diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
index f6f3493002ad..587311a8cc3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, fixDarwinDylibNames, autoconf, boost
 , brotli, cmake, double-conversion, flatbuffers, gflags, glog, gtest, lz4, perl
-, python, rapidjson, snappy, thrift, uriparser, which, zlib, zstd }:
+, python, rapidjson, snappy, thrift, uriparser, which, zlib, zstd
+, enableShared ? true }:
 
 let
   parquet-testing = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [
     # patch to fix python-test
     ./darwin.patch
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!enableShared) [
+    # The shared jemalloc lib is unused and breaks in static mode due to missing -fpic.
+    ./jemalloc-disable-shared.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -71,8 +75,13 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DARROW_DEPENDENCY_SOURCE=SYSTEM"
     "-DARROW_PARQUET=ON"
     "-DARROW_PLASMA=ON"
-    "-DARROW_PYTHON=ON"
+    # Disable Python for static mode because openblas is currently broken there.
+    "-DARROW_PYTHON=${if enableShared then "ON" else "OFF"}"
     "-Duriparser_SOURCE=SYSTEM"
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!enableShared) [
+    "-DARROW_BUILD_SHARED=OFF"
+    "-DARROW_TEST_LINKAGE=static"
+    "-DOPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON"
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isx86_64) "-DARROW_USE_SIMD=OFF";
 
   doInstallCheck = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/jemalloc-disable-shared.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/jemalloc-disable-shared.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f7955724e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/jemalloc-disable-shared.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff --git a/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake b/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
+--- a/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
++++ b/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
+@@ -1428,6 +1428,7 @@ if(ARROW_JEMALLOC)
+                       "--with-jemalloc-prefix=je_arrow_"
+                       "--with-private-namespace=je_arrow_private_"
+                       "--without-export"
++                      "--disable-shared"
+                       # Don't override operator new()
+                       "--disable-cxx" "--disable-libdl"
+                       # See https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/issues/1237
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
index 81c977b79814..fbffd8e08f5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ in {
     # --disable-shared flag
     stdenv = super.stdenv;
   };
+  arrow-cpp = super.arrow-cpp.override {
+    enableShared = false;
+    python = { pkgs = { python = null; numpy = null; }; };
+  };
   boost = super.boost.override {
     enableStatic = true;
     enableShared = false;