diff --git a/cpp/cmake_modules/DefineOptions.cmake b/cpp/cmake_modules/DefineOptions.cmake
index d823444cf790f..a7bf9e59f8aa2 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake_modules/DefineOptions.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake_modules/DefineOptions.cmake
@@ -640,6 +640,11 @@ Always OFF if building binaries" OFF)
                        "Compiler flags to append when pre-compiling Gandiva operations"
                        "")
 
+  #----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  set_option_category("Cross compiling")
+
+  define_option_string(ARROW_GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN "grpc_cpp_plugin path to be used" "")
+
   #----------------------------------------------------------------------
   set_option_category("Advanced developer")
 
diff --git a/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake b/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
index db151b4e0f44b..0b215b5b25c62 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
@@ -4223,6 +4223,14 @@ if(ARROW_WITH_GRPC)
       target_link_libraries(gRPC::grpc++ INTERFACE gRPC::grpc_asan_suppressed)
     endif()
   endif()
+
+  if(ARROW_GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN)
+    if(NOT TARGET gRPC::grpc_cpp_plugin)
+      add_executable(gRPC::grpc_cpp_plugin IMPORTED)
+    endif()
+    set_target_properties(gRPC::grpc_cpp_plugin PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION
+                                                           ${ARROW_GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN})
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------