diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e013c07b311a..f1becfcf44964 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ if (PYARROW_BUILD_TESTS)
     STATIC_LIB ${GTEST_STATIC_LIB})
 endif()
 
+## Parquet
+find_package(Parquet REQUIRED)
+include_directories(SYSTEM ${PARQUET_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
 ## Arrow
 find_package(Arrow REQUIRED)
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${ARROW_INCLUDE_DIR})
diff --git a/python/cmake_modules/FindParquet.cmake b/python/cmake_modules/FindParquet.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e3350d6e13da6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/cmake_modules/FindParquet.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Copyright 2012 Cloudera Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# - Find PARQUET (parquet/parquet.h, libparquet.a, libparquet.so)
+# This module defines
+#  PARQUET_INCLUDE_DIR, directory containing headers
+#  PARQUET_LIBS, directory containing parquet libraries
+#  PARQUET_STATIC_LIB, path to libparquet.a
+#  PARQUET_SHARED_LIB, path to libparquet's shared library
+#  PARQUET_FOUND, whether parquet has been found
+
+if( NOT "$ENV{PARQUET_HOME}" STREQUAL "")
+    file( TO_CMAKE_PATH "$ENV{PARQUET_HOME}" _native_path )
+    list( APPEND _parquet_roots ${_native_path} )
+elseif ( Parquet_HOME )
+    list( APPEND _parquet_roots ${Parquet_HOME} )
+endif()
+
+# Try the parameterized roots, if they exist
+if ( _parquet_roots )
+    find_path( PARQUET_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES parquet/api/reader.h
+        PATHS ${_parquet_roots} NO_DEFAULT_PATH
+        PATH_SUFFIXES "include" )
+    find_library( PARQUET_LIBRARIES NAMES parquet
+        PATHS ${_parquet_roots} NO_DEFAULT_PATH
+        PATH_SUFFIXES "lib" )
+else ()
+    find_path( PARQUET_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES parquet/api/reader.h )
+    find_library( PARQUET_LIBRARIES NAMES parquet )
+endif ()
+
+
+if (PARQUET_INCLUDE_DIR AND PARQUET_LIBRARIES)
+  set(PARQUET_FOUND TRUE)
+  get_filename_component( PARQUET_LIBS ${PARQUET_LIBRARIES} PATH )
+  set(PARQUET_LIB_NAME libparquet)
+  set(PARQUET_STATIC_LIB ${PARQUET_LIBS}/${PARQUET_LIB_NAME}.a)
+  set(PARQUET_SHARED_LIB ${PARQUET_LIBS}/${PARQUET_LIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+else ()
+  set(PARQUET_FOUND FALSE)
+endif ()
+
+if (PARQUET_FOUND)
+  if (NOT Parquet_FIND_QUIETLY)
+    message(STATUS "Found the Parquet library: ${PARQUET_LIBRARIES}")
+  endif ()
+else ()
+  if (NOT Parquet_FIND_QUIETLY)
+    set(PARQUET_ERR_MSG "Could not find the Parquet library. Looked in ")
+    if ( _parquet_roots )
+      set(PARQUET_ERR_MSG "${PARQUET_ERR_MSG} in ${_parquet_roots}.")
+    else ()
+      set(PARQUET_ERR_MSG "${PARQUET_ERR_MSG} system search paths.")
+    endif ()
+    if (Parquet_FIND_REQUIRED)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "${PARQUET_ERR_MSG}")
+    else (Parquet_FIND_REQUIRED)
+      message(STATUS "${PARQUET_ERR_MSG}")
+    endif (Parquet_FIND_REQUIRED)
+  endif ()
+endif ()
+
+mark_as_advanced(
+  PARQUET_INCLUDE_DIR
+  PARQUET_LIBS
+  PARQUET_LIBRARIES
+  PARQUET_STATIC_LIB
+  PARQUET_SHARED_LIB
+)