diff --git a/mountpoint-s3-client/src/s3_crt_client/get_object.rs b/mountpoint-s3-client/src/s3_crt_client/get_object.rs
index d93a75b16..65a7ba5f7 100644
--- a/mountpoint-s3-client/src/s3_crt_client/get_object.rs
+++ b/mountpoint-s3-client/src/s3_crt_client/get_object.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,16 @@ impl S3CrtClient {
                 .map_err(S3RequestError::construction_failure)?;
 
             let mut options = message.into_options(S3Operation::GetObject);
-            options.part_size(self.inner.read_part_size as u64);
+
+            // Use the client read part size, or the requested range if smaller.
+            let part_size = (self.inner.read_part_size as u64).min(
+                params
+                    .range
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .map(|range| range.end - range.start)
+                    .unwrap_or(u64::MAX),
+            );
+            options.part_size(part_size);
 
             let mut headers_sender = Some(event_sender.clone());
             let part_sender = event_sender.clone();
diff --git a/mountpoint-s3-client/tests/client.rs b/mountpoint-s3-client/tests/client.rs
index 8174535da..968ce136b 100644
--- a/mountpoint-s3-client/tests/client.rs
+++ b/mountpoint-s3-client/tests/client.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 
 pub mod common;
 
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
 use common::*;
-use mountpoint_s3_client::S3CrtClient;
-use mountpoint_s3_client::config::S3ClientConfig;
+use futures::{StreamExt as _, pin_mut};
+use mountpoint_s3_client::config::{MemoryPool, MetaRequestType, S3ClientConfig};
+use mountpoint_s3_client::types::{GetBodyPart, GetObjectParams};
+use mountpoint_s3_client::{ObjectClient, S3CrtClient};
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_create_client_twice() {
@@ -15,3 +21,88 @@ async fn test_create_client_twice() {
         let _client = S3CrtClient::new(config.clone()).expect("could not create test client");
     }
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_memory_pool_get_buffer_sizes() {
+    const PART_SIZE: usize = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
+    const OBJECT_SIZE: usize = 1024 * 1024;
+
+    let sdk_client = get_test_sdk_client().await;
+    let (bucket, prefix) = get_test_bucket_and_prefix("test_memory_pool_get_buffer_sizes");
+
+    let size = 1024 * 1024;
+    let key = format!("{prefix}/test");
+    let body = vec![0x42u8; size];
+    sdk_client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(&bucket)
+        .key(&key)
+        .body(ByteStream::from(body.clone()))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let pool = TrackingPool::new();
+    let config = S3ClientConfig::new()
+        .endpoint_config(get_test_endpoint_config())
+        .part_size(PART_SIZE)
+        .memory_pool(pool.clone());
+    let client = S3CrtClient::new(config.clone()).expect("could not create test client");
+
+    let result = client
+        .get_object(
+            &bucket,
+            &key,
+            &GetObjectParams::new().range(Some(0..(OBJECT_SIZE as u64))),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("get_object should succeed");
+
+    pin_mut!(result);
+    while let Some(r) = result.next().await {
+        let GetBodyPart { .. } = r.expect("get_object body part failed");
+    }
+
+    let buffers_count = pool.requests();
+    assert_eq!(&buffers_count, &[(MetaRequestType::GetObject, OBJECT_SIZE, 1)]);
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+struct TrackingPool {
+    requests: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<(MetaRequestType, usize), usize>>>,
+}
+
+impl TrackingPool {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        TrackingPool {
+            requests: Default::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn requests(&self) -> Vec<(MetaRequestType, usize, usize)> {
+        self.requests
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap()
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(&(typ, size), &count)| (typ, size, count))
+            .collect()
+    }
+}
+
+impl MemoryPool for TrackingPool {
+    type Buffer = Box<[u8]>;
+
+    fn get_buffer(&self, size: usize, meta_request_type: MetaRequestType) -> Self::Buffer {
+        *self
+            .requests
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap()
+            .entry((meta_request_type, size))
+            .or_default() += 1;
+        vec![0u8; size].into_boxed_slice()
+    }
+
+    fn trim(&self) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mountpoint-s3-crt/src/s3/client.rs b/mountpoint-s3-crt/src/s3/client.rs
index a36860fae..70645e5ef 100644
--- a/mountpoint-s3-crt/src/s3/client.rs
+++ b/mountpoint-s3-crt/src/s3/client.rs
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ impl Default for MetaRequestOptions<'_> {
 
 /// What transformation to apply to a single [MetaRequest] to transform it into a collection of
 /// requests to S3.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum MetaRequestType {
     /// Send the request as-is (no transformation)
     Default,
diff --git a/mountpoint-s3/src/run.rs b/mountpoint-s3/src/run.rs
index 7eb5467af..3e0215089 100644
--- a/mountpoint-s3/src/run.rs
+++ b/mountpoint-s3/src/run.rs
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ fn mount(args: CliArgs, client_builder: impl ClientBuilder) -> anyhow::Result<Fu
     // Set up a paged memory pool
     let pool = PagedPool::new_with_candidate_sizes([
         args.cache_block_size_in_bytes() as usize,
+        mountpoint_s3_fs::s3::config::INITIAL_READ_WINDOW_SIZE,
         client_config.part_config.read_size_bytes,
         client_config.part_config.write_size_bytes,
     ]);