diff --git a/pkg/storage/s3.go b/pkg/storage/s3.go
index c9423a7c1..1239bb4c4 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/s3.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/s3.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/url"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
@@ -365,6 +367,9 @@ func (rs *S3Storage) FileExists(ctx context.Context, file string) (bool, error)
 // function; the second argument is the size in byte of the file determined
 // by path.
 func (rs *S3Storage) WalkDir(ctx context.Context, opt *WalkOption, fn func(string, int64) error) error {
+	if opt == nil {
+		opt = &WalkOption{}
+	}
 	var marker *string
 	prefix := rs.options.Prefix + opt.SubDir
 	maxKeys := int64(1000)
@@ -393,7 +398,7 @@ func (rs *S3Storage) WalkDir(ctx context.Context, opt *WalkOption, fn func(strin
 			}
 		}
 		if res.IsTruncated != nil && *res.IsTruncated {
-			marker = res.Marker
+			marker = res.NextMarker
 		} else {
 			break
 		}
@@ -404,59 +409,114 @@ func (rs *S3Storage) WalkDir(ctx context.Context, opt *WalkOption, fn func(strin
 
 // Open a Reader by file path.
 func (rs *S3Storage) Open(ctx context.Context, path string) (ReadSeekCloser, error) {
-	reader, err := rs.open(ctx, path, 0, 0)
+	reader, r, err := rs.open(ctx, path, 0, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &s3ObjectReader{
-		storage: rs,
-		name:    path,
-		reader:  reader,
+		storage:   rs,
+		name:      path,
+		reader:    reader,
+		ctx:       ctx,
+		rangeInfo: r,
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (rs *S3Storage) open(ctx context.Context, path string, startOffset int64, endOffset int64) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+type rangeInfo struct {
+	start int64
+	end   int64
+	size  int64
+}
+
+// if endOffset > startOffset, should return reader for bytes in [startOffset, endOffset).
+func (rs *S3Storage) open(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	path string,
+	startOffset, endOffset int64,
+) (io.ReadCloser, rangeInfo, error) {
 	input := &s3.GetObjectInput{
 		Bucket: aws.String(rs.options.Bucket),
 		Key:    aws.String(rs.options.Prefix + path),
 	}
 
+	// always set rangeOffset to fetch file size info
+	// s3 endOffset is inclusive
 	var rangeOffset *string
-	if startOffset > 0 {
-		if endOffset > startOffset {
-			rangeOffset = aws.String(fmt.Sprintf("bytes=%d-%d", startOffset, endOffset))
-		} else {
-			rangeOffset = aws.String(fmt.Sprintf("bytes=%d-", startOffset))
-		}
-		input.Range = rangeOffset
+	if endOffset > startOffset {
+		rangeOffset = aws.String(fmt.Sprintf("bytes=%d-%d", startOffset, endOffset-1))
+	} else {
+		rangeOffset = aws.String(fmt.Sprintf("bytes=%d-", startOffset))
 	}
-
+	input.Range = rangeOffset
 	result, err := rs.svc.GetObjectWithContext(ctx, input)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, rangeInfo{}, err
 	}
 
-	// FIXME: we test in minio, when request with Range, the result.AcceptRanges is a bare string 'range',
-	//  not sure whether this is a feature or bug
-	//if rangeOffset != nil && (result.AcceptRanges == nil || *result.AcceptRanges != *rangeOffset) {
-	//	return nil, errors.Errorf("open file '%s' failed, expected range: %s, got: %v",
-	//		name, *rangeOffset, result.AcceptRanges)
-	//}
+	r, err := parseRangeInfo(result.ContentRange)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, rangeInfo{}, errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+
+	if startOffset != r.start || (endOffset != 0 && endOffset != r.end+1) {
+		return nil, r, errors.Errorf("open file '%s' failed, expected range: %s, got: %v",
+			path, *rangeOffset, result.ContentRange)
+	}
+
+	return result.Body, r, nil
+}
+
+var (
+	contentRangeRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`bytes (\d+)-(\d+)/(\d+)$`)
+)
 
