diff --git a/crates/datasources/src/object_store/http.rs b/crates/datasources/src/object_store/http.rs
index 1d810bf16..03205d5e7 100644
--- a/crates/datasources/src/object_store/http.rs
+++ b/crates/datasources/src/object_store/http.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 use core::fmt;
 use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::io::SeekFrom;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use bytes::Bytes;
+use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use chrono::Utc;
 use datafusion::arrow::datatypes::SchemaRef;
 use datafusion::datasource::file_format::FileFormat;
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ use object_store::{
     PutOptions,
     PutResult,
 };
-use tokio::io::{AsyncWrite, AsyncWriteExt};
+use tempfile::tempdir;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncSeekExt, AsyncWrite, AsyncWriteExt};
 use url::Url;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -189,7 +191,9 @@ impl SimpleHttpStore {
             )));
         }
 
-        let download_file_path = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("{}", Uuid::new_v4()));
+        let download_file_dir = tempdir()?;
+
+        let download_file_path = download_file_dir.path().join(format!("{}", Uuid::new_v4()));
 
         let mut contents = res.bytes_stream();
 
@@ -200,16 +204,44 @@ impl SimpleHttpStore {
             .open(&download_file_path)
             .await?;
 
+        // We unfortunately need to download the contents first to get the
+        // content length since it is unknown.
         while let Some(b) = contents.next().await {
             let b = b?;
             download_file.write_all(&b).await?;
         }
 
         let file_meta = download_file.metadata().await?;
-
         let size = file_meta.len() as usize;
 
-        let payload = GetResultPayload::File(download_file.into_std().await, download_file_path);
+        // Seek the downloaded file to start (before reading).
+        download_file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(0)).await?;
+
+        let stream = async_stream::stream! {
+            // Delete when the stream is dropped.
+            let _download_file_dir = download_file_dir;
+
+            // Create a chunked stream.
+            loop {
+                let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(8 * 1024);
+
+                let bytes_read = download_file
+                    .read_buf(&mut buf)
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(|e| object_store::Error::Generic {
+                        store: "HTTP",
+                        source: Box::new(e),
+                    })?;
+
+                if bytes_read == 0 {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                yield Ok(buf.freeze());
+            }
+        };
+
+        let payload = GetResultPayload::Stream(Box::pin(stream));
 
         Ok(GetResult {
             payload,