diff --git a/vortex-cuda/src/executor.rs b/vortex-cuda/src/executor.rs
index e5b9d057fe3..e2e3ea4330a 100644
--- a/vortex-cuda/src/executor.rs
+++ b/vortex-cuda/src/executor.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use cudarc::driver::DeviceRepr;
 use cudarc::driver::LaunchArgs;
 use cudarc::driver::LaunchConfig;
 use cudarc::driver::ValidAsZeroBits;
+use cudarc::driver::sys::CUevent_flags;
 use futures::future::BoxFuture;
 use tracing::debug;
 use tracing::trace;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ use vortex::error::VortexResult;
 use vortex::error::vortex_bail;
 use vortex::error::vortex_ensure;
 use vortex::error::vortex_err;
+use vortex_array::VortexSessionExecute;
 
 use crate::CudaSession;
 use crate::ExportDeviceArray;
@@ -135,6 +137,40 @@ impl CudaExecutionCtx {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Forks this execution context onto a sibling stream from the session's
+    /// round-robin pool, so work on the two contexts can overlap on device.
+    ///
+    /// The fork gets a fresh CPU execution context and inherits this
+    /// context's launch strategy and dispatch mode. cudarc-tracked buffer
+    /// arguments are ordered across streams automatically; work that reads a
+    /// fork's output through raw device pointers (e.g. the CUB shims) must
+    /// first order this context behind it with [`wait_for`][Self::wait_for].
+    pub fn fork(&self) -> VortexResult<CudaExecutionCtx> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            stream: self.cuda_session.stream()?,
+            ctx: self.ctx.session().create_execution_ctx(),
+            cuda_session: self.cuda_session.clone(),
+            strategy: Arc::clone(&self.strategy),
+            dispatch_mode: self.dispatch_mode,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Orders this context's stream behind all work currently submitted to
+    /// `other`'s stream via a CUDA event, without blocking the host. A no-op
+    /// when both contexts share a stream.
+    pub fn wait_for(&self, other: &CudaExecutionCtx) -> VortexResult<()> {
+        if self.stream.cu_stream() == other.stream.cu_stream() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        let event = other
+            .stream
+            .record_event(Some(CUevent_flags::CU_EVENT_DISABLE_TIMING))
+            .map_err(|e| vortex_err!("Failed to record CUDA fork event: {e}"))?;
+        self.stream
+            .wait(&event)
+            .map_err(|e| vortex_err!("Failed to wait on CUDA fork event: {e}"))
+    }
+
     /// Perform an external kernel launch, with events created and logged via the configured
     /// [`LaunchStrategy`].
     ///
@@ -493,3 +529,49 @@ impl CudaArrayExt for ArrayRef {
         self.execute(&mut ctx.ctx)
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use cudarc::driver::CudaContext;
+    use cudarc::driver::PushKernelArg;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[crate::test]
+    async fn test_fork_runs_on_sibling_stream_and_wait_for_orders_it() -> VortexResult<()> {
+        let context = CudaContext::new(0)
+            .map_err(|err| vortex_err!("failed to create CUDA context: {err}"))?;
+        let cuda_session = CudaSession::with_stream_pool_capacity(context, 2);
+        let session = vortex::array::array_session().with_some(cuda_session);
+        let ctx = CudaSession::create_execution_ctx(&session)?;
+
+        let mut fork = ctx.fork()?;
+        assert_ne!(ctx.stream().cu_stream(), fork.stream().cu_stream());
+
+        // Fill a buffer with a kernel enqueued on the forked stream.
+        let len = 1u64 << 20;
+        let mut values = fork.device_alloc::<u32>(usize::try_from(len)?)?;
+        let kernel = fork.load_function("constant_numeric", &[PType::U32])?;
+        let value = 7u32;
+        fork.launch_kernel(&kernel, usize::try_from(len)?, |args| {
+            args.arg(&mut values).arg(&value).arg(&len);
+        })?;
+
+        // Order the parent stream behind the fork, then read the fork's
+        // output through the parent stream.
+        ctx.wait_for(&fork)?;
+        let host = ctx
+            .stream()
+            .clone_dtoh(&values)
+            .map_err(|e| vortex_err!("Failed to copy fork output to host: {e}"))?;
+        assert!(host.iter().all(|v| *v == 7));
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[crate::test]
+    async fn test_wait_for_same_stream_is_noop() -> VortexResult<()> {
+        let ctx = CudaSession::create_execution_ctx(&crate::cuda_session())?;
+        ctx.wait_for(&ctx)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}