diff --git a/cmd/warc/concat/concat.go b/cmd/warc/concat/concat.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4e2f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/warc/concat/concat.go
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+package concat
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/internetarchive/gowarc/cmd/warc/utils"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// Command represents the concat command
+var Command = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "concat [flags] file1.warc.gz file2.warc.gz ...",
+	Short: "Concatenate multiple WARC files into one and delete the originals",
+	Long: `Concatenate multiple WARC files into a single output WARC file.
+
+WARC files (including gzip-compressed ones) are simply concatenated at the
+byte level. The file list is sorted and deduplicated unless --no-dedup is specified.
+
+After a successful concatenation, the original input files are deleted unless
+--no-delete is specified.`,
+	Args: cobra.MinimumNArgs(2),
+	Run:  concat,
+}
+
+func init() {
+	Command.Flags().StringP("output", "o", "", "Output WARC file path (required)")
+	Command.Flags().Bool("no-delete", false, "Keep original files after concatenation")
+	Command.Flags().Bool("no-dedup", false, "Don't sort and dedup file list")
+	_ = Command.MarkFlagRequired("output")
+}
+
+func concat(cmd *cobra.Command, files []string) {
+	output, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("output")
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("failed to get output flag", "error", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	noDelete, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("no-delete")
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("failed to get no-delete flag", "error", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	noDedup, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("no-dedup")
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("failed to get no-dedup flag", "error", err)
+		return
+	}
+	startTime := time.Now()
+
+	if !noDedup {
+		slices.Sort(files)
+		files = slices.Compact(files)
+	}
+
+	// Verify all input files exist, check for dictionary-compressed zstd, and collect sizes
+	var totalInputBytes int64
+	for _, f := range files {
+		info, err := os.Stat(f)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("input file not accessible", "file", f, "error", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if !info.Mode().IsRegular() {
+			slog.Error("input path is not a regular file", "file", f, "mode", info.Mode())
+			return
+		}
+		totalInputBytes += info.Size()
+
+		if hasDictionaryFrame(f) {
+			slog.Error("file uses a zstd dictionary frame and cannot be safely concatenated at the byte level",
+				"file", f,
+			)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Resolve absolute output path for clear logging
+	absOutput, err := filepath.Abs(output)
+	if err != nil {
+		absOutput = output
+	}
+
+	slog.Info("concatenating WARC files",
+		"inputs", len(files),
+		"output", absOutput,
+		"totalInputBytes", totalInputBytes,
+	)
+
+	// Ensure the output directory exists
+	outputDir := filepath.Dir(absOutput)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(outputDir, utils.DefaultDirPermissions); err != nil {
+		slog.Error("failed to create output directory", "dir", outputDir, "error", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Verify the output filepath won't collide with any existing files
+	if _, err := os.Stat(absOutput); err == nil {
+		slog.Error("output file already exists", "file", absOutput)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Create the output file
+	out, err := os.Create(absOutput)
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("failed to create output file", "file", absOutput, "error", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Track whether we completed successfully so we can clean up the output file on failure
+	success := false
+	defer func() {
+		if !success {
+			out.Close()
+			if removeErr := os.Remove(absOutput); removeErr != nil && !os.IsNotExist(removeErr) {
+				slog.Warn("failed to remove partial output file", "file", absOutput, "error", removeErr)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	var totalWritten int64
+	for _, f := range files {
+		written, err := copyFile(out, f)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("failed to copy file to output", "file", f, "output", absOutput, "error", err)
+			return
+		}
+		totalWritten += written
+		slog.Debug("appended file", "file", f, "bytes", written)
+	}
+
+	if err := out.Close(); err != nil {
+		slog.Error("failed to close output file", "file", absOutput, "error", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	success = true
+
+	slog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("concatenated in %s", time.Since(startTime).String()),
+		"output", absOutput,
+		"files", len(files),
+		"bytesWritten", totalWritten,
+	)
+
+	// Delete original files after successful concatenation
+	if !noDelete {
+		for _, f := range files {
+			if err := os.Remove(f); err != nil {
+				slog.Error("failed to delete original file", "file", f, "error", err)
+			} else {
+				slog.Info("deleted original file", "file", f)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// hasDictionaryFrame reports whether a file begins with the zstd skippable dictionary
+// frame written by gowarc (magic 0x184D2A5D, little-endian). Concatenating such files
+// at the byte level is unsafe because each file embeds its own dictionary context.
+func hasDictionaryFrame(path string) bool {
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	var magic uint32
+	if err := binary.Read(f, binary.LittleEndian, &magic); err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// 0x184D2A5D is the skippable-frame magic reserved for zstd dictionaries by the
+	// WARC-zstd spec: https://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-zstd/
+	return magic == 0x184D2A5D
+}
+
+// copyFile copies the contents of src into dst, returning the number of bytes written.
+func copyFile(dst *os.File, src string) (int64, error) {
+	in, err := os.Open(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to open source file: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer in.Close()
+
+	n, err := io.Copy(dst, in)
+	if err != nil {
+		return n, fmt.Errorf("failed to copy data: %w", err)
+	}
+	return n, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/warc/main.go b/cmd/warc/main.go
index 0f21f22..6e162c0 100644
--- a/cmd/warc/main.go
+++ b/cmd/warc/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/internetarchive/gowarc/cmd/warc/concat"
 	"github.com/internetarchive/gowarc/cmd/warc/extract"
 	"github.com/internetarchive/gowarc/cmd/warc/mend"
 	"github.com/internetarchive/gowarc/cmd/warc/verify"
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ func init() {
 		setupLogger(cmd)
 	}
 
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(concat.Command)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(extract.Command)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(mend.Command)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(verify.Command)