diff --git cpp/src/plasma/malloc.cc cpp/src/plasma/malloc.cc
--- cpp/src/plasma/malloc.cc
+++ cpp/src/plasma/malloc.cc
@@ -26,2 +26,0 @@
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
diff --git cpp/src/plasma/dlmalloc.cc cpp/src/plasma/dlmalloc.cc
--- cpp/src/plasma/dlmalloc.cc
+++ cpp/src/plasma/dlmalloc.cc
@@ -25,2 +25,6 @@
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <Windows.h>
+#else
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#endif
@@ -76,5 +80,8 @@ int create_buffer(int64_t size) {
-  if (!CreateFileMapping(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, NULL, PAGE_READWRITE,
-                         (DWORD)((uint64_t)size >> (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(DWORD))),
-                         (DWORD)(uint64_t)size, NULL)) {
+  HANDLE h = CreateFileMapping(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, NULL, PAGE_READWRITE,
+                               (DWORD)((uint64_t)size >> (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(DWORD))),
+                               (DWORD)(uint64_t)size, NULL);
+  if (h) {
+    fd = fh_open(reinterpret_cast<intptr_t>(h), -1);
+  } else {
     fd = -1;
   }
@@ -119,9 +126,18 @@
+  void* pointer;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  pointer = MapViewOfFile(reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(fh_get(fd)), FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0, 0, size);
+  if (pointer == NULL) {
+    ARROW_LOG(ERROR) << "MapViewOfFile failed with error: " << GetLastError();
+    return reinterpret_cast<void*>(-1);
+  }
+#else
-  void* pointer = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+  pointer = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
   if (pointer == MAP_FAILED) {
     ARROW_LOG(ERROR) << "mmap failed with error: " << std::strerror(errno);
     if (errno == ENOMEM && plasma_config->hugepages_enabled) {
       ARROW_LOG(ERROR)
           << "  (this probably means you have to increase /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages)";
     }
     return pointer;
   }
+#endif
@@ -155,1 +169,6 @@
+  int r;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  r = UnmapViewOfFile(addr) ? 0 : -1;
+#else
-  int r = munmap(addr, size);
+  r = munmap(addr, size);
+#endif
--