diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/blob_io.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/blob_io.rs
index ec70bdc679..49e0645952 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/blob_io.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/blob_io.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 //!
 use bytes::{BufMut, BytesMut};
 use tokio_epoll_uring::{BoundedBuf, Slice};
+use utils::vec_map::VecMap;
 
 use crate::context::RequestContext;
 use crate::page_cache::PAGE_SZ;
@@ -21,6 +22,17 @@ use crate::virtual_file::VirtualFile;
 use std::cmp::min;
 use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
 
+pub struct VectoredBlobMeta<Meta> {
+    pub start: usize,
+    pub end: usize,
+    pub meta: Meta,
+}
+
+pub struct VectoredBlobs<Meta> {
+    pub buf: BytesMut,
+    pub metas: Vec<VectoredBlobMeta<Meta>>,
+}
+
 impl<'a> BlockCursor<'a> {
     /// Read a blob into a new buffer.
     pub async fn read_blob(
@@ -93,6 +105,146 @@ impl<'a> BlockCursor<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct VectoredRead<Meta> {
+    pub start: u64,
+    pub end: u64,
+    pub blobs_at: VecMap<u64, Meta>,
+
+    max_read_size: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum VectoredReadExtended {
+    Yes,
+    No,
+}
+
+impl<Meta> VectoredRead<Meta> {
+    pub fn new(start_offset: u64, end_offset: u64, meta: Meta, max_read_size: usize) -> Self {
+        let mut blobs_at = VecMap::default();
+        blobs_at
+            .append(start_offset, meta)
+            .expect("First insertion always succeeds");
+
+        Self {
+            start: start_offset,
+            end: end_offset,
+            blobs_at,
+            max_read_size,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn extend(&mut self, start: u64, end: u64, meta: Meta) -> VectoredReadExtended {
+        let size = (end - start) as usize;
+        if self.end == start && self.size() + size <= self.max_read_size {
+            self.end = end;
+            self.blobs_at
+                .append(start, meta)
+                .expect("LSNs are ordered within vectored reads");
+
+            return VectoredReadExtended::Yes;
+        }
+
+        VectoredReadExtended::No
+    }
+
+    pub fn last_meta(&self) -> Option<&Meta> {
+        self.blobs_at.last().map(|(_, meta)| meta)
+    }
+
+    pub fn truncate_at<Pred>(&mut self, mut pred: Pred)
+    where
+        Pred: FnMut(&Meta) -> bool,
+    {
+        if let Some(pos) = self
+            .blobs_at
+            .as_slice()
+            .iter()
+            .position(|(_, meta)| pred(meta))
+        {
+            self.blobs_at.truncate(pos);
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn size(&self) -> usize {
+        (self.end - self.start) as usize
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct VectoredBlobReader {
+    file: VirtualFile,
+    max_vectored_read_size: usize,
+}
+
+impl VectoredBlobReader {
+    pub fn new(file: VirtualFile, max_vectored_read_size: usize) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            file,
+            max_vectored_read_size,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_max_read_size(&self) -> usize {
+        self.max_vectored_read_size
+    }
+
+    pub async fn read_blobs<Meta: Copy>(
+        &self,
+        read: &VectoredRead<Meta>,
+        buf: BytesMut,
+    ) -> Result<VectoredBlobs<Meta>, std::io::Error> {
+        // tracing::info!("read_blobs(read={read:?}, read_size={})", read.size());
+
+        assert!(read.size() > 0);
+        assert!(
+            read.size() <= buf.capacity(),
+            "{} > {}",
+            read.size(),
+            buf.capacity()
+        );
+        let buf = self
+            .file
+            .read_exact_at_n(buf, read.start, read.size())
+            .await?;
+
+        let blobs_at = read.blobs_at.as_slice();
+        let start_offset = blobs_at.first().expect("VectoredRead is never empty").0;
+
+        let mut metas = Vec::new();
+        let pairs = blobs_at.iter().zip(
+            blobs_at
+                .iter()
+                .map(Some)
+                .skip(1)
+                .chain(std::iter::once(None)),
+        );
+        for ((offset, meta), next) in pairs {
+            let offset_in_buf = offset - start_offset;
+            let first_len_byte = buf[offset_in_buf as usize];
+
+            // Each blob is prefixed by a header containing it's size.
+            // Skip that header to find the start of the data.
+            // TODO: validate against the stored size
+            let size_offset = if first_len_byte < 0x80 { 1 } else { 4 };
+
+            let start = offset_in_buf + size_offset;
+            let end = match next {
+                Some((next_blob_start_offset, _)) => next_blob_start_offset - start_offset,
+                None => read.end - start_offset,
+            };
+
+            metas.push(VectoredBlobMeta {
+                start: start as usize,
+                end: end as usize,
+                meta: *meta,
+            })
+        }
+
+        Ok(VectoredBlobs { buf, metas })
+    }
+}
+
 /// A wrapper of `VirtualFile` that allows users to write blobs.
 ///
 /// If a `BlobWriter` is dropped, the internal buffer will be