diff --git a/python/pyarrow/__init__.py b/python/pyarrow/__init__.py
index 8d4a214ba26..d0348b43c50 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/__init__.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/__init__.py
@@ -105,6 +105,22 @@
 
 localfs = LocalFileSystem.get_instance()
 
+# Entry point for starting the plasma store
+
+def _plasma_store_entry_point():
+    """Entry point for starting the plasma store.
+
+    This can be used by invoking e. g. ``plasma_store -s /tmp/plasma -m 1000000000``
+    from the command line and will start the plasma_store executable with the
+    given arguments.
+    """
+    import os
+    import pyarrow
+    import subprocess
+    import sys
+    plasma_store_executable = os.path.join(pyarrow.__path__[0], "plasma_store")
+    process = subprocess.Popen([plasma_store_executable] + sys.argv[1:])
+    process.wait()
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 0.4.0 deprecations
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index ebf28cc64e9..4657da0bf86 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -382,6 +382,11 @@ def has_ext_modules(foo):
         'clean': clean,
         'build_ext': build_ext
     },
+    entry_points = {
+        'console_scripts': [
+            'plasma_store = pyarrow:_plasma_store_entry_point'
+        ]
+    },
     use_scm_version={"root": "..", "relative_to": __file__},
     setup_requires=['setuptools_scm', 'cython >= 0.23'],
     install_requires=['numpy >= 1.10', 'six >= 1.0.0'],