diff --git a/crates/core/src/kernel/snapshot/log_segment.rs b/crates/core/src/kernel/snapshot/log_segment.rs
index 6045bf410d..69076bd066 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/kernel/snapshot/log_segment.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/kernel/snapshot/log_segment.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use object_store::path::Path;
 use object_store::{Error as ObjectStoreError, ObjectMeta, ObjectStore};
-use parquet::arrow::arrow_reader::ArrowReaderOptions;
+use parquet::arrow::arrow_reader::{ArrowReaderMetadata, ArrowReaderOptions};
 use parquet::arrow::async_reader::{ParquetObjectReader, ParquetRecordBatchStreamBuilder};
+use parquet::arrow::ProjectionMask;
 use regex::Regex;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tracing::debug;
@@ -250,19 +251,45 @@ impl LogSegment {
     pub(super) fn checkpoint_stream(
         &self,
         store: Arc<dyn ObjectStore>,
-        _read_schema: &Schema,
+        read_schema: &Schema,
         config: &DeltaTableConfig,
     ) -> BoxStream<'_, DeltaResult<RecordBatch>> {
         let batch_size = config.log_batch_size;
+        let read_schema = Arc::new(read_schema.clone());
         futures::stream::iter(self.checkpoint_files.clone())
             .map(move |meta| {
                 let store = store.clone();
+                let read_schema = read_schema.clone();
                 async move {
-                    let reader = ParquetObjectReader::new(store, meta);
-                    let options = ArrowReaderOptions::new(); //.with_page_index(enable_page_index);
-                    let builder =
-                        ParquetRecordBatchStreamBuilder::new_with_options(reader, options).await?;
-                    builder.with_batch_size(batch_size).build()
+                    let mut reader = ParquetObjectReader::new(store, meta);
+                    let options = ArrowReaderOptions::new();
+                    let reader_meta = ArrowReaderMetadata::load_async(&mut reader, options).await?;
+
+                    // Create projection selecting read_schema fields from parquet file's arrow schema
+                    let projection = reader_meta
+                        .schema()
+                        .fields
+                        .iter()
+                        .enumerate()
+                        .filter_map(|(i, f)| {
+                            if read_schema.fields.contains_key(f.name()) {
+                                Some(i)
+                            } else {
+                                None
+                            }
+                        })
+                        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                    let projection =
+                        ProjectionMask::roots(reader_meta.parquet_schema(), projection);
+
+                    // Note: the output batch stream batches have all null value rows for action types not
+                    // present in the projection. When a RowFilter was used to remove null rows, the performance
+                    // got worse when projecting all fields, and was no better when projecting a subset.
+                    // The all null rows are filtered out anyway when the batch stream is consumed.
+                    ParquetRecordBatchStreamBuilder::new_with_metadata(reader, reader_meta)
+                        .with_projection(projection.clone())
+                        .with_batch_size(batch_size)
+                        .build()
                 }
             })
             .buffered(config.log_buffer_size)
@@ -514,7 +541,13 @@ pub(super) mod tests {
     use deltalake_test::utils::*;
     use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
 
-    use crate::checkpoints::create_checkpoint_from_table_uri_and_cleanup;
+    use crate::{
+        checkpoints::{create_checkpoint_for, create_checkpoint_from_table_uri_and_cleanup},
+        kernel::{Action, Add, Format, Remove},
+        operations::transaction::{CommitBuilder, TableReference},
+        protocol::{DeltaOperation, SaveMode},
+        DeltaTableBuilder,
+    };
 
     use super::*;
 
@@ -737,4 +770,94 @@ pub(super) mod tests {
             assert!(!path.is_commit_file());
         }
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_checkpoint_stream_parquet_read() {
+        let metadata = Metadata {
+            id: "test".to_string(),
+            format: Format::new("parquet".to_string(), None),
+            schema_string: r#"{"type":"struct",  "fields": []}"#.to_string(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let protocol = Protocol::default();
+
+        let mut actions = vec![Action::Metadata(metadata), Action::Protocol(protocol)];
+        for i in 0..10 {
+            actions.push(Action::Add(Add {
+                path: format!("part-{}.parquet", i),
+                modification_time: chrono::Utc::now().timestamp_millis() as i64,
+                ..Default::default()
+            }));
+        }
+
+        let log_store = DeltaTableBuilder::from_uri("memory:///".to_string())
+            .build_storage()
+            .unwrap();
+        let op = DeltaOperation::Write {
+            mode: SaveMode::Overwrite,
+            partition_by: None,
+            predicate: None,
+        };
+        let commit = CommitBuilder::default()
+            .with_actions(actions)
+            .build(None, log_store.clone(), op)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let mut actions = Vec::new();
+        // remove all but one file
+        for i in 0..9 {
+            actions.push(Action::Remove(Remove {
+                path: format!("part-{}.parquet", i),
+                deletion_timestamp: Some(chrono::Utc::now().timestamp_millis() as i64),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }))
+        }
+
+        let op = DeltaOperation::Delete { predicate: None };
+        let table_data = &commit.snapshot as &dyn TableReference;
+        let commit = CommitBuilder::default()
+            .with_actions(actions)
+            .build(Some(table_data), log_store.clone(), op)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        create_checkpoint_for(commit.version, &commit.snapshot, log_store.as_ref())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let batches = LogSegment::try_new(
+            &Path::default(),
+            Some(commit.version),
+            log_store.object_store().as_ref(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .checkpoint_stream(
+            log_store.object_store(),
+            &StructType::new(vec![
+                ActionType::Metadata.schema_field().clone(),
+                ActionType::Protocol.schema_field().clone(),
+                ActionType::Add.schema_field().clone(),
+            ]),
+            &Default::default(),
+        )
+        .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let batch = arrow::compute::concat_batches(&batches[0].schema(), batches.iter()).unwrap();
+
+        // there are 9 remove action rows but all columns are null
+        // because the removes are not projected in the schema
+        // these get filtered out upstream and there was no perf
+        // benefit when applying a row filter
+        // in addition there is 1 add, 1 metadata, and 1 protocol row
+        assert_eq!(batch.num_rows(), 12);
+
+        assert_eq!(batch.schema().fields().len(), 3);
+        assert!(batch.schema().field_with_name("metaData").is_ok());
+        assert!(batch.schema().field_with_name("protocol").is_ok());
+        assert!(batch.schema().field_with_name("add").is_ok());
+    }
 }