diff --git a/worker/src/archive/ranged/range-reader.ts b/worker/src/archive/ranged/range-reader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3026026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/worker/src/archive/ranged/range-reader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import type { Client } from "tdl";
+import { downloadFileRange } from "../../tdlib/range-download.js";
+
+export type RangeReader = (
+  fileId: string,
+  offset: number,
+  length: number,
+  partSize: bigint,
+) => Promise<Buffer>;
+
+export function tdlibRangeReader(client: Client): RangeReader {
+  return (fileId, offset, length, partSize) =>
+    downloadFileRange(client, fileId, offset, length, partSize);
+}
diff --git a/worker/src/archive/ranged/sevenz-ranged.test.ts b/worker/src/archive/ranged/sevenz-ranged.test.ts
index 3109ba7..1a3cc5a 100644
--- a/worker/src/archive/ranged/sevenz-ranged.test.ts
+++ b/worker/src/archive/ranged/sevenz-ranged.test.ts
@@ -28,3 +28,38 @@ describe("parseSevenZSignatureHeader", () => {
     expect(parseSevenZSignatureHeader(MAGIC)).toBeNull();
   });
 });
+
+import { readSevenZListingRanged } from "./sevenz-ranged.js";
+import type { RangeReader } from "./range-reader.js";
+
+describe("readSevenZListingRanged", () => {
+  it("reads the signature + end-header regions and reconstructs for 7z l", async () => {
+    const size = 5_000_000;
+    const endHeaderOffset = 4_900_000; // absolute
+    const nextHeaderOffset = endHeaderOffset - 32;
+    const sig = Buffer.alloc(32);
+    Buffer.from([0x37, 0x7a, 0xbc, 0xaf, 0x27, 0x1c]).copy(sig, 0);
+    sig.writeBigUInt64LE(BigInt(nextHeaderOffset), 12);
+    sig.writeBigUInt64LE(100n, 20);
+
+    const reads: { offset: number; length: number }[] = [];
+    const read: RangeReader = async (_id, offset, length) => {
+      reads.push({ offset, length });
+      if (offset === 0) return sig.subarray(0, length);
+      return Buffer.alloc(length, 0xAB); // stand-in end-header bytes
+    };
+
+    // Inject a fake lister via the module boundary: readSevenZListingRanged
+    // calls listFromSparse(parts, read7zContents). We assert the ranged reads
+    // it issued; the sparse file + real 7z is covered by live verification.
+    const entries = await readSevenZListingRanged(
+      [{ fileId: "1", fileSize: BigInt(size), fileName: "a.7z" }],
+      read,
+    );
+    // entries may be null here because the stand-in bytes aren't a real 7z;
+    // the contract under test is the ranged-read offsets:
+    expect(reads[0]).toEqual({ offset: 0, length: 32 });
+    expect(reads[1]).toEqual({ offset: endHeaderOffset, length: 100 });
+    expect(entries === null || Array.isArray(entries)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/worker/src/archive/ranged/sevenz-ranged.ts b/worker/src/archive/ranged/sevenz-ranged.ts
index 79e0448..0892f00 100644
--- a/worker/src/archive/ranged/sevenz-ranged.ts
+++ b/worker/src/archive/ranged/sevenz-ranged.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+import type { FileEntry } from "../zip-reader.js";
+import { read7zContents } from "../sevenz-reader.js";
+import { listFromSparse } from "./sparse-list.js";
+import type { RangeReader } from "./range-reader.js";
+import { childLogger } from "../../util/logger.js";
+
+const log = childLogger("sevenz-ranged");
+
 const SEVENZ_MAGIC = Buffer.from([0x37, 0x7a, 0xbc, 0xaf, 0x27, 0x1c]);
 
 export function parseSevenZSignatureHeader(
@@ -10,3 +18,36 @@ export function parseSevenZSignatureHeader(
     nextHeaderSize: Number(buf.readBigUInt64LE(20)),
   };
 }
+
+export interface RangedPart { fileId: string; fileSize: bigint; fileName: string }
+
+export async function readSevenZListingRanged(
+  parts: RangedPart[],
+  read: RangeReader,
+): Promise<FileEntry[] | null> {
+  const part = parts[0];
+  if (!part) return null;
+  const size = Number(part.fileSize);
+  try {
+    const sig = await read(part.fileId, 0, 32, part.fileSize);
+    const parsed = parseSevenZSignatureHeader(sig);
+    if (!parsed) return null;
+    const endStart = 32 + parsed.nextHeaderOffset;
+    if (endStart < 0 || endStart + parsed.nextHeaderSize > size) return null;
+    const endHeader = await read(part.fileId, endStart, parsed.nextHeaderSize, part.fileSize);
+    return listFromSparse(
+      [{
+        fileName: part.fileName,
+        size,
+        regions: [
+          { offset: 0, bytes: sig },
+          { offset: endStart, bytes: endHeader },
+        ],
+      }],
+      read7zContents,
+    );
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.warn({ err, fileId: part.fileId }, "ranged 7z listing failed");
+    return null;
+  }
+}