diff --git a/third_party/xla/xla/debug_options_flags.cc b/third_party/xla/xla/debug_options_flags.cc
index 961273151ed5e0..4d1c27d5e02b87 100644
--- a/third_party/xla/xla/debug_options_flags.cc
+++ b/third_party/xla/xla/debug_options_flags.cc
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ DebugOptions DefaultDebugOptionsIgnoringFlags() {
 
   // By default, copy TF's Eigen style min_max behavior with nans.
   opts.set_xla_cpu_enable_fast_min_max(true);
+  opts.set_xla_cpu_split_concat_dot(false);
 
   opts.set_xla_gpu_enable_cublaslt(false);
 
@@ -1032,6 +1033,12 @@ void MakeDebugOptionsFlags(std::vector<tsl::Flag>* flag_list,
       debug_options->xla_cpu_enable_concurrency_optimized_scheduler(),
       "Use HLO module scheduler that is optimized for extracting concurrency "
       "from an HLO module by trading off extra memory pressure."));
+  flag_list->push_back(tsl::Flag(
+      "xla_cpu_split_concat_dot",
+      bool_setter_for(&DebugOptions::set_xla_cpu_split_concat_dot),
+      debug_options->xla_cpu_split_concat_dot(),
+      "Split dot(concat(lhs...), rhs) into a sum of dots over slices of rhs "
+      "to avoid materializing concat inputs to CPU dots."));
   flag_list->push_back(tsl::Flag(
       "xla_cpu_prefer_vector_width",
       int32_setter_for(&DebugOptions::set_xla_cpu_prefer_vector_width),
diff --git a/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/BUILD b/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/BUILD
index e5132538349bbe..7ec4da2cb976ae 100644
--- a/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/BUILD
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ cc_library(
         ":cpu_instruction_fusion",
         ":cpu_layout_assignment",
         ":cpu_options",
+        ":cpu_split_concat_dot",
         ":dot_op_emitter",
         ":executable_proto_cc",
         ":fusion_wrapper",
@@ -1531,6 +1532,22 @@ xla_cc_test(
     ],
 )
 
+cc_library(
+    name = "cpu_split_concat_dot",
+    srcs = ["cpu_split_concat_dot.cc"],
+    hdrs = ["cpu_split_concat_dot.h"],
+    deps = [
+        "//xla:shape_util",
+        "//xla:xla_data_proto_cc",
+        "//xla/hlo/ir:hlo",
+        "//xla/hlo/pass:hlo_pass",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/container:flat_hash_set",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/log",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/status:statusor",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
+    ],
+)
+
 cc_library(
     name = "cpu_instruction_fusion",
     srcs = ["cpu_instruction_fusion.cc"],
diff --git a/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/cpu_compiler.cc b/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/cpu_compiler.cc
index 042e7e5b33a0f7..d76d8a6046585c 100644
--- a/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/cpu_compiler.cc
+++ b/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/cpu_compiler.cc
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "xla/service/cpu/cpu_instruction_fusion.h"
 #include "xla/service/cpu/cpu_layout_assignment.h"
 #include "xla/service/cpu/cpu_options.h"
+#include "xla/service/cpu/cpu_split_concat_dot.h"
 #include "xla/service/cpu/dot_op_emitter.h"
 #include "xla/service/cpu/executable.pb.h"
 #include "xla/service/cpu/fusion_wrapper.h"
@@ -642,6 +643,9 @@ absl::Status CpuCompiler::RunHloPassesThroughLayoutAssn(
   pipeline.AddPass<CallInliner>(/*single_call_site=*/true);
   pipeline.AddPass<BatchDotSimplification>();
   pipeline.AddPass<DotDecomposer>();
+  if (module->config().debug_options().xla_cpu_split_concat_dot()) {
+    pipeline.AddPass<cpu::CpuSplitConcatDot>();
+  }
 
