diff --git a/src/include/reltoaltrep.hpp b/src/include/reltoaltrep.hpp
index 17b2e35ca..9270181b3 100644
--- a/src/include/reltoaltrep.hpp
+++ b/src/include/reltoaltrep.hpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ struct AltrepRelationWrapper {
 
 	duckdb::unique_ptr<QueryResult> Materialize();
 
+	void MarkColumnAsTransformed();
+
 	const bool allow_materialization;
 	const size_t n_rows;
 	const size_t n_cells;
@@ -24,6 +26,13 @@ struct AltrepRelationWrapper {
 	rel_extptr_t rel_eptr;
 	duckdb::shared_ptr<Relation> rel;
 	duckdb::unique_ptr<QueryResult> res;
+
+	R_xlen_t rowcount;
+	bool rowcount_retrieved;
+
+	size_t ncols;
+	size_t cols_transformed;
+
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/reltoaltrep.cpp b/src/reltoaltrep.cpp
index bbb5de1c4..c9b2cc27e 100644
--- a/src/reltoaltrep.cpp
+++ b/src/reltoaltrep.cpp
@@ -101,13 +101,24 @@ AltrepRelationWrapper *AltrepRelationWrapper::Get(SEXP x) {
 }
 
 AltrepRelationWrapper::AltrepRelationWrapper(rel_extptr_t rel_, bool allow_materialization_, size_t n_rows_, size_t n_cells_)
-    : allow_materialization(allow_materialization_), n_rows(n_rows_), n_cells(n_cells_), rel_eptr(rel_), rel(rel_->rel) {
+    	    : allow_materialization(allow_materialization_), n_rows(n_rows_), n_cells(n_cells_), rel_eptr(rel_), rel(rel_->rel), rowcount(0), rowcount_retrieved(false), ncols(0), cols_transformed(0) {
 }
 
 bool AltrepRelationWrapper::HasQueryResult() const {
 	return (bool)res;
 }
 
+void AltrepRelationWrapper::MarkColumnAsTransformed() {
+	// AltrepRelationWrapper keeps tabs on how many of the columns have been transformed
+	// to their R-representation
+	cols_transformed++;
+	// If all of the columns have been transformed, we can reset
+	// the query-result pointer and free the memory
+	if (cols_transformed == ncols) {
+		res.reset();
+	}
+}
+
 MaterializedQueryResult *AltrepRelationWrapper::GetQueryResult() {
 	if (!res) {
 		if (!allow_materialization || n_cells == 0) {
@@ -149,6 +160,10 @@ MaterializedQueryResult *AltrepRelationWrapper::GetQueryResult() {
 			cpp11::stop("Query execution was interrupted");
 		}
 
+
+		rowcount = ((MaterializedQueryResult *)res.get())->RowCount();
+		rowcount_retrieved = true;
+
 		signal_handler.Disable();
 	}
 	D_ASSERT(res);
@@ -196,7 +211,7 @@ duckdb::unique_ptr<QueryResult> AltrepRelationWrapper::Materialize() {
 
 struct AltrepRownamesWrapper {
 
-	AltrepRownamesWrapper(duckdb::shared_ptr<AltrepRelationWrapper> rel_p) : rel(rel_p) {
+	AltrepRownamesWrapper(duckdb::shared_ptr<AltrepRelationWrapper> rel_p) : rel(rel_p), rowlen_data_retrieved(false) {
 		rowlen_data[0] = NA_INTEGER;
 	}
 
@@ -206,6 +221,7 @@ struct AltrepRownamesWrapper {
 
 	int32_t rowlen_data[2];
 	duckdb::shared_ptr<AltrepRelationWrapper> rel;
+	bool rowlen_data_retrieved;
 };
 
 struct AltrepVectorWrapper {
@@ -228,6 +244,8 @@ struct AltrepVectorWrapper {
 				duckdb_r_transform(chunk.data[column_index], dest, dest_offset, chunk.size(), false);
 				dest_offset += chunk.size();
 			}
+
+			rel->MarkColumnAsTransformed();
 		}
 		return DATAPTR(transformed_vector);
 	}
@@ -306,16 +324,27 @@ const void *RelToAltrep::RownamesDataptrOrNull(SEXP x) {
 
 void *RelToAltrep::DoRownamesDataptrGet(SEXP x) {
 	auto rownames_wrapper = AltrepRownamesWrapper::Get(x);
+
+	// the query has been materialized, return the rowcount
+	// (and void recomputing the query if it's been reset)
+	if (rownames_wrapper->rowlen_data_retrieved) {
+		return rownames_wrapper->rowlen_data;
+	}
+
 	auto row_count = rownames_wrapper->rel->GetQueryResult()->RowCount();
 	if (row_count > (idx_t)NumericLimits<int32_t>::Maximum()) {
 		cpp11::stop("Integer overflow for row.names attribute");
 	}
 	rownames_wrapper->rowlen_data[1] = -row_count;
+	rownames_wrapper->rowlen_data_retrieved = true;
 	return rownames_wrapper->rowlen_data;
 }
 
 R_xlen_t RelToAltrep::VectorLength(SEXP x) {
 	BEGIN_CPP11
+	if (AltrepVectorWrapper::Get(x)->rel->rowcount_retrieved) {
+		return AltrepVectorWrapper::Get(x)->rel->rowcount;
+	}
 	return AltrepVectorWrapper::Get(x)->rel->GetQueryResult()->RowCount();
 	END_CPP11_EX(0)
 }
@@ -404,6 +433,8 @@ size_t DoubleToSize(double d) {
 	auto relation_wrapper = make_shared_ptr<AltrepRelationWrapper>(rel, allow_materialization, DoubleToSize(n_rows),
 	                                                              DoubleToSize(n_cells));
 
+	relation_wrapper->ncols = drel->Columns().size();
+
 	cpp11::writable::list data_frame;
 	data_frame.reserve(ncols);
 
@@ -427,6 +458,8 @@ size_t DoubleToSize(double d) {
 	}
 	SET_NAMES(data_frame, StringsToSexp(names));
 
+	relation_wrapper->ncols = drel->Columns().size();
+
 	// Row names
 	cpp11::external_pointer<AltrepRownamesWrapper> ptr(new AltrepRownamesWrapper(relation_wrapper));
 	R_SetExternalPtrTag(ptr, RStrings::get().duckdb_row_names_sym);