diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a9c2f43..b02c78b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,19 @@ df.write.
       option("delimiter", ";").
       option("codec", "bzip2").
       save("/ftp/files/sample.csv")
+      
+// Configuration to write input DataFrame into n-part files
+spark.conf.set("spark.sftp.coalesce.partitions", 4)
+
+df.write.
+      format("com.springml.spark.sftp").
+      option("host", "SFTP_HOST").
+      option("username", "SFTP_USER").
+      option("password", "****").
+      option("fileType", "csv").
+      option("delimiter", ";").
+      save("/ftp/files/")
+
 
 
 // Construct spark dataframe using text file in FTP server
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/springml/spark/sftp/DefaultSource.scala b/src/main/scala/com/springml/spark/sftp/DefaultSource.scala
index a62e57a..47a284f 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/springml/spark/sftp/DefaultSource.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/springml/spark/sftp/DefaultSource.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import java.util.UUID
 
 import com.springml.sftp.client.SFTPClient
 import com.springml.spark.sftp.util.Utils.ImplicitDataFrameWriter
-
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger
@@ -238,15 +237,17 @@ class DefaultSource extends RelationProvider with SchemaRelationProvider with Cr
     val randomSuffix = "spark_sftp_connection_temp_" + UUID.randomUUID
     val hdfsTempLocation = hdfsTemp + File.separator + randomSuffix
     val localTempLocation = tempFolder + File.separator + randomSuffix
+    val numPartitions = sqlContext.getConf(constants.coalescePartitionsConfKey, "1").toInt
+    logger.info(s"Applying coalesce with numPartitions=$numPartitions on the input DataFrame!!")
 
     addShutdownHook(localTempLocation)
 
     fileType match {
 
-      case "xml" =>  df.coalesce(1).write.format(constants.xmlClass)
+      case "xml" => df.coalesce(numPartitions).write.format(constants.xmlClass)
                     .option(constants.xmlRowTag, rowTag)
                     .option(constants.xmlRootTag, rootTag).save(hdfsTempLocation)
-      case "csv" => df.coalesce(1).
+      case "csv" => df.coalesce(numPartitions).
                     write.
                     option("header", header).
                     option("delimiter", delimiter).
@@ -255,9 +256,9 @@ class DefaultSource extends RelationProvider with SchemaRelationProvider with Cr
                     option("multiLine", multiLine).
                     optionNoNull("codec", Option(codec)).
                     csv(hdfsTempLocation)
-      case "txt" => df.coalesce(1).write.text(hdfsTempLocation)
-      case "avro" => df.coalesce(1).write.format("com.databricks.spark.avro").save(hdfsTempLocation)
-      case _ => df.coalesce(1).write.format(fileType).save(hdfsTempLocation)
+      case "txt" => df.coalesce(numPartitions).write.text(hdfsTempLocation)
+      case "avro" => df.coalesce(numPartitions).write.format("com.databricks.spark.avro").save(hdfsTempLocation)
+      case _ => df.coalesce(numPartitions).write.format(fileType).save(hdfsTempLocation)
     }
 
     copyFromHdfs(sqlContext, hdfsTempLocation, localTempLocation)
@@ -281,6 +282,16 @@ class DefaultSource extends RelationProvider with SchemaRelationProvider with Cr
         && !x.getName.contains("_started_")
         )
     }
-    files(0).getAbsolutePath
+    if (files.length > 1) {
+      val partsDir = new File(baseTemp, "parts")
+      partsDir.mkdir()
+      val ext: String = files.head.getName.split("\\.", 2)(1)
+      for (i <- files.indices) {
+        files(i).renameTo(new File(partsDir, s"part-$i.$ext"))
+      }
+      partsDir.getAbsolutePath
+    } else {
+      files(0).getAbsolutePath
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/springml/spark/sftp/constants.scala b/src/main/scala/com/springml/spark/sftp/constants.scala
index 262a64d..cc9c0ff 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/springml/spark/sftp/constants.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/springml/spark/sftp/constants.scala
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ object constants {
   val xmlClass: String = "com.databricks.spark.xml"
   val xmlRowTag: String = "rowTag"
   val xmlRootTag: String = "rootTag"
+  val coalescePartitionsConfKey: String = "spark.sftp.coalesce.partitions"
 
 }