   // Rewrite to custom calls with target as oneDNN library calls.
 #if defined(INTEL_MKL)
diff --git a/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/cpu_split_concat_dot.cc b/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/cpu_split_concat_dot.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..63ddd0725f99e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/cpu_split_concat_dot.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/* Copyright 2026 The OpenXLA Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+==============================================================================*/
+
+#include "xla/service/cpu/cpu_split_concat_dot.h"
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "absl/log/log.h"
+#include "xla/hlo/ir/hlo_computation.h"
+#include "xla/hlo/ir/hlo_instruction.h"
+#include "xla/hlo/ir/hlo_opcode.h"
+#include "xla/shape.h"
+#include "xla/shape_util.h"
+#include "xla/status_macros.h"
+#include "xla/xla_data.pb.h"
+
+namespace xla {
+namespace cpu {
+
+absl::StatusOr<bool> CpuSplitConcatDot::Run(
+    HloModule* module,
+    const absl::flat_hash_set<absl::string_view>& execution_threads) {
+  bool changed = false;
+  for (HloComputation* computation :
+       module->MakeNonfusionComputations(execution_threads)) {
+    for (HloInstruction* instruction :
+         computation->MakeInstructionPostOrder()) {
+      if (instruction->opcode() != HloOpcode::kDot) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      TF_ASSIGN_OR_RETURN(bool rewritten, TryRewriteDot(instruction));
+      changed |= rewritten;
+    }
+  }
+  return changed;
+}
+
+absl::StatusOr<bool> CpuSplitConcatDot::TryRewriteDot(HloInstruction* dot) {
+  const DotDimensionNumbers& dim_numbers = dot->dot_dimension_numbers();
+  if (dim_numbers.lhs_contracting_dimensions_size() != 1 ||
+      dim_numbers.rhs_contracting_dimensions_size() != 1 ||
+      dim_numbers.lhs_batch_dimensions_size() != 0 ||
+      dim_numbers.rhs_batch_dimensions_size() != 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  HloInstruction* concat = dot->mutable_operand(0);
+  HloInstruction* rhs = dot->mutable_operand(1);
+  if (concat->opcode() != HloOpcode::kConcatenate) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const int64_t lhs_contracting_dim =
+      dim_numbers.lhs_contracting_dimensions(0);
+  const int64_t rhs_contracting_dim =
+      dim_numbers.rhs_contracting_dimensions(0);
+  if (concat->concatenate_dimension() != lhs_contracting_dim ||
+      concat->operand_count() < 2 ||
+      concat->shape().dimensions().size() != 2 ||
+      rhs->shape().dimensions().size() != 2 || !dot->shape().IsArray()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (concat->shape().dimensions(lhs_contracting_dim) !=
+      rhs->shape().dimensions(rhs_contracting_dim)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  for (HloInstruction* concat_operand : concat->operands()) {
+    if (concat_operand->shape().dimensions().size() !=
+            concat->shape().dimensions().size() ||
+        concat_operand->shape().element_type() !=
+            concat->shape().element_type()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  HloComputation* computation = dot->parent();
+  std::vector<HloInstruction*> partial_dots;
+  int64_t rhs_offset = 0;
+  for (HloInstruction* concat_operand : concat->operands()) {
+    const int64_t slice_size =
+        concat_operand->shape().dimensions(lhs_contracting_dim);
+    std::vector<int64_t> starts(rhs->shape().dimensions().size(), 0);
+    std::vector<int64_t> limits(rhs->shape().dimensions().begin(),
+                                rhs->shape().dimensions().end());
+    std::vector<int64_t> strides(rhs->shape().dimensions().size(), 1);
+    std::vector<int64_t> slice_dims(rhs->shape().dimensions().begin(),
+                                    rhs->shape().dimensions().end());
