diff --git a/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/ArrayBlockBuilder.java b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/ArrayBlockBuilder.java
index 53879c21bf27..38e0c2bb7039 100644
--- a/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/ArrayBlockBuilder.java
+++ b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/ArrayBlockBuilder.java
@@ -119,6 +119,45 @@ public <E extends Throwable> void buildEntry(ArrayValueBuilder<E> builder)
         currentEntryOpened = false;
     }
 
+    public ArrayEntryBuilder buildEntry()
+    {
+        return new ArrayEntryBuilderImplementation();
+    }
+
+    private class ArrayEntryBuilderImplementation
+            implements ArrayEntryBuilder
+    {
+        private boolean entryBuilt;
+
+        public ArrayEntryBuilderImplementation()
+        {
+            if (currentEntryOpened) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Expected current entry to be closed but was opened");
+            }
+            currentEntryOpened = true;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public BlockBuilder getElementBuilder()
+        {
+            if (entryBuilt || !currentEntryOpened) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Entry has already been built");
+            }
+            return values;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void build()
+        {
+            if (entryBuilt || !currentEntryOpened) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Entry has already been built");
+            }
+            entryBuilt = true;
+            entryAdded(false);
+            currentEntryOpened = false;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void append(ValueBlock block, int position)
     {
diff --git a/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/ArrayEntryBuilder.java b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/ArrayEntryBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c37adce7f855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/ArrayEntryBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.trino.spi.block;
+
+public interface ArrayEntryBuilder
+{
+    /**
+     * Get the element BlockBuilder.
+     * The block builder must not be retained or used after build() is called.
+     */
+    BlockBuilder getElementBuilder();
+
+    /**
+     * Finalize the entry the elements have been appended to the element builder.
+     * This method MUST be called exactly once.
+     */
+    void build();
+}
diff --git a/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/RowBlockBuilder.java b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/RowBlockBuilder.java
index 003e95f069d6..35ecf22e8e1e 100644
--- a/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/RowBlockBuilder.java
+++ b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/RowBlockBuilder.java
@@ -113,6 +113,45 @@ public <E extends Throwable> void buildEntry(RowValueBuilder<E> builder)
         currentEntryOpened = false;
     }
 
+    public RowEntryBuilder buildEntry()
+    {
+        return new RowEntryBuilderImplementation();
+    }
+
+    private class RowEntryBuilderImplementation
+            implements RowEntryBuilder
+    {
+        private boolean entryBuilt;
+
+        public RowEntryBuilderImplementation()
+        {
+            if (currentEntryOpened) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Expected current entry to be closed but was opened");
+            }
+            currentEntryOpened = true;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public BlockBuilder getFieldBuilder(int fieldId)
+        {
+            if (entryBuilt || !currentEntryOpened) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Entry has already been built");
+            }
+            return fieldBlockBuilders[fieldId];
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void build()
+        {
+            if (entryBuilt || !currentEntryOpened) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Entry has already been built");
+            }
+            entryBuilt = true;
+            entryAdded(false);
+            currentEntryOpened = false;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void append(ValueBlock block, int position)
     {
diff --git a/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/RowEntryBuilder.java b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/RowEntryBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db80682498bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/block/RowEntryBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.trino.spi.block;
+
+public interface RowEntryBuilder
+{
+    /**
+     * Get the BlockBuilder for a specific field in the row.
+     * Only a single value should be appended to the returned BlockBuilder before calling build().
+     * The block builder must not be retained or used after build() is called.
+     */
+    BlockBuilder getFieldBuilder(int fieldId);
+
+    /**
+     * Finalize the entry after ALL field values have been appended to the field builders.
+     * This method MUST be called exactly once after all field builders have been used.
