diff --git a/crates/core/src/operations/write/lazy.rs b/crates/core/src/operations/write/lazy.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a16f579d65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/core/src/operations/write/lazy.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+//! This module contains helper functions to create a LazyTableProvider from an ArrowArrayStreamReader
+
+use crate::DeltaResult;
+use arrow::ffi_stream::ArrowArrayStreamReader;
+use datafusion::catalog::TableProvider;
+use datafusion::physical_plan::memory::LazyBatchGenerator;
+use delta_datafusion::LazyTableProvider;
+use parking_lot::RwLock;
+use std::fmt::{self};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+use crate::delta_datafusion;
+
+/// Convert an [ArrowArrayStreamReader] into a [LazyTableProvider]
+pub fn to_lazy_table(source: ArrowArrayStreamReader) -> DeltaResult<Arc<dyn TableProvider>> {
+    use arrow::array::RecordBatchReader;
+    let schema = source.schema();
+    let arrow_stream: Arc<Mutex<ArrowArrayStreamReader>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(source));
+    let arrow_stream_batch_generator: Arc<RwLock<dyn LazyBatchGenerator>> =
+        Arc::new(RwLock::new(ArrowStreamBatchGenerator::new(arrow_stream)));
+
+    Ok(Arc::new(LazyTableProvider::try_new(
+        schema.clone(),
+        vec![arrow_stream_batch_generator],
+    )?))
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct ArrowStreamBatchGenerator {
+    pub array_stream: Arc<Mutex<ArrowArrayStreamReader>>,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for ArrowStreamBatchGenerator {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "ArrowStreamBatchGenerator {{ array_stream: {:?} }}",
+            self.array_stream
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl ArrowStreamBatchGenerator {
+    pub fn new(array_stream: Arc<Mutex<ArrowArrayStreamReader>>) -> Self {
+        Self { array_stream }
+    }
+}
+
+impl LazyBatchGenerator for ArrowStreamBatchGenerator {
+    fn generate_next_batch(
+        &mut self,
+    ) -> datafusion::error::Result<Option<arrow::array::RecordBatch>> {
+        let mut stream_reader = self.array_stream.lock().map_err(|_| {
+            datafusion::error::DataFusionError::Execution(
+                "Failed to lock the ArrowArrayStreamReader".to_string(),
+            )
+        })?;
+
+        match stream_reader.next() {
+            Some(Ok(record_batch)) => Ok(Some(record_batch)),
+            Some(Err(err)) => Err(datafusion::error::DataFusionError::ArrowError(err, None)),
+            None => Ok(None), // End of stream
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/core/src/operations/write/mod.rs b/crates/core/src/operations/write/mod.rs
index 2d0a5ffe62..74061b2c57 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/operations/write/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/operations/write/mod.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 pub mod configs;
 pub(crate) mod execution;
 pub(crate) mod generated_columns;
+pub mod lazy;
 pub(crate) mod schema_evolution;
 
 use arrow_schema::Schema;
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ use datafusion::datasource::MemTable;
 use datafusion::execution::context::{SessionContext, SessionState};
 use datafusion::prelude::DataFrame;
 use datafusion_common::{Column, DFSchema, Result, ScalarValue};
-use datafusion_expr::{cast, col, lit, Expr, LogicalPlan, UNNAMED_TABLE};
+use datafusion_expr::{cast, lit, Expr, LogicalPlan};
 use execution::{prepare_predicate_actions, write_execution_plan_with_predicate};
 use futures::future::BoxFuture;
 use parquet::file::properties::WriterProperties;
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ impl std::future::IntoFuture for WriteBuilder {
                 .unwrap_or_default();
 
             let mut schema_drift = false;
-            let mut source = DataFrame::new(state.clone(), this.input.unwrap().as_ref().clone());
+            let source = DataFrame::new(state.clone(), this.input.unwrap().as_ref().clone());
 
