diff --git a/src/pie_datasets/core/dataset_dict.py b/src/pie_datasets/core/dataset_dict.py
index 3003b06b..3341207f 100644
--- a/src/pie_datasets/core/dataset_dict.py
+++ b/src/pie_datasets/core/dataset_dict.py
@@ -737,27 +737,37 @@ def load_dataset(*args, **kwargs) -> Union[DatasetDict, Dataset, IterableDataset
 
 
 def concatenate_dataset_dicts(
-    inputs: Dict[str, DatasetDict], split_mappings: Dict[str, Dict[str, str]], clear_metadata: bool
+    inputs: Dict[str, DatasetDict],
+    split_mappings: Dict[str, Dict[str, Union[str, List[str]]]],
+    clear_metadata: bool,
 ):
     """Concatenate the splits of multiple dataset dicts into a single one. Dataset name will be
     saved in Metadata.
 
     Args:
         inputs: A mapping from dataset names to dataset dicts that contain the splits to concatenate.
-        split_mappings: A mapping from target split names to mappings from input dataset names to
-            source split names.
+        split_mappings: A mapping from target split name to mappings from input dataset name to
+            source split name or list of names.
         clear_metadata: Whether to clear the metadata before concatenating.
 
     Returns: A dataset dict with keys in split_names as splits and content from the merged input
         dataset dicts.
     """
 
-    input_splits = {}
+    input_splits: Dict[str, Dict[str, Union[Dataset, IterableDataset]]] = {}
     for target_split_name, mapping in split_mappings.items():
-        input_splits[target_split_name] = {
-            ds_name: inputs[ds_name][source_split_name]
-            for ds_name, source_split_name in mapping.items()
-        }
+        input_splits[target_split_name] = {}
+        for ds_name, source_split_name in mapping.items():
+            if isinstance(source_split_name, str):
+                input_splits[target_split_name][ds_name] = inputs[ds_name][source_split_name]
+            elif isinstance(source_split_name, list):
+                input_splits[target_split_name][ds_name] = concatenate_datasets(
+                    [
+                        inputs[ds_name][_source_split_name]
+                        for _source_split_name in source_split_name
+                    ],
+                    clear_metadata=clear_metadata,
+                )
 
     result = DatasetDict(
         {
diff --git a/tests/unit/core/test_dataset_dict.py b/tests/unit/core/test_dataset_dict.py
index a43aa949..6d7b677d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/core/test_dataset_dict.py
+++ b/tests/unit/core/test_dataset_dict.py
@@ -724,3 +724,19 @@ def test_concatenate_dataset_dicts(tbga_extract, comagc_extract):
     assert all(
         [ds.metadata["dataset_name"] in ["tbga", "comagc"] for ds in concatenated_dataset["train"]]
     )
+
+    concatenated_dataset_with_list_in_mapping = concatenate_dataset_dicts(
+        inputs={"tbga": tbga_extract, "comagc": comagc_extract},
+        split_mappings={"train": {"tbga": ["train", "test"], "comagc": "train"}},
+        clear_metadata=True,
+    )
+
+    assert len(concatenated_dataset_with_list_in_mapping["train"]) == len(
+        tbga_extract["train"]
+    ) + len(tbga_extract["test"]) + len(comagc_extract["train"])
+    assert all(
+        [
+            ds.metadata["dataset_name"] in ["tbga", "comagc"]
+            for ds in concatenated_dataset_with_list_in_mapping["train"]
+        ]
+    )