diff --git a/codec/dagcbor/nongreedy_test.go b/codec/dagcbor/nongreedy_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21b28f30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codec/dagcbor/nongreedy_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package dagcbor
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"testing"
+
+	qt "github.com/frankban/quicktest"
+	"github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime"
+	"github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/datamodel"
+	"github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/fluent/qp"
+	"github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/node/basicnode"
+)
+
+func TestNonGreedy(t *testing.T) {
+	// same as JSON version of this test: {"a": 1}{"b": 2}
+	buf, err := hex.DecodeString("a1616101a1616202")
+	qt.Assert(t, err, qt.IsNil)
+	r := bytes.NewReader(buf)
+	opts := DecodeOptions{
+		DontParseBeyondEnd: true,
+	}
+
+	// first object
+	nb1 := basicnode.Prototype.Map.NewBuilder()
+	err = opts.Decode(nb1, r)
+	qt.Assert(t, err, qt.IsNil)
+	expected, err := qp.BuildMap(basicnode.Prototype.Any, 1, func(ma datamodel.MapAssembler) {
+		qp.MapEntry(ma, "a", qp.Int(1))
+	})
+	qt.Assert(t, err, qt.IsNil)
+	qt.Assert(t, ipld.DeepEqual(nb1.Build(), expected), qt.IsTrue)
+
+	// second object
+	nb2 := basicnode.Prototype.Map.NewBuilder()
+	err = opts.Decode(nb2, r)
+	qt.Assert(t, err, qt.IsNil)
+	expected, err = qp.BuildMap(basicnode.Prototype.Any, 1, func(ma datamodel.MapAssembler) {
+		qp.MapEntry(ma, "b", qp.Int(2))
+	})
+	qt.Assert(t, err, qt.IsNil)
+	qt.Assert(t, ipld.DeepEqual(nb2.Build(), expected), qt.IsTrue)
+}
diff --git a/codec/dagcbor/unmarshal.go b/codec/dagcbor/unmarshal.go
index 47c35f0a..92c3323e 100644
--- a/codec/dagcbor/unmarshal.go
+++ b/codec/dagcbor/unmarshal.go
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ type DecodeOptions struct {
 	//
 	// Note that this option is experimental as it only implements partial strictness.
 	ExperimentalDeterminism bool
+
+	// If true, the decoder stops reading from the stream at the end of a full,
+	// valid CBOR object. This may be useful for parsing a stream of undelimited
+	// CBOR objects.
+	// As per standard IPLD behavior, in the default mode the parser considers the
+	// entire block to be part of the CBOR object and will error if there is
+	// extraneous data after the end of the object.
+	DontParseBeyondEnd bool
 }
 
 // Decode deserializes data from the given io.Reader and feeds it into the given datamodel.NodeAssembler.
@@ -77,6 +85,10 @@ func (cfg DecodeOptions) Decode(na datamodel.NodeAssembler, r io.Reader) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if cfg.DontParseBeyondEnd {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	var buf [1]byte
 	_, err = io.ReadFull(r, buf[:])
 	switch err {