diff --git a/workflow/artifacts/oss/oss.go b/workflow/artifacts/oss/oss.go
index 82fb2c977527..e4461558a0c0 100644
--- a/workflow/artifacts/oss/oss.go
+++ b/workflow/artifacts/oss/oss.go
@@ -159,9 +159,45 @@ func (ossDriver *ArtifactDriver) Load(inputArtifact *wfv1.Artifact, path string)
 	return err
 }
 
-func (ossDriver *ArtifactDriver) OpenStream(a *wfv1.Artifact) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	// todo: this is a temporary implementation which loads file to disk first
-	return common.LoadToStream(a, ossDriver)
+// OpenStream opens a stream reader for an artifact from OSS compliant storage
+func (ossDriver *ArtifactDriver) OpenStream(inputArtifact *wfv1.Artifact) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	var stream io.ReadCloser
+	err := waitutil.Backoff(defaultRetry,
+		func() (bool, error) {
+			log.Infof("OSS OpenStream, key: %s", inputArtifact.OSS.Key)
+			osscli, err := ossDriver.newOSSClient()
+			if err != nil {
+				return !isTransientOSSErr(err), err
+			}
+			bucketName := inputArtifact.OSS.Bucket
+			err = setBucketLogging(osscli, bucketName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return !isTransientOSSErr(err), err
+			}
+			bucket, err := osscli.Bucket(bucketName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return !isTransientOSSErr(err), err
+			}
+			s, origErr := bucket.GetObject(inputArtifact.OSS.Key)
+			if origErr == nil {
+				stream = s
+				return true, nil
+			}
+			if !IsOssErrCode(err, "NoSuchKey") {
+				return !isTransientOSSErr(origErr), fmt.Errorf("failed to get file: %w", origErr)
+			}
+			isDir, err := IsOssDirectory(bucket, inputArtifact.OSS.Key)
+			if err != nil {
+				return !isTransientOSSErr(err), fmt.Errorf("failed to test if %s/%s is a directory: %w", bucketName, inputArtifact.OSS.Key, err)
+			}
+			if !isDir {
+				return false, origErr
+			}
+			// directory case:
+			// todo: make a .tgz file which can be streamed to user
+			return false, errors.New(errors.CodeNotImplemented, "Directory Stream capability currently unimplemented for OSS")
+		})
+	return stream, err
 }
 
 // Save stores an artifact to OSS compliant storage, e.g., uploading a local file to OSS bucket