diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/impl/ColumnReaderBase.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/impl/ColumnReaderBase.java
index 0af85c7014..76822367d2 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/impl/ColumnReaderBase.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/impl/ColumnReaderBase.java
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ private static abstract class Binding {
      */
     abstract void skip();
 
+    /**
+     * Skips n values from the underlying page
+     *
+     * @param n
+     *          the number of values to be skipped
+     */
+    abstract void skip(int n);
+
     /**
      * write current value to converter
      */
@@ -163,6 +171,10 @@ void read() {
           public void skip() {
             dataColumn.skip();
           }
+          @Override
+          void skip(int n) {
+            dataColumn.skip(n);
+          }
           public int getDictionaryId() {
             return dictionaryId;
           }
@@ -203,6 +215,11 @@ public void skip() {
             current = 0;
             dataColumn.skip();
           }
+          @Override
+          void skip(int n) {
+            current = 0;
+            dataColumn.skip(n);
+          }
           public float getFloat() {
             return current;
           }
@@ -222,6 +239,11 @@ public void skip() {
             current = 0;
             dataColumn.skip();
           }
+          @Override
+          void skip(int n) {
+            current = 0;
+            dataColumn.skip(n);
+          }
           public double getDouble() {
             return current;
           }
@@ -242,6 +264,11 @@ public void skip() {
             dataColumn.skip();
           }
           @Override
+          void skip(int n) {
+            current = 0;
+            dataColumn.skip(n);
+          }
+          @Override
           public int getInteger() {
             return current;
           }
@@ -262,6 +289,11 @@ public void skip() {
             dataColumn.skip();
           }
           @Override
+          void skip(int n) {
+            current = 0;
+            dataColumn.skip(n);
+          }
+          @Override
           public long getLong() {
             return current;
           }
@@ -291,6 +323,11 @@ public void skip() {
             dataColumn.skip();
           }
           @Override
+          void skip(int n) {
+            current = false;
+            dataColumn.skip(n);
+          }
+          @Override
           public boolean getBoolean() {
             return current;
           }
@@ -311,6 +348,11 @@ public void skip() {
             dataColumn.skip();
           }
           @Override
+          void skip(int n) {
+            current = null;
+            dataColumn.skip(n);
+          }
+          @Override
           public Binary getBinary() {
             return current;
           }
@@ -511,6 +553,7 @@ public int getCurrentDefinitionLevel() {
 
   private void checkRead() {
     int rl, dl;
+    int skipValues = 0;
     for (;;) {
       if (isPageFullyConsumed()) {
         if (isFullyConsumed()) {
@@ -519,6 +562,7 @@ private void checkRead() {
           return;
         }
         readPage();
+        skipValues = 0;
       }
       rl = repetitionLevelColumn.nextInt();
       dl = definitionLevelColumn.nextInt();
@@ -527,9 +571,10 @@ private void checkRead() {
         break;
       }
       if (dl == maxDefinitionLevel) {
-        binding.skip();
+        ++skipValues;
       }
     }
+    binding.skip(skipValues);
     repetitionLevel = rl;
     definitionLevel = dl;
   }
diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/ValuesReader.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/ValuesReader.java
index 57326607b5..3167d82f72 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/ValuesReader.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/ValuesReader.java
@@ -109,5 +109,17 @@ public long readLong() {
    * Skips the next value in the page
    */
   abstract public void skip();
+
+  /**
+   * Skips the next n value in the page
+   *
+   * @param n
+   *          the number of values to be skipped
+   */
+  public void skip(int n) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+      skip();
+    }
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/delta/DeltaBinaryPackingValuesReader.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/delta/DeltaBinaryPackingValuesReader.java
index dceaa526f5..58e02f2767 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/delta/DeltaBinaryPackingValuesReader.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/delta/DeltaBinaryPackingValuesReader.java
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ public void skip() {
     valuesRead++;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void skip(int n) {
+    // checkRead() is invoked before incrementing valuesRead so increase valuesRead size in 2 steps
+    valuesRead += n - 1;
+    checkRead();
+    ++valuesRead;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public int readInteger() {
     // TODO: probably implement it separately
diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/deltalengthbytearray/DeltaLengthByteArrayValuesReader.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/deltalengthbytearray/DeltaLengthByteArrayValuesReader.java
index 1a2ccb9b53..4dbbcb5645 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/deltalengthbytearray/DeltaLengthByteArrayValuesReader.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/deltalengthbytearray/DeltaLengthByteArrayValuesReader.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
 import org.apache.parquet.bytes.ByteBufferInputStream;
 import org.apache.parquet.column.values.ValuesReader;
 import org.apache.parquet.column.values.delta.DeltaBinaryPackingValuesReader;
@@ -64,7 +62,15 @@ public Binary readBytes() {
 
