diff --git a/vortex-duckdb/cpp/include/duckdb_vx/table_function.h b/vortex-duckdb/cpp/include/duckdb_vx/table_function.h
index 4b60207a036..a83a76efb2c 100644
--- a/vortex-duckdb/cpp/include/duckdb_vx/table_function.h
+++ b/vortex-duckdb/cpp/include/duckdb_vx/table_function.h
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ typedef struct {
 
 const idx_t INVALID_IDX = UINT64_MAX;
 
+extern void vortex_wait_and_fetch(void *task_ptr);
+
 typedef struct {
     idx_t partition_index;
     // Either INVALID_IDX or position of column in output for file_index column
@@ -116,7 +118,10 @@ typedef struct {
 
     duckdb_vx_data (*init_local)(void *init_global_data);
 
-    void (*function)(void *init_global_data,
+    // If chunk was exported, return nullptr.
+    // On error set error_out and return nullptr.
+    // If we're blocked on input, return task ptr.
+    void* (*function)(void *init_global_data,
                      void *init_local_data,
                      duckdb_data_chunk data_chunk_out,
                      duckdb_vx_error *error_out);
diff --git a/vortex-duckdb/cpp/table_function.cpp b/vortex-duckdb/cpp/table_function.cpp
index 92d989d30d4..34614f153bd 100644
--- a/vortex-duckdb/cpp/table_function.cpp
+++ b/vortex-duckdb/cpp/table_function.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ DUCKDB_INCLUDES_BEGIN
 #include "duckdb/function/table_function.hpp"
 #include "duckdb/main/capi/capi_internal.hpp"
 #include "duckdb/main/connection.hpp"
+#include "duckdb/parallel/async_result.hpp"
 #include "duckdb/parser/parsed_data/create_table_function_info.hpp"
 DUCKDB_INCLUDES_END
 
@@ -249,6 +250,16 @@ init_local(ExecutionContext &, TableFunctionInitInput &input, GlobalTableFunctio
     return make_uniq<CTableLocalData>(std::move(cdata));
 }
 
+struct VortexWaitTask final : AsyncTask {
+    explicit VortexWaitTask(void *task_ptr) : task_ptr(task_ptr) {
+    }
+    void Execute() override {
+        vortex_wait_and_fetch(task_ptr);
+    }
+
+    void *task_ptr;
+};
+
 void function(ClientContext &, TableFunctionInput &input, DataChunk &output) {
     const auto &bind = input.bind_data->Cast<CTableBindData>();
 
@@ -257,10 +268,19 @@ void function(ClientContext &, TableFunctionInput &input, DataChunk &output) {
 
     duckdb_data_chunk chunk = reinterpret_cast<duckdb_data_chunk>(&output);
     duckdb_vx_error error_out = nullptr;
-    bind.info.vtab.function(ffi_global, ffi_local, chunk, &error_out);
+
+    void *const task_ptr = bind.info.vtab.function(ffi_global, ffi_local, chunk, &error_out);
     if (error_out) {
         throw InvalidInputException(IntoErrString(error_out));
     }
+    if (!task_ptr) { // Chunk was exported
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // We're blocked on IO
+    vector<unique_ptr<AsyncTask>> tasks(1);
+    tasks[0] = make_uniq<VortexWaitTask>(task_ptr);
+    input.async_result = AsyncResult(std::move(tasks));
 }
 
 void c_pushdown_complex_filter(ClientContext &,
diff --git a/vortex-duckdb/include/vortex.h b/vortex-duckdb/include/vortex.h
index 7148c4d9799..2eedae23ae8 100644
--- a/vortex-duckdb/include/vortex.h
+++ b/vortex-duckdb/include/vortex.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ const char *vortex_version_rust(void);
  */
 const char *vortex_extension_version_rust(void);
 
+void vortex_wait_and_fetch(void *self_ptr);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/vortex-duckdb/src/datasource.rs b/vortex-duckdb/src/datasource.rs
index a1fa15a1b40..43dce45ca38 100644
--- a/vortex-duckdb/src/datasource.rs
+++ b/vortex-duckdb/src/datasource.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 //! pushdown, cardinality, and partitioning.
 
