diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3b3c4546e7..da67d170e6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-exchange-interface v0.2.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-exchange-offline v0.3.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-routing v0.2.1
+	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-cbor v0.0.5
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format v0.4.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.5.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.7.0
@@ -183,7 +184,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-ds-help v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-pq v0.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util v0.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-cbor v0.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-legacy v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipns v0.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.5 // indirect
diff --git a/share/eds/ods.go b/share/eds/ods.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa1219d41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/eds/ods.go
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package eds
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	cbor "github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-cbor"
+	"github.com/ipld/go-car"
+	"github.com/ipld/go-car/util"
+)
+
+// bufferedODSReader will read odsSquareSize amount of leaves from reader into the buffer.
+// It exposes the buffer to be read by io.Reader interface implementation
+type bufferedODSReader struct {
+	carReader *bufio.Reader
+	// current is the amount of CARv1 encoded leaves that have been read from reader. When current
+	// reaches odsSquareSize, bufferedODSReader will prevent further reads by returning io.EOF
+	current, odsSquareSize int
+	buf                    *bytes.Buffer
+}
+
+// ODSReader reads CARv1 encoded data from io.ReadCloser and limits the reader to the CAR header
+// and first quadrant (ODS)
+func ODSReader(carReader io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
+	if carReader == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("eds: can't create ODSReader over nil reader")
+	}
+
+	odsR := &bufferedODSReader{
+		carReader: bufio.NewReader(carReader),
+		buf:       new(bytes.Buffer),
+	}
+
+	// first LdRead reads the full CAR header to determine amount of shares in the ODS
+	data, err := util.LdRead(odsR.carReader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("reading header: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var header car.CarHeader
+	err = cbor.DecodeInto(data, &header)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid header: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// car header contains both row roots and col roots which is why
+	// we divide by 4 to get the ODSWidth
+	odsWidth := len(header.Roots) / 4
+	odsR.odsSquareSize = odsWidth * odsWidth
+
+	// NewCarReader will expect to read the header first, so write it first
+	return odsR, util.LdWrite(odsR.buf, data)
+}
+
+func (r *bufferedODSReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	// read leafs to the buffer until it has sufficient data to fill provided container or full ods is
+	// read
+	for r.current < r.odsSquareSize && r.buf.Len() < len(p) {
+		if err := r.readLeaf(); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		r.current++
+	}
+
+	// read buffer to slice
+	return r.buf.Read(p)
+}
+
+// readLeaf reads one leaf from reader into bufferedODSReader buffer
+func (r *bufferedODSReader) readLeaf() error {
+	if _, err := r.carReader.Peek(1); err != nil { // no more blocks, likely clean io.EOF
+		return err
+	}
+
+	l, err := binary.ReadUvarint(r.carReader)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF // don't silently pretend this is a clean EOF
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if l > uint64(util.MaxAllowedSectionSize) { // Don't OOM
+		return fmt.Errorf("malformed car; header `length`: %v is bigger than %v", l, util.MaxAllowedSectionSize)
+	}
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 8)
+	n := binary.PutUvarint(buf, l)
+	r.buf.Write(buf[:n])
+
+	_, err = r.buf.ReadFrom(io.LimitReader(r.carReader, int64(l)))
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/share/eds/ods_test.go b/share/eds/ods_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8509fc04b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/eds/ods_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package eds
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ipld/go-car"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node/share"
+)
+
+// TestODSReader ensures that the reader returned from ODSReader is capable of reading the CAR
+// header and ODS.
+func TestODSReader(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+	// launch eds store
+	edsStore, err := newStore(t)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = edsStore.Start(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// generate random eds data and put it into the store
+	eds, dah := randomEDS(t)
+	err = edsStore.Put(ctx, dah, eds)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// get CAR reader from store
+	r, err := edsStore.GetCAR(ctx, dah)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// create ODSReader wrapper based on car reader to limit reads to ODS only
+	odsR, err := ODSReader(r)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// create CAR reader from ODSReader
+	carReader, err := car.NewCarReader(odsR)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// validate ODS could be obtained from reader
+	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
+		for j := 0; j < 4; j++ {
+			// pick share from original eds
+			original := eds.GetCell(uint(i), uint(j))
+
+			// read block from odsReader based reader
+			block, err := carReader.Next()
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			// check that original data from eds is same as data from reader
+			assert.Equal(t, original, block.RawData()[share.NamespaceSize:])
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Make sure no excess data is available to get from reader
+	_, err = carReader.Next()
+	assert.Error(t, io.EOF, err)
+}
+
+// TestODSReaderReconstruction ensures that the reader returned from ODSReader provides sufficient
+// data for EDS reconstruction
+func TestODSReaderReconstruction(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+	// launch eds store
+	edsStore, err := newStore(t)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = edsStore.Start(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// generate random eds data and put it into the store
+	eds, dah := randomEDS(t)
+	err = edsStore.Put(ctx, dah, eds)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// get CAR reader from store
+	r, err := edsStore.GetCAR(ctx, dah)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// create ODSReader wrapper based on car reader to limit reads to ODS only
+	odsR, err := ODSReader(r)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// reconstruct EDS from ODSReader
+	loaded, err := ReadEDS(ctx, odsR, dah)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, eds.RowRoots(), loaded.RowRoots())
+	require.Equal(t, eds.ColRoots(), loaded.ColRoots())
+}