diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/delete_file_manager.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/delete_file_manager.rs
index 0808ab7e3..eb72ab550 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/delete_file_manager.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/delete_file_manager.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::ops::BitAndAssign;
 use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
+use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock, RwLock};
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use futures::channel::oneshot;
+use futures::future::join_all;
 use futures::{StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
 use roaring::RoaringTreemap;
 
@@ -41,11 +42,21 @@ use crate::{Error, ErrorKind, Result};
 // state that can be awaited upon to get te EQ deletes. That way we can check to see if
 // a load of each Eq delete file is already in progress and avoid starting another one.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-struct EqDelFuture {}
+struct EqDelFuture {
+    result: OnceLock<Predicate>,
+}
 
 impl EqDelFuture {
     pub fn new() -> (oneshot::Sender<Predicate>, Self) {
-        todo!()
+        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+        let result = OnceLock::new();
+
+        crate::runtime::spawn({
+            let result = result.clone();
+            async move { result.set(rx.await.unwrap()) }
+        });
+
+        (tx, Self { result })
     }
 }
 
@@ -53,7 +64,10 @@ impl Future for EqDelFuture {
     type Output = Predicate;
 
     fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
-        todo!()
+        match self.result.get() {
+            None => Poll::Pending,
+            Some(predicate) => Poll::Ready(predicate.clone()),
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -189,6 +203,16 @@ impl DeleteFileManager {
             .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
             .await?;
 
+        // wait for all in-progress EQ deletes from other tasks
+        let _ = join_all(results.iter().filter_map(|i| {
+            if let ParsedDeleteFileContext::InProgEqDel(fut) = i {
+                Some(fut.clone())
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        }))
+        .await;
+
         let merged_delete_vectors = results
             .into_iter()
             .fold(HashMap::default(), Self::merge_delete_vectors);