diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 422a8cb8e7260..eda8fab74e87e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Allow test clusters to run with TLS ([#8900](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/8900))
 - Add jdk.incubator.vector module support for JDK 20+ ([#8601](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/8601))
 - [Feature] Expose term frequency in Painless script score context ([#9081](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/9081))
+- Add support for reading partial files to HDFS repository ([#9513](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/9513))
 
 ### Dependencies
 - Bump `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core` from 2.17.1 to 2.20.0 ([#8307](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/8307))
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/hdfs/HdfsBlobContainer.java b/plugins/repository-hdfs/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/hdfs/HdfsBlobContainer.java
index dcbd52d311230..669190f4e2490 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/hdfs/HdfsBlobContainer.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/hdfs/HdfsBlobContainer.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 package org.opensearch.repositories.hdfs;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CreateFlag;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.blobstore.fs.FsBlobContainer;
 import org.opensearch.common.blobstore.support.AbstractBlobContainer;
 import org.opensearch.common.blobstore.support.PlainBlobMetadata;
+import org.opensearch.common.io.Streams;
 import org.opensearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsBlobStore.Operation;
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -125,8 +127,23 @@ public InputStream readBlob(String blobName) throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public InputStream readBlob(String blobName, long position, long length) {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    public InputStream readBlob(String blobName, long position, long length) throws IOException {
+        return store.execute(fileContext -> {
+            final FSDataInputStream stream;
+            try {
+                stream = fileContext.open(new Path(path, blobName), bufferSize);
+            } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
+                throw new NoSuchFileException("[" + blobName + "] blob not found");
+            }
+            // Seek to the desired start position, closing the stream if any error occurs
+            try {
+                stream.seek(position);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                stream.close();
+                throw e;
+            }
+            return Streams.limitStream(new HDFSPrivilegedInputSteam(stream, securityContext), length);
+        });
     }
 
     @Override