diff --git a/src/client/pull.rs b/src/client/pull.rs
index f671c003..f6f77c3d 100644
--- a/src/client/pull.rs
+++ b/src/client/pull.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 use anyhow::{bail, format_err, Error};
 use serde_json::json;
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::collections::{HashSet, HashMap};
 use std::io::{Seek, SeekFrom};
 
 use proxmox::api::error::{StatusCode, HttpError};
@@ -26,11 +26,25 @@ async fn pull_index_chunks<I: IndexFile>(
     chunk_reader: RemoteChunkReader,
     target: Arc<DataStore>,
     index: I,
+    downloaded_chunks: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<[u8;32]>>>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
     use futures::stream::{self, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
 
-    let stream = stream::iter((0..index.index_count()).map(|pos| index.chunk_info(pos).unwrap()));
+    let stream = stream::iter(
+        (0..index.index_count())
+            .map(|pos| index.chunk_info(pos).unwrap())
+            .filter(|info| {
+                let mut guard = downloaded_chunks.lock().unwrap();
+                let done = guard.contains(&info.digest);
+                if !done {
+                    // Note: We mark a chunk as downloaded before its actually downloaded
+                    // to avoid duplicate downloads.
+                    guard.insert(info.digest);
+                }
+                !done
+            })
+    );
 
     stream
         .map(|info| {
@@ -103,6 +117,7 @@ async fn pull_single_archive(
     tgt_store: Arc<DataStore>,
     snapshot: &BackupDir,
     archive_info: &FileInfo,
+    downloaded_chunks: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<[u8;32]>>>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
     let archive_name = &archive_info.filename;
@@ -129,7 +144,7 @@ async fn pull_single_archive(
             let (csum, size) = index.compute_csum();
             verify_archive(archive_info, &csum, size)?;
 
-            pull_index_chunks(worker, chunk_reader.clone(), tgt_store.clone(), index).await?;
+            pull_index_chunks(worker, chunk_reader.clone(), tgt_store.clone(), index, downloaded_chunks).await?;
         }
         ArchiveType::FixedIndex => {
             let index = FixedIndexReader::new(tmpfile)
@@ -137,7 +152,7 @@ async fn pull_single_archive(
             let (csum, size) = index.compute_csum();
             verify_archive(archive_info, &csum, size)?;
 
-            pull_index_chunks(worker, chunk_reader.clone(), tgt_store.clone(), index).await?;
+            pull_index_chunks(worker, chunk_reader.clone(), tgt_store.clone(), index, downloaded_chunks).await?;
         }
         ArchiveType::Blob => {
             let (csum, size) = compute_file_csum(&mut tmpfile)?;
@@ -183,6 +198,7 @@ async fn pull_snapshot(
     reader: Arc<BackupReader>,
     tgt_store: Arc<DataStore>,
     snapshot: &BackupDir,
+    downloaded_chunks: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<[u8;32]>>>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
     let mut manifest_name = tgt_store.base_path();
@@ -292,6 +308,7 @@ async fn pull_snapshot(
             tgt_store.clone(),
             snapshot,
             &item,
+            downloaded_chunks.clone(),
         ).await?;
     }
 
@@ -314,6 +331,7 @@ pub async fn pull_snapshot_from(
     reader: Arc<BackupReader>,
     tgt_store: Arc<DataStore>,
     snapshot: &BackupDir,
+    downloaded_chunks: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<[u8;32]>>>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
     let (_path, is_new, _snap_lock) = tgt_store.create_locked_backup_dir(&snapshot)?;
@@ -321,7 +339,7 @@ pub async fn pull_snapshot_from(
     if is_new {
         worker.log(format!("sync snapshot {:?}", snapshot.relative_path()));
 
-        if let Err(err) = pull_snapshot(worker, reader, tgt_store.clone(), &snapshot).await {
+        if let Err(err) = pull_snapshot(worker, reader, tgt_store.clone(), &snapshot, downloaded_chunks).await {
             if let Err(cleanup_err) = tgt_store.remove_backup_dir(&snapshot, true) {
                 worker.log(format!("cleanup error - {}", cleanup_err));
             }
@@ -330,7 +348,7 @@ pub async fn pull_snapshot_from(
         worker.log(format!("sync snapshot {:?} done", snapshot.relative_path()));
     } else {
         worker.log(format!("re-sync snapshot {:?}", snapshot.relative_path()));
-        pull_snapshot(worker, reader, tgt_store.clone(), &snapshot).await?;
+        pull_snapshot(worker, reader, tgt_store.clone(), &snapshot, downloaded_chunks).await?;
         worker.log(format!("re-sync snapshot {:?} done", snapshot.relative_path()));
     }
 
@@ -365,6 +383,9 @@ pub async fn pull_group(
 
     let mut remote_snapshots = std::collections::HashSet::new();
 
+    // start with 16384 chunks (up to 65GB)
+    let downloaded_chunks = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashSet::with_capacity(1024*64)));
+
     for item in list {
         let snapshot = BackupDir::new(item.backup_type, item.backup_id, item.backup_time)?;
 
@@ -398,7 +419,7 @@ pub async fn pull_group(
             true,
         ).await?;
 
-        pull_snapshot_from(worker, reader, tgt_store.clone(), &snapshot).await?;
+        pull_snapshot_from(worker, reader, tgt_store.clone(), &snapshot, downloaded_chunks.clone()).await?;
     }
 
     if delete {