diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/InternalParquetRecordReader.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/InternalParquetRecordReader.java
index c9842c9375..19b1d5426e 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/InternalParquetRecordReader.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/InternalParquetRecordReader.java
@@ -294,6 +294,14 @@ private static <K, V> Map<K, Set<V>> toSetMultiMap(Map<K, V> map) {
     return Collections.unmodifiableMap(setMultiMap);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the 0-based index of the row group currently being read. Returns -1 if no row group
+   * has been read yet.
+   */
+  public int getCurrentRowGroupIndex() {
+    return currentBlock;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the row index of the current row. If no row has been processed or if the
    * row index information is unavailable from the underlying @{@link PageReadStore}, returns -1.
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetFileReader.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetFileReader.java
index 551b1bf6c7..e0b0d76e0e 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetFileReader.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetFileReader.java
@@ -1097,6 +1097,14 @@ public List<BlockMetaData> getRowGroups() {
     return blocks;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the 0-based index of the row group that was last read via {@link #readNextRowGroup()}
+   * or {@link #readNextFilteredRowGroup()}. Returns -1 if no row group has been read yet.
+   */
+  public int getCurrentRowGroupIndex() {
+    return currentBlock - 1;
+  }
+
   public void setRequestedSchema(List<ColumnDescriptor> columns) {
     paths.clear();
     for (ColumnDescriptor col : columns) {
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetReader.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetReader.java
index 4514a829c5..01ac69b330 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetReader.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetReader.java
@@ -144,6 +144,17 @@ public T read() throws IOException {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return the 0-based index of the row group currently being read. If no row group has been
+   *     read yet, returns -1.
+   */
+  public int getCurrentRowGroupIndex() {
+    if (reader == null) {
+      return -1;
+    }
+    return reader.getCurrentRowGroupIndex();
+  }
+
   /**
    * @return the row index of the last read row. If no row has been processed, returns -1.
    */
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetRecordReader.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetRecordReader.java
index b217116aac..c0e52fc5c6 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetRecordReader.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetRecordReader.java
@@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ public boolean nextKeyValue() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     return internalReader.nextKeyValue();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return the 0-based index of the row group currently being read. If no row group has been
+   *     read yet, returns -1.
+   */
+  public int getCurrentRowGroupIndex() {
+    return internalReader.getCurrentRowGroupIndex();
+  }
+
   /**
    * @return the row index of the current row. If no row has been processed, returns -1.
    */
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/TestParquetReader.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/TestParquetReader.java
index 4a4157e7af..b1a9bf1e31 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/TestParquetReader.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/TestParquetReader.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import static org.apache.parquet.filter2.predicate.FilterApi.longColumn;
 import static org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetFileWriter.Mode.OVERWRITE;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
@@ -201,6 +202,39 @@ public void testCurrentRowIndex() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(reader.getCurrentRowIndex(), -1);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testCurrentRowGroupIndex() throws Exception {
+    int expectedRowGroups;
+    try (ParquetFileReader fileReader =
+        ParquetFileReader.open(HadoopInputFile.fromPath(file, new Configuration()))) {
+      expectedRowGroups = fileReader.getRowGroups().size();
+    }
+    assertTrue("expected multiple row groups for this test", expectedRowGroups > 1);
+
+    try (ParquetReader<Group> reader =
+        PhoneBookWriter.createReader(file, FilterCompat.NOOP, allocator)) {
+      // before reading anything, returns -1
+      assertEquals(-1, reader.getCurrentRowGroupIndex());
+
+      reader.read();
+      assertEquals(0, reader.getCurrentRowGroupIndex());
+      // idempotent
+      assertEquals(0, reader.getCurrentRowGroupIndex());
+
+      int prevIdx = 0;
+      while (reader.read() != null) {
+        int idx = reader.getCurrentRowGroupIndex();
+        assertTrue(idx >= prevIdx);
+        assertTrue(idx <= prevIdx + 1);
+        prevIdx = idx;
+      }
+      // last row group seen should be the final one
+      assertEquals(expectedRowGroups - 1, prevIdx);
+      // after exhaustion, returns -1
+      assertEquals(-1, reader.getCurrentRowGroupIndex());
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testRangeFiltering() throws Exception {
     // The readUsers also validates the rowIndex for each returned row.