diff --git a/src/levanter/data/mixture.py b/src/levanter/data/mixture.py
index 188e5e426..57fd792bb 100644
--- a/src/levanter/data/mixture.py
+++ b/src/levanter/data/mixture.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def __init__(
         randomize_blocks: bool = True,
         key: PRNGKeyArray | int,
         stop_strategy: str = StopStrategy.RESTART_STRATEGY,
+        simulated_data_ratio: float = 1,
     ):
         super().__init__()
         if isinstance(weights, dict):
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ def __init__(
             raise NotImplementedError("Only restart strategy is supported for now.")
 
         self.stop_strategy = stop_strategy
+        if simulated_data_ratio > 1:
+            raise ValueError(f"Simulated data ratio must be at most  1, got {simulated_data_ratio}")
+        self.simulated_data_ratio = simulated_data_ratio
 
         # Initialize stage-related counts and IDs
         (
@@ -275,7 +279,13 @@ async def _remap_indices(self, ds, indices_into_ds):
         if self.stop_strategy == StopStrategy.RESTART_STRATEGY:
             if ds.is_finite():
                 max_elem = max(indices_into_ds)
-                length_of_dataset = await ds.wait_until_len_at_least(max_elem + 1)
+                # Remap Indices Earlier when simulating epoching for a larger budget
+                if self.simulated_data_ratio < 1:
+                    # Note(Will): This blocks on datasets being fully processed even for small simulated runs making simulating data size slightly latency inducing but I think that's ok
+                    true_length_of_dataset = await ds.async_len()
+                    length_of_dataset = int(true_length_of_dataset * self.simulated_data_ratio)
+                else:
+                    length_of_dataset = await ds.wait_until_len_at_least(max_elem + 1)
                 indices_into_ds = [idx % length_of_dataset for idx in indices_into_ds]
 
             return indices_into_ds
diff --git a/src/levanter/data/text.py b/src/levanter/data/text.py
index 8af05698c..355de9631 100644
--- a/src/levanter/data/text.py
+++ b/src/levanter/data/text.py
@@ -1169,6 +1169,11 @@ class LMMixtureDatasetConfig(LMTaskConfig):
     """ Dataset mixing weights. Either a constant dict[name->weight] or list of (step, weights) tuples """
 
     stop_strategy: str = field(default=StopStrategy.RESTART_STRATEGY)
+
+    # Configuration for Simulated Epoching
+    target_budget: Optional[int] = None
+    experiment_budget: Optional[int] = None
+
     mixture_block_size: int = 2048
     """ Block size for deterministic mixing """
 
@@ -1226,12 +1231,18 @@ def shuffle_ds(ds, key):
                 out_token_datasets[name] = shuffle_ds(ds, next(key_iter))
             token_datasets = out_token_datasets
 
+        if self.experiment_budget is not None and self.target_budget is not None:
+            simulated_data_ratio = self.experiment_budget / self.target_budget
+        else:
+            simulated_data_ratio = 1
+
         mixture = MixtureDataset(
             datasets=token_datasets,
             weights=self.train_weights,
             stop_strategy=self.stop_strategy,
             key=mix_key,
             block_size=self.mixture_block_size,
+            simulated_data_ratio=simulated_data_ratio,
         )
 
         return mixture
diff --git a/tests/test_mixture.py b/tests/test_mixture.py
index 8ae6dbb1b..450082153 100644
--- a/tests/test_mixture.py
+++ b/tests/test_mixture.py
@@ -73,6 +73,24 @@ async def test_mixture_dataset_stop_strategy_restart():
         await mixture_ds.async_len()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_mixture_dataset_simulated_data_size():
+    weights = {"ds1": 1 / 3, "ds2": 1 / 3, "ds3": 1 / 3}
+    mixture_ds = MixtureDataset(
+        datasets(),
+        weights,
+        block_size=10,
+        key=key(),
+        randomize_blocks=False,
+        stop_strategy=StopStrategy.RESTART_STRATEGY,
+        simulated_data_ratio=0.2,
+    )
+    for _ in range(10):
+        batch = await mixture_ds.get_batch([0, 1, 2])
+        assert len(batch) == 3
+        assert all(item in [1, 10, 100] for item in batch)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_mixture_dataset_normalized_weights():
     weights = {"ds1": 0, "ds2": 0.5, "ds3": 0.5}