 use std::cmp::max;
+use std::ffi::c_void;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::ops::Range;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ use vortex::file::v2::FileStatsLayoutReader;
 use vortex::io::kanal_ext::KanalExt;
 use vortex::io::runtime::BlockingRuntime;
 use vortex::io::runtime::current::ThreadSafeIterator;
+use vortex::io::runtime::current::TryRecv;
 use vortex::layout::layouts::row_idx::row_idx;
 use vortex::layout::scan::multi::MultiLayoutChild;
 use vortex::layout::scan::multi::MultiLayoutDataSource;
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ use crate::duckdb::DuckdbStringMapRef;
 use crate::duckdb::ExpressionRef;
 use crate::duckdb::LogicalType;
 use crate::duckdb::PartitionData;
+use crate::duckdb::ScanResult;
 use crate::duckdb::TableFilterClass;
 use crate::duckdb::TableFilterSetRef;
 use crate::duckdb::TableFunction;
@@ -158,7 +162,8 @@ impl Debug for DataSourceBindData {
     }
 }
 
-type DataSourceIterator = ThreadSafeIterator<VortexResult<(ArrayRef, Arc<ConversionCache>)>>;
+type DataSourceItem = VortexResult<(ArrayRef, Arc<ConversionCache>)>;
+type DataSourceIterator = ThreadSafeIterator<DataSourceItem>;
 
 /// Global scan state for driving a `DataSource` scan through DuckDB.
 pub struct DataSourceGlobal {
@@ -170,12 +175,28 @@ pub struct DataSourceGlobal {
     file_row_number_column_pos: Option<usize>,
 }
 
+struct WaitCtx {
+    results_rx: kanal::AsyncReceiver<DataSourceItem>,
+    pending: Arc<Mutex<Option<DataSourceItem>>>,
+}
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub unsafe extern "C-unwind" fn vortex_wait_and_fetch(self_ptr: *mut c_void) {
+    let ctx = unsafe { Box::from_raw(self_ptr.cast::<WaitCtx>()) };
+    RUNTIME.block_on(async {
+        if let Ok(item) = ctx.results_rx.recv().await {
+            *ctx.pending.lock().unwrap() = Some(item);
+        }
+    });
+}
+
 /// Per-thread local scan state.
 pub struct DataSourceLocal {
     iterator: DataSourceIterator,
     exporter: Option<ArrayExporter>,
     partition_index: u64,
     file_index: usize,
+    pending: Arc<Mutex<Option<DataSourceItem>>>,
 }
 
 /// Returns scan progress as a percentage (0.0–100.0).
@@ -456,6 +477,7 @@ impl<T: DataSourceTableFunction> TableFunction for T {
             exporter: None,
             partition_index: 0,
             file_index: 0,
+            pending: Arc::new(Mutex::new(None)),
         }
     }
 
@@ -463,12 +485,24 @@ impl<T: DataSourceTableFunction> TableFunction for T {
         local_state: &mut Self::LocalState,
         global_state: &Self::GlobalState,
         chunk: &mut DataChunkRef,
-    ) -> VortexResult<()> {
+    ) -> VortexResult<ScanResult> {
         loop {
             if local_state.exporter.is_none() {
                 let mut ctx = SESSION.create_execution_ctx();
-                let Some(result) = local_state.iterator.next() else {
-                    return Ok(());
+                let result = if let Some(item) = local_state.pending.lock().unwrap().take() {
+                    item
+                } else {
+                    match local_state.iterator.try_recv() {
+                        TryRecv::Item(item) => item,
+                        TryRecv::Empty => {
+                            let wait = Box::new(WaitCtx {
+                                results_rx: local_state.iterator.receiver(),
+                                pending: Arc::clone(&local_state.pending),
+                            });
+                            return Ok(ScanResult::Blocked(Box::into_raw(wait).cast()));
+                        }
+                        TryRecv::Closed => return Ok(ScanResult::Exported),
+                    }
                 };
                 let (array_result, conversion_cache) = result?;
                 let array_result = array_result.optimize_recursive(ctx.session())?;
@@ -530,7 +564,7 @@ impl<T: DataSourceTableFunction> TableFunction for T {
                 .reference_value(&Value::from(local_state.file_index as u64));
         }
 
