diff --git a/changes/2661.feature.1.rst b/changes/2661.feature.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d0209c581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/2661.feature.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improves performance of FsspecStore.delete_dir for remote filesystems supporting concurrent/batched deletes, e.g., s3fs.
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diff --git a/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py b/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py
index 92c14fcc76..1cc7039e68 100644
--- a/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py
+++ b/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import warnings
+from contextlib import suppress
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from zarr.abc.store import (
@@ -286,6 +287,19 @@ async def delete(self, key: str) -> None:
         except self.allowed_exceptions:
             pass
 
+    async def delete_dir(self, prefix: str) -> None:
+        # docstring inherited
+        if not self.supports_deletes:
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "This method is only available for stores that support deletes."
+            )
+        self._check_writable()
+
+        path_to_delete = _dereference_path(self.path, prefix)
+
+        with suppress(*self.allowed_exceptions):
+            await self.fs._rm(path_to_delete, recursive=True)
+
     async def exists(self, key: str) -> bool:
         # docstring inherited
         path = _dereference_path(self.path, key)
diff --git a/tests/test_store/test_fsspec.py b/tests/test_store/test_fsspec.py
index 929de37869..a710b9e22b 100644
--- a/tests/test_store/test_fsspec.py
+++ b/tests/test_store/test_fsspec.py
@@ -217,6 +217,14 @@ async def test_empty_nonexistent_path(self, store_kwargs) -> None:
         store = await self.store_cls.open(**store_kwargs)
         assert await store.is_empty("")
 
+    async def test_delete_dir_unsupported_deletes(self, store: FsspecStore) -> None:
+        store.supports_deletes = False
+        with pytest.raises(
+            NotImplementedError,
+            match="This method is only available for stores that support deletes.",
+        ):
+            await store.delete_dir("test_prefix")
+
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     parse_version(fsspec.__version__) < parse_version("2024.12.0"),
@@ -244,3 +252,28 @@ def test_no_wrap_async_filesystem():
 
     assert not isinstance(store.fs, AsyncFileSystemWrapper)
     assert store.fs.async_impl
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    parse_version(fsspec.__version__) < parse_version("2024.12.0"),
+    reason="No AsyncFileSystemWrapper",
+)
+async def test_delete_dir_wrapped_filesystem(tmpdir) -> None:
+    from fsspec.implementations.asyn_wrapper import AsyncFileSystemWrapper
+    from fsspec.implementations.local import LocalFileSystem
+
+    wrapped_fs = AsyncFileSystemWrapper(LocalFileSystem(auto_mkdir=True))
+    store = FsspecStore(wrapped_fs, read_only=False, path=f"{tmpdir}/test/path")
+
+    assert isinstance(store.fs, AsyncFileSystemWrapper)
+    assert store.fs.asynchronous
+
+    await store.set("zarr.json", cpu.Buffer.from_bytes(b"root"))
+    await store.set("foo-bar/zarr.json", cpu.Buffer.from_bytes(b"root"))
+    await store.set("foo/zarr.json", cpu.Buffer.from_bytes(b"bar"))
+    await store.set("foo/c/0", cpu.Buffer.from_bytes(b"chunk"))
+    await store.delete_dir("foo")
+    assert await store.exists("zarr.json")
+    assert await store.exists("foo-bar/zarr.json")
+    assert not await store.exists("foo/zarr.json")
+    assert not await store.exists("foo/c/0")