diff --git a/fiona/collection.py b/fiona/collection.py
index d39da2099..57d76f0ce 100644
--- a/fiona/collection.py
+++ b/fiona/collection.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 with fiona._loading.add_gdal_dll_directories():
     from fiona import compat, vfs
-    from fiona.ogrext import Iterator, ItemsIterator, KeysIterator
+    from fiona.ogrext import BatchReader, Iterator, ItemsIterator, KeysIterator
     from fiona.ogrext import Session, WritingSession
     from fiona.ogrext import buffer_to_virtual_file, remove_virtual_file, GEOMETRY_TYPES
     from fiona.errors import (
@@ -512,6 +512,15 @@ def keys(self, *args, **kwds):
         self.iterator = KeysIterator(self, start, stop, step, bbox, mask, where)
         return self.iterator
 
+    def batches(self, *args, **kwds):
+        if self.closed:
+            raise ValueError("I/O operation on closed collection")
+        elif self.mode != "r":
+            raise OSError("collection not open for reading")
+        reader = BatchReader(self)
+        for batch in reader.batches():
+            yield batch
+
     def __contains__(self, fid):
         return self.session.has_feature(fid)
 
diff --git a/fiona/ogrext.pyx b/fiona/ogrext.pyx
index e6fb4cbb0..a7914568f 100644
--- a/fiona/ogrext.pyx
+++ b/fiona/ogrext.pyx
@@ -1443,6 +1443,84 @@ cdef class WritingSession(Session):
         return GDALSetMetadataItem(obj, name, value, domain)
 
 
+cdef extern from "stdint.h":
+    ctypedef signed int int64_t
+
+
+cdef extern from "ogr_recordbatch.h":
+
+    cdef struct ArrowSchema:
+        const char* format
+        const char* name
+        const char* metadata
+        int64_t flags
+        int64_t n_children
+        ArrowSchema **children
+        ArrowSchema *dictionary
+        void (*release)(ArrowSchema *)
+
+    cdef struct ArrowArray:
+        int64_t length
+        int64_t null_count
+        int64_t offset
+        int64_t n_buffers
+        int64_t n_children
+        const void **buffers
+        ArrowArray **children
+        ArrowArray *dictionary
+        void (*release)(ArrowArray *)
+
+    cdef struct ArrowArrayStream:
+        int (*get_schema)(ArrowArrayStream *, ArrowSchema *out)
+        int (*get_next)(ArrowArrayStream *, ArrowArray *out)
+        const char* (*get_last_error)(ArrowArrayStream *)
+        void (*release)(ArrowArrayStream *)
+
+cdef extern from "ogr_api.h" nogil:
+
+    bint OGR_L_GetArrowStream(OGRLayerH hLayer, ArrowArrayStream *out_stream, char **papszOptions)
+
+
+cdef class BatchReader:
+    cdef collection
+
+    def __init__(self, collection):
+        self.collection = collection
+
+    def batches(self):
+        cdef Session session = self.collection.session
+        cdef OGRLayerH cogr_layer = session.cogr_layer
+
+        if not session or not session.isactive:
+            raise FionaValueError("Session is inactive, dataset is closed or layer is unavailable.")
+
+        cdef ArrowArrayStream stream
+
+        if not OGR_L_GetArrowStream(cogr_layer, &stream, NULL):
+            raise CPLE_AppDefinedError("OGR_L_GetArrowStream() failed")
+
+        cdef ArrowSchema schema
+
+        if stream.get_schema(&stream, &schema) == 0:
+            # print(schema.name)
+            schema.release(&schema)
+
+        cdef ArrowArray array
+
+        while True:
+            # Look for an error (get_next() returning a non-zero code), or
+            # end of iteration (array.release == nullptr)
+
+            if stream.get_next(&stream, &array) != 0 or array.release == NULL:
+                break
+
+            yield array.length
+
+            array.release(&array)
+
+        stream.release(&stream)
+
+
 cdef class Iterator:
 
     """Provides iterated access to feature data.
@@ -1982,7 +2060,7 @@ cdef class MemoryFileBase:
 
         """
         if not self.getbuffer():
-            return 0        
+            return 0
         return self.getbuffer().size
 
     def getbuffer(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_record_batch.py b/tests/test_record_batch.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82c624e14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_record_batch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""Record batch API tests."""
+
+import fiona
+
+
+def test_batch():
+    with fiona.open("tests/data/coutwildrnp.shp") as collection:
+        assert sum(collection.batches()) == 67