-        Ok(())
+        Ok(ScanResult::Exported)
     }
 
     fn table_scan_progress(global_state: &Self::GlobalState) -> f64 {
diff --git a/vortex-duckdb/src/duckdb/table_function/mod.rs b/vortex-duckdb/src/duckdb/table_function/mod.rs
index 986ac64d100..523afb9fe20 100644
--- a/vortex-duckdb/src/duckdb/table_function/mod.rs
+++ b/vortex-duckdb/src/duckdb/table_function/mod.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ pub struct PartitionData {
     pub file_index: usize,
 }
 
+pub enum ScanResult {
+    Exported,
+    Blocked(*mut c_void),
+}
+unsafe impl Send for ScanResult {}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub struct ColumnStatistics {
     pub min: Option<Value>,
@@ -81,12 +87,12 @@ pub trait TableFunction: Sized + Debug {
     /// registered as a VIEW.
     fn statistics(bind_data: &Self::BindData, column_index: usize) -> Option<ColumnStatistics>;
 
-    /// The function is called during query execution and is responsible for producing the output
+    /// The function is called during query execution and is responsible for producing the output.
     fn scan(
         init_local: &mut Self::LocalState,
         init_global: &Self::GlobalState,
         chunk: &mut DataChunkRef,
-    ) -> VortexResult<()>;
+    ) -> VortexResult<ScanResult>;
 
     /// Initialize the global operator state of the function.
     ///
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ unsafe extern "C-unwind" fn function<T: TableFunction>(
     local_init_data: *mut c_void,
     output: cpp::duckdb_data_chunk,
     error_out: *mut cpp::duckdb_vx_error,
-) {
+) -> *mut c_void {
     let global_init_data = unsafe { global_init_data.cast::<T::GlobalState>().as_ref() }
         .vortex_expect("global_init_data null pointer");
     let local_init_data = unsafe { local_init_data.cast::<T::LocalState>().as_mut() }
@@ -249,15 +255,14 @@ unsafe extern "C-unwind" fn function<T: TableFunction>(
     let data_chunk = unsafe { DataChunk::borrow_mut(output) };
 
     match T::scan(local_init_data, global_init_data, data_chunk) {
-        Ok(()) => {
-            // The data chunk is already filled by the function.
-            // No need to do anything here.
+        Ok(ScanResult::Exported) => ptr::null_mut(),
+        Ok(ScanResult::Blocked(task_ptr)) => task_ptr,
+        Err(e) => {
+            let msg = e.to_string();
+            unsafe {
+                error_out.write(cpp::duckdb_vx_error_create(msg.as_ptr().cast(), msg.len()));
+            }
+            ptr::null_mut()
         }
-        Err(e) => unsafe {
-            error_out.write(cpp::duckdb_vx_error_create(
-                e.to_string().as_ptr().cast(),
-                e.to_string().len(),
-            ));
-        },
     }
 }
diff --git a/vortex-io/src/runtime/current.rs b/vortex-io/src/runtime/current.rs
index c8ff91b4aec..51b26e0c823 100644
--- a/vortex-io/src/runtime/current.rs
+++ b/vortex-io/src/runtime/current.rs
@@ -134,6 +134,26 @@ pub struct ThreadSafeIterator<T> {
     results: kanal::AsyncReceiver<T>,
 }
 
+pub enum TryRecv<T> {
+    Item(T),
+    Empty,
+    Closed,
+}
+
+impl<T> ThreadSafeIterator<T> {
+    pub fn receiver(&self) -> kanal::AsyncReceiver<T> {
+        self.results.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn try_recv(&self) -> TryRecv<T> {
+        match self.results.try_recv() {
+            Ok(Some(v)) => TryRecv::Item(v),
+            Ok(None) => TryRecv::Empty,
+            Err(_) => TryRecv::Closed,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // Manual clone implementation since `T` does not need to be `Clone`.
 impl<T> Clone for ThreadSafeIterator<T> {
     fn clone(&self) -> Self {