diff --git a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/io/parquet/MapredParquetInputFormat.java b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/io/parquet/MapredParquetInputFormat.java
index 2a3bccb6d9a5..ba9e1ca54606 100644
--- a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/io/parquet/MapredParquetInputFormat.java
+++ b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/io/parquet/MapredParquetInputFormat.java
@@ -14,51 +14,55 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.parquet;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletionService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorCompletionService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.BlobStorageUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.io.DataCache;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.io.FileMetadataCache;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.conf.HiveConf;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Utilities;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.vector.VectorizedInputFormatInterface;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.vector.VectorizedSupport;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveFileFormatUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.InputFormatChecker;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.LlapCacheOnlyInputFormatInterface;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.parquet.serde.ParquetTableUtils;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.plan.MapWork;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.plan.PartitionDesc;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileSplit;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Utilities;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.parquet.read.DataWritableReadSupport;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.parquet.read.ParquetRecordReaderWrapper;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.ArrayWritable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.NullWritable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileInputFormat;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.RecordReader;
-
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetInputFormat;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
 
 
 /**
- *
- * A Parquet InputFormat for Hive (with the deprecated package mapred)
- *
- * NOTE: With HIVE-9235 we removed "implements VectorizedParquetInputFormat" since all data types
- *       are not currently supported.  Removing the interface turns off vectorization.
+ * A Parquet InputFormat for Hive (with the deprecated package mapred).
  */
 public class MapredParquetInputFormat extends FileInputFormat<NullWritable, ArrayWritable>
   implements InputFormatChecker, VectorizedInputFormatInterface, LlapCacheOnlyInputFormatInterface {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MapredParquetInputFormat.class);
 
+  private static ExecutorService threadPool;
+
   private final ParquetInputFormat<ArrayWritable> realInput;
 
   private final transient VectorizedParquetInputFormat vectorizedSelf;
@@ -72,6 +76,90 @@ protected MapredParquetInputFormat(final ParquetInputFormat<ArrayWritable> input
     vectorizedSelf = new VectorizedParquetInputFormat();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * On blob storage with multiple recursive input directories, list them in parallel instead of the
+   * default serial per-directory listing that dominates split generation. Listed files flow through
+   * the inherited {@link FileInputFormat#getSplits} unchanged; all other cases defer to the default.
+   */
+  @Override
+  protected FileStatus[] listStatus(JobConf job) throws IOException {
+    Path[] dirs = getInputPaths(job);
+    // Only the recursive case (the Tez default) takes the parallel path; non-recursive listing has
+    // subtler sub-directory semantics, so defer to the default.
+    if (dirs.length <= 1
+        || !job.getBoolean(FileInputFormat.INPUT_DIR_RECURSIVE, false)
+        || !BlobStorageUtils.isBlobStorageFileSystem(job, dirs[0].getFileSystem(job))) {
+      return super.listStatus(job);
+    }
+
+    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    // List as the caller's end-user, not the pool threads' login user; FileSystem.get is UGI-keyed.
+    UserGroupInformation ugi = UserGroupInformation.getCurrentUser();
+
+    int numThreads = Math.max(2, HiveConf.getIntVar(job, HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVE_COMPUTE_SPLITS_NUM_THREADS));
+    ExecutorService pool = getThreadPool(numThreads);
+    CompletionService<List<FileStatus>> completionService = new ExecutorCompletionService<>(pool);
+
+    List<Future<List<FileStatus>>> pathFutures = new ArrayList<>(dirs.length);
+    List<FileStatus> files = new ArrayList<>();
+    try {
+      for (Path dir : dirs) {
+        pathFutures.add(completionService.submit(() -> listDirectory(job, dir, ugi)));
+      }
+      for (int resultsLeft = dirs.length; resultsLeft > 0; resultsLeft--) {
+        files.addAll(completionService.take().get());
+      }
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      cancelFutures(pathFutures);
+      Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+      throw new IOException("Interrupted while listing input directories", e);
+
+    } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+      cancelFutures(pathFutures);
+      Throwable cause = e.getCause();
+
+      if (cause instanceof InterruptedException) {
+        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+        throw new IOException("Interrupted while listing input directories", cause);
+      }
+      if (cause instanceof IOException) {
+        throw (IOException) cause;
+      }
+      throw new IOException("Failed to list input directories", cause);
+    }
+
+    LOG.info("Parquet parallel listStatus: {} files from {} dirs in {} ms ({} threads)",
+        files.size(), dirs.length, System.currentTimeMillis() - start, numThreads);
+    return files.toArray(new FileStatus[0]);
+  }
+
+  private static List<FileStatus> listDirectory(JobConf job, Path dir, UserGroupInformation ugi)
+      throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    return ugi.doAs((PrivilegedExceptionAction<List<FileStatus>>) () -> {
+      FileSystem dirFs = dir.getFileSystem(job);
+      List<FileStatus> dirFiles = new ArrayList<>();
+      FileUtils.listStatusRecursively(dirFs, new FileStatus(0, true, 0, 0, 0, dir), dirFiles);
+      return dirFiles;
+    });
+  }
+
+  private static synchronized ExecutorService getThreadPool(int numThreads) {
+    if (threadPool == null) {
+      threadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(numThreads,
+          new ThreadFactoryBuilder()
+              .setDaemon(true)
+              .setNameFormat("PARQUET_GET_SPLITS #%d")
+              .build());
+    }
+    return threadPool;
+  }
+
+  private static <T> void cancelFutures(List<Future<T>> futures) {
+    for (Future<T> future : futures) {
+      future.cancel(true);
+    }
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
   @Override
   public org.apache.hadoop.mapred.RecordReader<NullWritable, ArrayWritable> getRecordReader(