+    starts[rhs_contracting_dim] = rhs_offset;
+    limits[rhs_contracting_dim] = rhs_offset + slice_size;
+    slice_dims[rhs_contracting_dim] = slice_size;
+    rhs_offset += slice_size;
+
+    Shape rhs_slice_shape =
+        ShapeUtil::MakeShape(rhs->shape().element_type(), slice_dims);
+    HloInstruction* rhs_slice = computation->AddInstruction(
+        HloInstruction::CreateSlice(rhs_slice_shape, rhs, starts, limits,
+                                    strides));
+    rhs_slice->set_metadata(dot->metadata());
+
+    HloInstruction* partial_dot = computation->AddInstruction(
+        HloInstruction::CreateDot(dot->shape(), concat_operand, rhs_slice,
+                                  dim_numbers, dot->precision_config()));
+    partial_dot->set_metadata(dot->metadata());
+    partial_dot->set_frontend_attributes(dot->frontend_attributes());
+    partial_dots.push_back(partial_dot);
+  }
+
+  if (rhs_offset != rhs->shape().dimensions(rhs_contracting_dim)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  HloInstruction* replacement = partial_dots[0];
+  for (int64_t i = 1; i < partial_dots.size(); ++i) {
+    replacement = computation->AddInstruction(HloInstruction::CreateBinary(
+        dot->shape(), HloOpcode::kAdd, replacement, partial_dots[i]));
+    replacement->set_metadata(dot->metadata());
+    replacement->set_frontend_attributes(dot->frontend_attributes());
+  }
+
+  LOG(INFO) << "CpuSplitConcatDot rewrote " << dot->name() << " by splitting "
+            << concat->name() << " with " << concat->operand_count()
+            << " operands";
+  TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(dot->parent()->ReplaceInstruction(dot, replacement));
+  return true;
+}
+
+}  // namespace cpu
+}  // namespace xla
diff --git a/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/cpu_split_concat_dot.h b/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/cpu_split_concat_dot.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9305fea83c87c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/xla/xla/service/cpu/cpu_split_concat_dot.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/* Copyright 2026 The OpenXLA Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+==============================================================================*/
+
+#ifndef XLA_SERVICE_CPU_CPU_SPLIT_CONCAT_DOT_H_
+#define XLA_SERVICE_CPU_CPU_SPLIT_CONCAT_DOT_H_
+
+#include "absl/container/flat_hash_set.h"
+#include "absl/status/statusor.h"
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
+#include "xla/hlo/ir/hlo_instruction.h"
+#include "xla/hlo/ir/hlo_module.h"
+#include "xla/hlo/pass/hlo_pass_interface.h"
+
+namespace xla {
+namespace cpu {
+
+class CpuSplitConcatDot : public HloModulePass {
+ public:
+  absl::string_view name() const override { return "cpu-split-concat-dot"; }
+
+  absl::StatusOr<bool> Run(
+      HloModule* module,
+      const absl::flat_hash_set<absl::string_view>& execution_threads) override;
+
+ private:
+  absl::StatusOr<bool> TryRewriteDot(HloInstruction* dot);
+};
+
+}  // namespace cpu
+}  // namespace xla
+
+#endif  // XLA_SERVICE_CPU_CPU_SPLIT_CONCAT_DOT_H_
diff --git a/third_party/xla/xla/xla.proto b/third_party/xla/xla/xla.proto
index 18abf310ac67e4..8e0cdebd8bfd97 100644
--- a/third_party/xla/xla/xla.proto
+++ b/third_party/xla/xla/xla.proto
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ message DebugOptions {
   // below!
   bool xla_cpu_enable_fast_min_max = 140;
 
+  // Split dot(concat(lhs...), rhs) into a sum of dots over slices of rhs.
+  // This can avoid materializing expensive CPU concat buffers before skinny
+  // matrix multiplications.
+  bool xla_cpu_split_concat_dot = 405;
+
   // When xla_cpu_enable_fast_math is true then this controls whether we forbid
   // to use the reciprocal of an argument instead of division. Ignored when
   // xla_cpu_enable_fast_math is false.