diff --git a/daft/convert.py b/daft/convert.py
index 4bebd7220b..e734d0a176 100644
--- a/daft/convert.py
+++ b/daft/convert.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # isort: dont-add-import: from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Union
 
 from daft.api_annotations import PublicAPI
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def from_pydict(data: Dict[str, InputListType]) -> "DataFrame":
 
 
 @PublicAPI
-def from_arrow(data: Union["pa.Table", List["pa.Table"]]) -> "DataFrame":
+def from_arrow(data: Union["pa.Table", List["pa.Table"], Iterable["pa.Table"]]) -> "DataFrame":
     """Creates a DataFrame from a pyarrow Table.
 
     Example:
diff --git a/daft/dataframe/dataframe.py b/daft/dataframe/dataframe.py
index c5d9a6ad01..c5a1948bf0 100644
--- a/daft/dataframe/dataframe.py
+++ b/daft/dataframe/dataframe.py
@@ -312,8 +312,10 @@ def _from_pydict(cls, data: Dict[str, InputListType]) -> "DataFrame":
         return cls._from_tables(data_vpartition)
 
     @classmethod
-    def _from_arrow(cls, data: Union["pyarrow.Table", List["pyarrow.Table"]]) -> "DataFrame":
+    def _from_arrow(cls, data: Union["pyarrow.Table", List["pyarrow.Table"], Iterable["pyarrow.Table"]]) -> "DataFrame":
         """Creates a DataFrame from a `pyarrow Table <https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/generated/pyarrow.Table.html>`__."""
+        if isinstance(data, Iterable):
+            data = list(data)
         if not isinstance(data, list):
             data = [data]
         data_vpartitions = [MicroPartition.from_arrow(table) for table in data]
diff --git a/tests/table/test_from_py.py b/tests/table/test_from_py.py
index 95ef19b884..216b66dae2 100644
--- a/tests/table/test_from_py.py
+++ b/tests/table/test_from_py.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import pyarrow.compute as pac
 import pytest
 
+import daft
 from daft import DataType, TimeUnit
 from daft.context import get_context
 from daft.series import Series
@@ -649,3 +650,17 @@ def test_nested_struct_dates(levels: int) -> None:
 
     assert back_again.to_arrow().type == expected_arrow_type
     assert back_again.to_pylist() == data
+
+
+def test_from_arrow_iterable() -> None:
+    class CustomIterable:
+        def __iter__(self):
+            yield pa.table({"text": ["foo1", "bar2"]})
+            yield pa.table({"text": ["foo2", "bar2"]})
+            yield pa.table({"text": ["foo3", "bar3"]})
+
+    my_iter = CustomIterable()
+
+    table = daft.from_arrow(my_iter)
+    tbl = table.to_pydict()
+    assert tbl == {"text": ["foo1", "bar2", "foo2", "bar2", "foo3", "bar3"]}