   @Override
   public void skip() {
-    int length = lengthReader.readInteger();
+    skip(1);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void skip(int n) {
+    int length = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+      length += lengthReader.readInteger();
+    }
     try {
       in.skipFully(length);
     } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/plain/FixedLenByteArrayPlainValuesReader.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/plain/FixedLenByteArrayPlainValuesReader.java
index 15ed43438f..631c9084d1 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/plain/FixedLenByteArrayPlainValuesReader.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/plain/FixedLenByteArrayPlainValuesReader.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.apache.parquet.column.values.plain;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import org.apache.parquet.bytes.ByteBufferInputStream;
 import org.apache.parquet.column.values.ValuesReader;
 import org.apache.parquet.io.ParquetDecodingException;
@@ -51,8 +50,13 @@ public Binary readBytes() {
 
   @Override
   public void skip() {
+    skip(1);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void skip(int n) {
     try {
-      in.skipFully(length);
+      in.skipFully(n * length);
     } catch (IOException | RuntimeException e) {
       throw new ParquetDecodingException("could not skip bytes at offset " + in.position(), e);
     }
diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/plain/PlainValuesReader.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/plain/PlainValuesReader.java
index f576528a98..127817eb0c 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/plain/PlainValuesReader.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/plain/PlainValuesReader.java
@@ -41,14 +41,26 @@ public void initFromPage(int valueCount, ByteBufferInputStream stream) throws IO
     this.in = new LittleEndianDataInputStream(stream.remainingStream());
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void skip() {
+    skip(1);
+  }
+
+  void skipBytesFully(int n) throws IOException {
+    int skipped = 0;
+    while (skipped < n) {
+      skipped += in.skipBytes(n - skipped);
+    }
+  }
+
   public static class DoublePlainValuesReader extends PlainValuesReader {
 
     @Override
-    public void skip() {
+    public void skip(int n) {
       try {
-        in.skipBytes(8);
+        skipBytesFully(n * 8);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new ParquetDecodingException("could not skip double", e);
+        throw new ParquetDecodingException("could not skip " + n + " double values", e);
       }
     }
 
@@ -65,11 +77,11 @@ public double readDouble() {
   public static class FloatPlainValuesReader extends PlainValuesReader {
 
     @Override
-    public void skip() {
+    public void skip(int n) {
       try {
-        in.skipBytes(4);
+        skipBytesFully(n * 4);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new ParquetDecodingException("could not skip float", e);
+        throw new ParquetDecodingException("could not skip " + n + " floats", e);
       }
     }
 
@@ -86,11 +98,11 @@ public float readFloat() {
   public static class IntegerPlainValuesReader extends PlainValuesReader {
 
     @Override
-    public void skip() {
+    public void skip(int n) {
       try {
-        in.skipBytes(4);
+        in.skipBytes(n * 4);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new ParquetDecodingException("could not skip int", e);
+        throw new ParquetDecodingException("could not skip " + n + " ints", e);
       }
     }
 
@@ -107,11 +119,11 @@ public int readInteger() {
   public static class LongPlainValuesReader extends PlainValuesReader {
 
     @Override
-    public void skip() {
+    public void skip(int n) {
       try {
-        in.skipBytes(8);
+        in.skipBytes(n * 8);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new ParquetDecodingException("could not skip long", e);
+        throw new ParquetDecodingException("could not skip " + n + " longs", e);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/rle/ZeroIntegerValuesReader.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/rle/ZeroIntegerValuesReader.java
index fe00de999e..8039cf9e4d 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/rle/ZeroIntegerValuesReader.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/rle/ZeroIntegerValuesReader.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 package org.apache.parquet.column.values.rle;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
 import org.apache.parquet.bytes.ByteBufferInputStream;
 import org.apache.parquet.column.values.ValuesReader;
 
@@ -43,4 +41,8 @@ public void initFromPage(int valueCount, ByteBufferInputStream stream) throws IO
   public void skip() {
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void skip(int n) {
+  }
+
 }