diff --git a/models/QuickBuilder.cfc b/models/QuickBuilder.cfc
index 3e0d798e..b18ffd10 100644
--- a/models/QuickBuilder.cfc
+++ b/models/QuickBuilder.cfc
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ component accessors="true" transientCache="false" {
 
 	function init() {
 		variables._eagerLoad                = [];
+		variables._parallelEagerLoading     = false;
 		variables._globalScopesApplied      = false;
 		variables._globalScopeExcludeAll    = false;
 		variables._asMemento                = false;
@@ -528,9 +529,11 @@ component accessors="true" transientCache="false" {
 	 * @relationName  A single relation name or array of relation
 	 *                names to eager load.
 	 *
+	 * @parallel      If true, eager loads top-level relationships concurrently.
+	 *
 	 * @return        QuickBuilder
 	 */
-	public any function with( required any relationName ) {
+	public any function with( required any relationName, boolean parallel = false ) {
 		if ( isSimpleValue( arguments.relationName ) && arguments.relationName == "" ) {
 			return this;
 		}
@@ -540,6 +543,7 @@ component accessors="true" transientCache="false" {
 			arrayWrap( arguments.relationName ),
 			true
 		);
+		variables._parallelEagerLoading = variables._parallelEagerLoading || arguments.parallel;
 
 		return this;
 	}
@@ -575,17 +579,95 @@ component accessors="true" transientCache="false" {
 			}
 		}
 
-		structEach( denestEagerLoads( variables._eagerLoad ), function( relationName, nestedEagerLoads ) {
-			entities = eagerLoadRelation(
-				relationName,
-				nestedEagerLoads,
-				entities
-			);
-		} );
+		var eagerLoads = denestEagerLoads( variables._eagerLoad );
+		if ( variables._parallelEagerLoading && eagerLoads.count() > 1 && supportsParallelEagerLoading() ) {
+			eagerLoadRelationsInParallel( eagerLoads, arguments.entities );
+		} else {
+			structEach( eagerLoads, function( relationName, nestedEagerLoads ) {
+				entities = eagerLoadRelation(
+					relationName,
+					nestedEagerLoads,
+					entities
+				);
+			} );
+		}
 
 		return arguments.entities;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Eager loads independent top-level relationships on separate threads.
+	 */
+	private void function eagerLoadRelationsInParallel( required struct eagerLoads, required array entities ) {
+		var threadNames     = [];
+		var threadRelations = {};
+		var targetEntities  = arguments.entities;
+
+		for ( var relationName in arguments.eagerLoads ) {
+			var threadName = "quick_eager_#replace( createUUID(), "-", "", "all" )#";
+			threadNames.append( threadName );
+			threadRelations[ threadName ] = relationName;
+			cfthread(
+				action          = "run",
+				name            = threadName,
+				relationName    = relationName,
+				eagerLoadConfig = arguments.eagerLoads[ relationName ],
+				entities        = targetEntities
+			) {
+				thread.entities = eagerLoadRelation(
+					attributes.relationName,
+					attributes.eagerLoadConfig,
+					attributes.entities
+				);
+			}
+		}
+
+		cfthread(
+			action  = "join",
+			name    = threadNames.toList(),
+			timeout = 60000
+		);
+
+		threadNames.each( function( threadName ) {
+			if ( cfthread[ threadName ].status == "TERMINATED" ) {
+				var threadError = cfthread[ threadName ].error;
+				throw(
+					type         = "QuickParallelEagerLoadingException",
+					message      = threadError.keyExists( "message" ) ? threadError.message : "A parallel eager-loading thread failed.",
+					extendedInfo = serializeJSON( threadError )
+				);
+			}
+			if ( cfthread[ threadName ].status != "COMPLETED" ) {
+				throw(
+					type    = "QuickParallelEagerLoadingTimeout",
+					message = "Parallel eager loading did not complete within 60 seconds."
+				);
+			}
+
+			var relationName        = threadRelations[ threadName ];
+			var eagerLoadedEntities = cfthread[ threadName ].entities;
+			for ( var i = 1; i <= targetEntities.len(); i++ ) {
+				if ( structKeyExists( targetEntities[ i ], "isQuickEntity" ) ) {
+					var relationshipValue = eagerLoadedEntities[ i ].retrieveRelationship( relationName );
+					if ( isNull( relationshipValue ) ) {
+						targetEntities[ i ].assignRelationship( relationName );
+					} else {
+						targetEntities[ i ].assignRelationship( relationName, relationshipValue );
+					}
+				} else if ( eagerLoadedEntities[ i ].keyExists( relationName ) ) {
+					targetEntities[ i ][ relationName ] = eagerLoadedEntities[ i ][ relationName ];
+				}
+			}
+		} );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Adobe ColdFusion loses CFC private-method resolution inside cfthread.
+	 */
+	private boolean function supportsParallelEagerLoading() {
+		return !findNoCase( "ColdFusion", server.coldfusion.productName );
+	}
+
 	private struct function denestEagerLoads( required array eagerLoads ) {
 		// this comes in as an array of items which can be:
 		// 1. dot-delimited strings (e.g., "videos.tags")
@@ -731,7 +813,7 @@ component accessors="true" transientCache="false" {
 	 * @doc_generic   quick.models.BaseEntity | struct
 	 * @return        [quick.models.BaseEntity] | [struct]
 	 */
-	private array function eagerLoadRelation(
+	public array function eagerLoadRelation(
 		required string relationName,
 		required struct eagerLoadConfig,
 		required array entities
diff --git a/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/Relationships/EagerLoadingSpec.cfc b/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/Relationships/EagerLoadingSpec.cfc
index f9024786..73f30106 100644
--- a/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/Relationships/EagerLoadingSpec.cfc
+++ b/tests/specs/integration/BaseEntity/Relationships/EagerLoadingSpec.cfc
@@ -34,6 +34,45 @@ component extends="tests.resources.ModuleIntegrationSpec" {
 				}
 			} );
 
+			it( "can eager load top-level relationships in parallel", function() {
+				var callingThread = createObject( "java", "java.lang.Thread" ).currentThread().getName();
+				var eagerThreads  = {};
+				var posts         = getInstance( "Post" )
+					.with(
+						[
+							{
+								"author" : function( relationship ) {
+									eagerThreads.author = createObject( "java", "java.lang.Thread" )
+										.currentThread()
+										.getName();
+								}
+							},
+							{
+								"comments" : function( relationship ) {
+									eagerThreads.comments = createObject( "java", "java.lang.Thread" )
+										.currentThread()
+										.getName();
+								}
+							}
+						],
+						true
+					)
+					.get();
+
+				expect( posts[ 1 ].getAuthor() ).toBeInstanceOf( "app.models.User" );
+				expect( posts[ 1 ].getComments() ).toBeArray();
+				expect( eagerThreads ).toHaveKey( "author" );
+				expect( eagerThreads ).toHaveKey( "comments" );
+				if ( findNoCase( "ColdFusion", server.coldfusion.productName ) ) {
+					expect( eagerThreads.author ).toBe( callingThread );
+					expect( eagerThreads.comments ).toBe( callingThread );
+				} else {
+					expect( eagerThreads.author ).notToBe( callingThread );
+					expect( eagerThreads.comments ).notToBe( callingThread );
+					expect( eagerThreads.author ).notToBe( eagerThreads.comments );
+				}
+			} );
+
 			it( "can eager load a belongs to relationship using a composite key", function() {
 				var compositeChildren = getInstance( "CompositeChild" ).with( "parent" ).get();
 				expect( compositeChildren ).toBeArray();