             // Add missing generated columns to source_df
             let (mut source, missing_generated_columns) =
diff --git a/python/src/lib.rs b/python/src/lib.rs
index 445e061ae1..1792785a6f 100644
--- a/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ use deltalake::operations::transaction::{
 };
 use deltalake::operations::update::UpdateBuilder;
 use deltalake::operations::vacuum::VacuumBuilder;
+use deltalake::operations::write::WriteBuilder;
 use deltalake::operations::{collect_sendable_stream, CustomExecuteHandler};
 use deltalake::parquet::basic::Compression;
 use deltalake::parquet::errors::ParquetError;
@@ -2151,7 +2152,6 @@ fn write_to_deltalake(
     post_commithook_properties: Option<PyPostCommitHookProperties>,
 ) -> PyResult<()> {
     py.allow_threads(|| {
-        let batches = data.0.map(|batch| batch.unwrap()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
         let save_mode = mode.parse().map_err(PythonError::from)?;
 
         let options = storage_options.clone().unwrap_or_default();
@@ -2164,7 +2164,33 @@ fn write_to_deltalake(
             .map_err(PythonError::from)?
         };
 
-        let mut builder = table.write(batches).with_save_mode(save_mode);
+        let dont_be_so_lazy = match table.0.state.as_ref() {
+            Some(state) => state.table_config().enable_change_data_feed(),
+            // You don't have state somehow, so I guess it's okay to be lazy.
+            _ => false,
+        };
+
+        let mut builder =
+            WriteBuilder::new(table.0.log_store(), table.0.state).with_save_mode(save_mode);
+
+        if dont_be_so_lazy {
+            debug!(
+                "write_to_deltalake() is not able to lazily perform a write, collecting batches"
+            );
+            builder = builder.with_input_batches(data.0.map(|batch| batch.unwrap()));
+        } else {
+            use deltalake::datafusion::datasource::provider_as_source;
+            use deltalake::datafusion::logical_expr::LogicalPlanBuilder;
+            use deltalake::operations::write::lazy::to_lazy_table;
+            let table_provider = to_lazy_table(data.0).map_err(PythonError::from)?;
+
+            let plan = LogicalPlanBuilder::scan("source", provider_as_source(table_provider), None)
+                .map_err(PythonError::from)?
+                .build()
+                .map_err(PythonError::from)?;
+            builder = builder.with_input_execution_plan(Arc::new(plan));
+        }
+
         if let Some(schema_mode) = schema_mode {
             builder = builder.with_schema_mode(schema_mode.parse().map_err(PythonError::from)?);
         }
diff --git a/python/tests/test_writer.py b/python/tests/test_writer.py
index 16479b5e20..6d09906866 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_writer.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_writer.py
@@ -1035,6 +1035,7 @@ def test_partition_overwrite(
             tmp_path, sample_data, mode="overwrite", predicate=f"p2 < {filter_string}"
         )
 
+
 @pytest.fixture()
 def sample_data_for_partitioning() -> pa.Table:
     return pa.table(
@@ -1590,9 +1591,13 @@ def test_schema_cols_diff_order(tmp_path: pathlib.Path, engine):
 
 def test_empty(existing_table: DeltaTable):
     schema = existing_table.schema().to_pyarrow()
+    expected = existing_table.to_pyarrow_table()
     empty_table = pa.Table.from_pylist([], schema=schema)
-    with pytest.raises(DeltaError, match="No data source supplied to write command"):
-        write_deltalake(existing_table, empty_table, mode="append", engine="rust")
+    write_deltalake(existing_table, empty_table, mode="append", engine="rust")
+
+    existing_table.update_incremental()
+    assert existing_table.version() == 1
+    assert expected == existing_table.to_pyarrow_table()
 
 
 def test_rust_decimal_cast(tmp_path: pathlib.Path):
@@ -1815,8 +1820,11 @@ def test_roundtrip_cdc_evolution(tmp_path: pathlib.Path):
 def test_empty_dataset_write(tmp_path: pathlib.Path, sample_data: pa.Table):
     empty_arrow_table = sample_data.schema.empty_table()
     empty_dataset = dataset(empty_arrow_table)
-    with pytest.raises(DeltaError, match="No data source supplied to write command"):
-        write_deltalake(tmp_path, empty_dataset, mode="append")
+    write_deltalake(tmp_path, empty_dataset, mode="append")
+    dt = DeltaTable(tmp_path)
+
+    new_dataset = dt.to_pyarrow_dataset()
+    assert new_dataset.count_rows() == 0
 
 
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