+     */
+    void build();
+}
diff --git a/core/trino-spi/src/test/java/io/trino/spi/block/TestArrayBlockBuilder.java b/core/trino-spi/src/test/java/io/trino/spi/block/TestArrayBlockBuilder.java
index 689504f8f927..86c2d967d9f4 100644
--- a/core/trino-spi/src/test/java/io/trino/spi/block/TestArrayBlockBuilder.java
+++ b/core/trino-spi/src/test/java/io/trino/spi/block/TestArrayBlockBuilder.java
@@ -94,6 +94,56 @@ public void testBuilderProducesNullRleForNullRows()
         assertIsAllNulls(blockBuilder().appendNull().appendNull().build(), 2);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void buildEntry()
+    {
+        List<List<String>> values = getTestValues();
+        assertThat(values)
+                .hasSize(5)
+                .doesNotHaveDuplicates()
+                .doesNotContainNull();
+
+        ArrayBlockBuilder blockBuilder = (ArrayBlockBuilder) createBlockBuilder();
+        for (List<String> array : values) {
+            blockBuilder.buildEntry(elementBuilder -> {
+                for (String element : array) {
+                    if (element == null) {
+                        elementBuilder.appendNull();
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        VARCHAR.writeString(elementBuilder, element);
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
+        assertThat(blockToValues(blockBuilder.buildValueBlock())).isEqualTo(values);
+
+        blockBuilder = (ArrayBlockBuilder) createBlockBuilder();
+        for (List<String> array : values) {
+            ArrayEntryBuilder arrayEntryBuilder = blockBuilder.buildEntry();
+            for (String element : array) {
+                if (element == null) {
+                    arrayEntryBuilder.getElementBuilder().appendNull();
+                }
+                else {
+                    VARCHAR.writeString(arrayEntryBuilder.getElementBuilder(), element);
+                }
+            }
+            arrayEntryBuilder.build();
+        }
+        assertThat(blockToValues(blockBuilder.buildValueBlock())).isEqualTo(values);
+
+        blockBuilder = (ArrayBlockBuilder) createBlockBuilder();
+        blockBuilder.buildEntry();
+        assertThatThrownBy(blockBuilder::buildEntry).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
+
+        blockBuilder = (ArrayBlockBuilder) createBlockBuilder();
+        ArrayEntryBuilder multipleEntryBuilder = blockBuilder.buildEntry();
+        multipleEntryBuilder.build();
+        assertThatThrownBy(multipleEntryBuilder::getElementBuilder).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
+        assertThatThrownBy(multipleEntryBuilder::build).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
+    }
+
     private static BlockBuilder blockBuilder()
     {
         return new ArrayBlockBuilder(BIGINT, null, 10);
diff --git a/core/trino-spi/src/test/java/io/trino/spi/block/TestRowBlockBuilder.java b/core/trino-spi/src/test/java/io/trino/spi/block/TestRowBlockBuilder.java
index 5a0ff445388f..b5d0087087d7 100644
--- a/core/trino-spi/src/test/java/io/trino/spi/block/TestRowBlockBuilder.java
+++ b/core/trino-spi/src/test/java/io/trino/spi/block/TestRowBlockBuilder.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import static io.trino.spi.type.IntegerType.INTEGER;
 import static io.trino.spi.type.VarcharType.VARCHAR;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 
 public class TestRowBlockBuilder
         extends AbstractTestBlockBuilder<TestRowBlockBuilder.TestRow>
@@ -41,6 +42,62 @@ public void testBuilderProducesNullRleForNullRows()
         assertIsAllNulls(blockBuilder().appendNull().appendNull().build(), 2);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void buildEntry()
+    {
+        List<TestRow> values = getTestValues();
+        assertThat(values)
+                .hasSize(5)
+                .doesNotHaveDuplicates()
+                .doesNotContainNull()
+                .doesNotContain(getUnusedTestValue());
+
+        RowBlockBuilder blockBuilder = new RowBlockBuilder(List.of(VARCHAR, INTEGER, BOOLEAN), null, 1);
+        for (TestRow row : values) {
+            blockBuilder.buildEntry(fieldBuilders -> {
+                if (row.name() == null) {
+                    fieldBuilders.getFirst().appendNull();
+                }
+                else {
+                    VARCHAR.writeString(fieldBuilders.getFirst(), row.name());
+                }
+                INTEGER.writeLong(fieldBuilders.get(1), row.number());
+                BOOLEAN.writeBoolean(fieldBuilders.get(2), row.flag());
+            });
+        }
+        assertThat(blockToValues(blockBuilder.buildValueBlock())).isEqualTo(values);
+
+        blockBuilder = new RowBlockBuilder(List.of(VARCHAR, INTEGER, BOOLEAN), null, 1);
+        for (TestRow row : values) {
+            RowEntryBuilder rowEntryBuilder = blockBuilder.buildEntry();
+            if (row.name() == null) {
+                rowEntryBuilder.getFieldBuilder(0).appendNull();
+            }
+            else {
+                VARCHAR.writeString(rowEntryBuilder.getFieldBuilder(0), row.name());
+            }
+            INTEGER.writeLong(rowEntryBuilder.getFieldBuilder(1), row.number());
+            BOOLEAN.writeBoolean(rowEntryBuilder.getFieldBuilder(2), row.flag());
+            rowEntryBuilder.build();
+        }
+        assertThat(blockToValues(blockBuilder.buildValueBlock())).isEqualTo(values);
+
+        blockBuilder = new RowBlockBuilder(List.of(VARCHAR, INTEGER, BOOLEAN), null, 1);
+        blockBuilder.buildEntry();
+        assertThatThrownBy(blockBuilder::buildEntry).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
+
+        blockBuilder = new RowBlockBuilder(List.of(VARCHAR, INTEGER, BOOLEAN), null, 1);
+        RowEntryBuilder incompleteEntryBuilder = blockBuilder.buildEntry();
+        assertThatThrownBy(incompleteEntryBuilder::build).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
+
+        blockBuilder = new RowBlockBuilder(List.of(BOOLEAN), null, 1);
+        RowEntryBuilder multipleEntryBuilder = blockBuilder.buildEntry();
+        BOOLEAN.writeBoolean(multipleEntryBuilder.getFieldBuilder(0), true);
+        multipleEntryBuilder.build();
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> multipleEntryBuilder.getFieldBuilder(0)).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
+        assertThatThrownBy(multipleEntryBuilder::build).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
+    }
+
     private static BlockBuilder blockBuilder()
     {
         return new RowBlockBuilder(ImmutableList.of(BIGINT), null, 10);