_filesystem_read_method>pread_threadpool</local_filesystem_read_method>
+        </default>
+    </profiles>
+</clickhouse>