diff --git a/parquet/src/encodings/rle.rs b/parquet/src/encodings/rle.rs
index 47e52d00b094..7ecfc8e7ab14 100644
--- a/parquet/src/encodings/rle.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/encodings/rle.rs
@@ -338,6 +338,143 @@ impl RleEncoder {
 /// Size, in number of `i32s` of buffer to use for RLE batch reading
 const RLE_DECODER_INDEX_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 1024;
 
+/// SVE-accelerated dictionary gather for AArch64.
+///
+/// SVE is an optional extension that is not part of the AArch64 baseline, so a
+/// portable binary cannot rely on the autovectoriser emitting gather
+/// instructions for it. Rust also has no stable SVE intrinsics, so the kernels
+/// are written in inline assembly and guarded by a cached runtime feature check.
+#[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
+mod sve_gather {
+    use std::arch::asm;
+    use std::mem::{needs_drop, size_of};
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU8, Ordering};
+
+    const UNCHECKED: u8 = 0;
+    const SUPPORTED: u8 = 1;
+    const UNSUPPORTED: u8 = 2;
+
+    static SVE_STATUS: AtomicU8 = AtomicU8::new(UNCHECKED);
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn sve_available() -> bool {
+        match SVE_STATUS.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+            UNCHECKED => {
+                let available = std::arch::is_aarch64_feature_detected!("sve");
+                SVE_STATUS.store(
+                    if available { SUPPORTED } else { UNSUPPORTED },
+                    Ordering::Relaxed,
+                );
+                available
+            }
+            status => status == SUPPORTED,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Gather `count` 4-byte elements `dict[indices[i]]` into `output`.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    /// - every `indices[i]` must be a valid in-bounds offset into `dict`
+    /// - `indices` and `output` must be valid for `count` elements
+    /// - the `sve` feature must be available
+    #[target_feature(enable = "sve")]
+    unsafe fn gather_4byte(dict: *const u8, indices: *const i32, output: *mut u8, count: usize) {
+        // SAFETY: the caller guarantees the index/dict/output invariants and that
+        // the `sve` feature is present.
+        unsafe {
+            asm!(
+                "mov {pos}, #0",
+                "whilelt p0.s, {pos}, {count}",
+                "2:",
+                "ld1w {{z0.s}}, p0/z, [{idx}, {pos}, lsl #2]",
+                "ld1w {{z1.s}}, p0/z, [{dict}, z0.s, uxtw #2]",
+                "st1w {{z1.s}}, p0, [{out}, {pos}, lsl #2]",
+                "incw {pos}",
+                "whilelt p0.s, {pos}, {count}",
+                "b.first 2b",
+                pos = out(reg) _,
+                count = in(reg) count,
+                idx = in(reg) indices,
+                dict = in(reg) dict,
+                out = in(reg) output,
+                options(nostack)
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Gather `count` 8-byte elements `dict[indices[i]]` into `output`.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    /// Same contract as [`gather_4byte`], for 8-byte elements.
+    #[target_feature(enable = "sve")]
+    unsafe fn gather_8byte(dict: *const u8, indices: *const i32, output: *mut u8, count: usize) {
+        // SAFETY: the caller guarantees the index/dict/output invariants and that
+        // the `sve` feature is present.
+        unsafe {
+            asm!(
+                "mov {pos}, #0",
+                "mov {idx_pos}, #0",
+                "whilelt p0.d, {pos}, {count}",
+                "2:",
+                "ld1sw {{z0.d}}, p0/z, [{idx}, {idx_pos}, lsl #2]",
+                "ld1d {{z1.d}}, p0/z, [{dict}, z0.d, lsl #3]",
+                "st1d {{z1.d}}, p0, [{out}, {pos}, lsl #3]",
+                "incd {pos}",
+                "incd {idx_pos}",
+                "whilelt p0.d, {pos}, {count}",
+                "b.first 2b",
+                pos = out(reg) _,
+                idx_pos = out(reg) _,
+                count = in(reg) count,
+                idx = in(reg) indices,
+                dict = in(reg) dict,
+                out = in(reg) output,
+                options(nostack)
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Gather `dict[indices[i]]` into `buffer` using SVE, returning `true` if the
+    /// SVE path ran and `false` if the caller must fall back to a scalar copy.
+    ///
+    /// The kernels copy raw element bytes, so they only run for 4- and 8-byte
+    /// types that do not need drop. Every index must already be known to be in
+    /// bounds.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn try_gather<T: Clone>(dict: &[T], indices: &[i32], buffer: &mut [T]) -> bool {
+        if needs_drop::<T>() || !sve_available() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        let count = indices.len();
+        debug_assert!(buffer.len() >= count);
+
+        // SAFETY: the caller has checked every index is in bounds, the slices
+        // hold `count` elements, and SVE availability was confirmed above.
+        match size_of::<T>() {
+            4 => unsafe {
+                gather_4byte(
+                    dict.as_ptr() as *const u8,
+                    indices.as_ptr(),
+                    buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8,
+                    count,
+                );
+                true
+            },
+            8 => unsafe {
+                gather_8byte(
+                    dict.as_ptr() as *const u8,
+                    indices.as_ptr(),
+                    buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8,
+                    count,
+                );
+                true
+            },
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// A RLE/Bit-Packing hybrid decoder.
 pub struct RleDecoder {
     // Number of bits used to encode the value. Must be between [0, 64].
@@ -579,9 +716,17 @@ impl RleDecoder {
                             if (max_idx as usize) >= dict_len {
                                 return Err(oob(max_idx, dict_len));
                             }
-                            for (b, i) in out_chunk.iter_mut().zip(idx_chunk.iter()) {
-                                // SAFETY: all indices checked above to be in bounds
-                                b.clone_from(unsafe { dict.get_unchecked(*i as usize) });
+                            // Every index in this chunk is now known to be in
+                            // bounds, so the gather reuses that single check.
+                            #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
+                            let gathered = sve_gather::try_gather(dict, idx_chunk, out_chunk);
+                            #[cfg(not(target_arch = "aarch64"))]
+                            let gathered = false;
+                            if !gathered {
+                                for (b, i) in out_chunk.iter_mut().zip(idx_chunk.iter()) {
+                                    // SAFETY: all indices checked above to be in bounds
+                                    b.clone_from(unsafe { dict.get_unchecked(*i as usize) });
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                         for (b, i) in out_chunks