-	return result.Body, nil
+func parseRangeInfo(info *string) (rangeInfo, error) {
+	if info == nil || len(*info) == 0 {
+		return rangeInfo{}, errors.New("ContentRange is empty")
+	}
+	subMatches := contentRangeRegex.FindStringSubmatch(*info)
+	if len(subMatches) != 4 {
+		return rangeInfo{}, errors.Errorf("invalid content range: '%s'", *info)
+	}
+
+	start, err := strconv.ParseInt(subMatches[1], 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return rangeInfo{}, errors.Annotatef(err,
+			"invalid start offset value '%s' in ContentRange '%s'", subMatches[1], *info)
+	}
+	end, err := strconv.ParseInt(subMatches[2], 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return rangeInfo{}, errors.Annotatef(err,
+			"invalid end offset value '%s' in ContentRange '%s'", subMatches[2], *info)
+	}
+	size, err := strconv.ParseInt(subMatches[3], 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return rangeInfo{}, errors.Annotatef(err,
+			"invalid size size value '%s' in ContentRange '%s'", subMatches[3], *info)
+	}
+	return rangeInfo{start: start, end: end, size: size}, nil
 }
 
 // s3ObjectReader wrap GetObjectOutput.Body and add the `Seek` method.
 type s3ObjectReader struct {
-	storage *S3Storage
-	name    string
-	reader  io.ReadCloser
-	pos     int64
+	storage   *S3Storage
+	name      string
+	reader    io.ReadCloser
+	pos       int64
+	rangeInfo rangeInfo
+	// reader context used for implement `io.Seek`
+	// currently, lightning depends on package `xitongsys/parquet-go` to read parquet file and it needs `io.Seeker`
+	// See: https://github.com/xitongsys/parquet-go/blob/207a3cee75900b2b95213627409b7bac0f190bb3/source/source.go#L9-L10
+	ctx context.Context
 }
 
 // Read implement the io.Reader interface.
 func (r *s3ObjectReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	n, err = r.reader.Read(p)
+	maxCnt := r.rangeInfo.end + 1 - r.pos
+	if maxCnt > int64(len(p)) {
+		maxCnt = int64(len(p))
+	}
+	n, err = io.ReadFull(r.reader, p[:maxCnt])
 	r.pos += int64(n)
 	return
 }
@@ -467,6 +527,8 @@ func (r *s3ObjectReader) Close() error {
 }
 
 // Seek implement the io.Seeker interface.
+//
+// Currently, tidb-lightning depends on this method to read parquet file for s3 storage.
 func (r *s3ObjectReader) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (int64, error) {
 	var realOffset int64
 	switch whence {
@@ -474,9 +536,10 @@ func (r *s3ObjectReader) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (int64, error) {
 		realOffset = offset
 	case io.SeekCurrent:
 		realOffset = r.pos + offset
+	case io.SeekEnd:
+		realOffset = r.rangeInfo.size + offset
 	default:
-		// TODO: maybe we can fetch the object stat and calculate the absolute offset
-		return 0, errors.New("seek by SeekEnd is not supported yet")
+		return 0, errors.Errorf("Seek: invalid whence '%d'", whence)
 	}
 
 	if realOffset == r.pos {
@@ -484,8 +547,8 @@ func (r *s3ObjectReader) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (int64, error) {
 	}
 
 	// if seek ahead no more than 64k, we discard these data
-	if realOffset > r.pos && offset-r.pos <= maxSkipOffsetByRead {
-		_, err := io.CopyN(ioutil.Discard, r, offset-r.pos)
+	if realOffset > r.pos && realOffset-r.pos <= maxSkipOffsetByRead {
+		_, err := io.CopyN(ioutil.Discard, r, realOffset-r.pos)
 		if err != nil {
 			return r.pos, err
 		}
@@ -498,11 +561,12 @@ func (r *s3ObjectReader) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (int64, error) {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	newReader, err := r.storage.open(context.TODO(), r.name, realOffset, 0)
+	newReader, info, err := r.storage.open(r.ctx, r.name, realOffset, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 	r.reader = newReader
+	r.rangeInfo = info
 	r.pos = realOffset
 	return realOffset, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/storage/s3_test.go b/pkg/storage/s3_test.go
index 37c1687e3..07715e311 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/s3_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/s3_test.go
@@ -452,6 +452,20 @@ func (r *testStorageSuite) TestS3Others(c *C) {
 	defineS3Flags(&pflag.FlagSet{})
 }
 
+func (r *testStorageSuite) TestS3Range(c *C) {
+	contentRange := "bytes 0-9/443"
+	ri, err := parseRangeInfo(&contentRange)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	c.Assert(ri, Equals, rangeInfo{start: 0, end: 9, size: 443})
+
+	_, err = parseRangeInfo(nil)
+	c.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "ContentRange is empty")
+
+	badRange := "bytes "
+	_, err = parseRangeInfo(&badRange)
+	c.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "invalid content range: 'bytes '")
+}
+
 type mockS3Handler struct {
 	err error
 }