diff --git a/src/scala/spark/LocalFileShuffle.scala b/src/scala/spark/LocalFileShuffle.scala
index a015f53945..b70315deff 100644
--- a/src/scala/spark/LocalFileShuffle.scala
+++ b/src/scala/spark/LocalFileShuffle.scala
@@ -68,10 +68,28 @@ class LocalFileShuffle[K, V, C] extends Shuffle[K, V, C] with Logging {
       (myIndex, LocalFileShuffle.serverUri)
     }).collect()
 
-    val splitsByUri = new ArrayBuffer[(String, Int)]
+    // Load config option to decide whether or not to use HTTP pipelining
+    val UseHttpPipelining =
+        System.getProperty("spark.shuffle.UseHttpPipelining", "true").toBoolean
+
+    // Build a traversable list of pairs of server URI and split. Needs to be
+    // of type TraversableOnce[(String, ArrayBuffer[Int])]
+    val splitsByUri = if (UseHttpPipelining) {
+      // Build a hashmap from server URI to list of splits (to facillitate
+      // fetching all the URIs on a server within a single connection)
+      val splitsByUriHM = new HashMap[String, ArrayBuffer[Int]]
       for ((inputId, serverUri) <- outputLocs) {
-        splitsByUri += ((serverUri, inputId))
+        splitsByUriHM.getOrElseUpdate(serverUri, ArrayBuffer()) += inputId
       }
+      splitsByUriHM.toArray
+    } else {
+      // Don't use HTTP pipelining
+      val splitsByUriAB = new ArrayBuffer[(String, ArrayBuffer[Int])]
+      for ((inputId, serverUri) <- outputLocs) {
+        splitsByUriAB += ((serverUri, new ArrayBuffer[Int] += inputId))
+      }
+      splitsByUriAB.toArray
+    }
 
     // TODO: Could broadcast splitsByUri
 
@@ -97,12 +115,10 @@ class LocalFileShuffle[K, V, C] extends Shuffle[K, V, C] with Logging {
           val splitIndex = selectRandomSplit
           
           if (splitIndex != -1) {
-            val (serverUri, inputId) = splitsByUri (splitIndex)
-            val url = 
-              "%s/shuffle/%d/%d/%d".format(serverUri, shuffleId, inputId, myId)
+            val (serverUri, inputIds) = splitsByUri (splitIndex)
 
-            threadPool.execute (
-              new ShuffleClient (url, splitIndex, mergeCombiners))
+            threadPool.execute ( new ShuffleClient (serverUri, shuffleId.toInt, 
+              inputIds, myId, splitIndex, mergeCombiners))
               
             // splitIndex is in transit. Will be unset in the ShuffleClient
             splitsInRequestBitVector.synchronized {
@@ -138,32 +154,42 @@ class LocalFileShuffle[K, V, C] extends Shuffle[K, V, C] with Logging {
     }
   }
   
-  class ShuffleClient (url: String, splitIndex: Int, 
+  class ShuffleClient (serverUri: String, shuffleId: Int, 
+    inputIds: ArrayBuffer[Int], myId: Int, splitIndex: Int, 
     mergeCombiners: (C, C) => C)
   extends Thread with Logging {
     private var receptionSucceeded = false
 
     override def run: Unit = {
-      val readStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis
-      logInfo ("BEGIN READ: " + url)
-      
       try {    
-        val inputStream = new ObjectInputStream(new URL(url).openStream())
-        try {
-          while (true) {
-            val (k, c) = inputStream.readObject().asInstanceOf[(K, C)]
-            combiners.synchronized {
-              combiners(k) = combiners.get(k) match {
-                case Some(oldC) => mergeCombiners(oldC, c)
-                case None => c
+        for (inputId <- inputIds) {
+          val url = 
+            "%s/shuffle/%d/%d/%d".format(serverUri, shuffleId, inputId, myId)
+          
+          val readStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis
+          logInfo ("BEGIN READ: " + url)
+        
+          val inputStream = new ObjectInputStream(new URL(url).openStream())
+          try {
+            while (true) {
+              val (k, c) = inputStream.readObject().asInstanceOf[(K, C)]
+              combiners.synchronized {
+                combiners(k) = combiners.get(k) match {
+                  case Some(oldC) => mergeCombiners(oldC, c)
+                  case None => c
+                }
               }
             }
+          } catch {
+            case e: EOFException => {}
           }
-        } catch {
-          case e: EOFException => {}
+          inputStream.close()
+                    
+          logInfo ("END READ: " + url)
+          val readTime = (System.currentTimeMillis - readStartTime)
+          logInfo ("Reading " + url + " took " + readTime + " millis.")
         }
-        inputStream.close()
-        
+
         // Reception completed. Update stats.
         hasSplitsBitVector.synchronized {
           hasSplitsBitVector.set (splitIndex)
@@ -176,10 +202,6 @@ class LocalFileShuffle[K, V, C] extends Shuffle[K, V, C] with Logging {
         }
         
         receptionSucceeded = true
-                  
-        logInfo ("END READ: " + url)
-        val readTime = (System.currentTimeMillis - readStartTime)
-        logInfo ("Reading " + url + " took " + readTime + " millis.")        
       } catch {
         // EOFException is expected to happen because sender can break
         // connection due to timeout