diff --git a/xrspatial/geotiff/__init__.py b/xrspatial/geotiff/__init__.py
index 67a5fade..e0f29a6e 100644
--- a/xrspatial/geotiff/__init__.py
+++ b/xrspatial/geotiff/__init__.py
@@ -2154,7 +2154,10 @@ def read_geotiff_dask(source: str, *,
     # rather than letting the windowed-read path try to parse VRT XML as
     # TIFF bytes. ``read_vrt`` is the single source of truth for VRT.
     if isinstance(source, str) and source.lower().endswith('.vrt'):
-        return read_vrt(source, dtype=dtype, name=name, chunks=chunks)
+        return read_vrt(
+            source, dtype=dtype, window=window, band=band, name=name,
+            chunks=chunks, max_pixels=max_pixels,
+        )
 
     # P5: HTTP COG sources used to fire one IFD/header GET per chunk
     # task. Parse metadata once here so every delayed task can reuse it.
diff --git a/xrspatial/geotiff/tests/test_read_geotiff_dask_vrt_kwargs_1795.py b/xrspatial/geotiff/tests/test_read_geotiff_dask_vrt_kwargs_1795.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb148a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xrspatial/geotiff/tests/test_read_geotiff_dask_vrt_kwargs_1795.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+"""Direct read_geotiff_dask(.vrt) must forward VRT kwargs (#1795)."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+
+import numpy as np
+import pytest
+
+from xrspatial.geotiff import to_geotiff, read_geotiff_dask
+
+
+def _write_vrt(vrt_path, source_name, *, bands=1):
+    band_xml = []
+    for i in range(bands):
+        band_xml.append(
+            f'  <VRTRasterBand dataType="Float32" band="{i + 1}">\n'
+            '    <SimpleSource>\n'
+            f'      <SourceFilename relativeToVRT="1">{source_name}'
+            '</SourceFilename>\n'
+            f'      <SourceBand>{i + 1}</SourceBand>\n'
+            '      <SrcRect xOff="0" yOff="0" xSize="6" ySize="4"/>\n'
+            '      <DstRect xOff="0" yOff="0" xSize="6" ySize="4"/>\n'
+            '    </SimpleSource>\n'
+            '  </VRTRasterBand>\n'
+        )
+    vrt_path.write_text(
+        '<VRTDataset rasterXSize="6" rasterYSize="4">\n'
+        + ''.join(band_xml)
+        + '</VRTDataset>\n'
+    )
+
+
+def test_direct_read_geotiff_dask_vrt_forwards_window_and_band(tmp_path):
+    arr = np.arange(4 * 6 * 2, dtype=np.float32).reshape(4, 6, 2)
+    src = tmp_path / "tmp_1797_source.tif"
+    to_geotiff(arr, str(src), compression='none')
+    vrt = tmp_path / "tmp_1797_source.vrt"
+    _write_vrt(vrt, os.path.basename(src), bands=2)
+
+    got = read_geotiff_dask(
+        str(vrt), chunks=2, window=(1, 2, 4, 6), band=1,
+    )
+
+    assert got.shape == (3, 4)
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(got.values, arr[1:4, 2:6, 1])
+
+
+def test_direct_read_geotiff_dask_vrt_forwards_max_pixels(tmp_path):
+    arr = np.arange(24, dtype=np.float32).reshape(4, 6)
+    src = tmp_path / "tmp_1797_source_cap.tif"
+    to_geotiff(arr, str(src), compression='none')
+    vrt = tmp_path / "tmp_1797_source_cap.vrt"
+    _write_vrt(vrt, os.path.basename(src))
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="exceed"):
+        read_geotiff_dask(str(vrt), chunks=2, max_pixels=10)