diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/NonNullableStructVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/NonNullableStructVector.java
index 4da2668121a..7d724656cda 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/NonNullableStructVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/NonNullableStructVector.java
@@ -374,6 +374,18 @@ public ValueVector getVectorById(int id) {
     return getChildByOrdinal(id);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets a child vector by ordinal position and casts to the specified class.
+   */
+  public <V extends ValueVector> V getVectorById(int id, Class<V> clazz) {
+    ValueVector untyped = getVectorById(id);
+    if (clazz.isInstance(untyped)) {
+      return clazz.cast(untyped);
+    }
+    throw new ClassCastException("Id " + id + " had the wrong type. Expected " + clazz.getCanonicalName() +
+        " but was " + untyped.getClass().getCanonicalName());
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void setValueCount(int valueCount) {
     for (final ValueVector v : getChildren()) {
diff --git a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestStructVector.java b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestStructVector.java
index b4c30480000..552d5752f23 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestStructVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestStructVector.java
@@ -282,4 +282,12 @@ public void testAddChildVectorsWithDuplicatedFieldNamesForConflictPolicyReplace(
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testTypedGetters() {
+    try (final StructVector s1 = StructVector.empty("s1", allocator)) {
+      s1.addOrGet("struct_child", FieldType.nullable(MinorType.INT.getType()), IntVector.class);
+      assertEquals(IntVector.class, s1.getChild("struct_child", IntVector.class).getClass());
+      assertEquals(IntVector.class, s1.getVectorById(0, IntVector.class).getClass());
+    }
+  }
 }