diff --git cpp/src/plasma/client.cc cpp/src/plasma/client.cc
--- cpp/src/plasma/client.cc
+++ cpp/src/plasma/client.cc
@@ -28,1 +28,5 @@
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <Windows.h>
+#else
 #include <sys/mman.h>
+#endif
@@ -33,1 +37,3 @@
+#ifndef _WIN32
 #include <unistd.h>
+#endif
@@ -178,6 +184,14 @@
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    pointer_ = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(MapViewOfFile(reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(fh_get(fd)), FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0, 0, length_));
+    // TODO(pcm): Don't fail here, instead return a Status.
+    if (pointer_ == NULL) {
+      ARROW_LOG(FATAL) << "mmap failed";
+    }
+#else
     pointer_ = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(
         mmap(NULL, length_, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0));
     // TODO(pcm): Don't fail here, instead return a Status.
     if (pointer_ == MAP_FAILED) {
       ARROW_LOG(FATAL) << "mmap failed";
     }
+#endif
@@ -189,1 +195,6 @@
+    int r;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    r = UnmapViewOfFile(pointer_) ? 0 : -1;
+#else
-    int r = munmap(pointer_, length_);
+    r = munmap(pointer_, length_);
+#endif
@@ -990,5 +1009,17 @@
+#ifdef _WINSOCKAPI_
+  SOCKET sockets[2] = { INVALID_SOCKET, INVALID_SOCKET };
+  socketpair(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sockets);
+  sock[0] = fh_open(sockets[0], -1);
+  sock[1] = fh_open(sockets[1], -1);
+#else
   socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sock);
+#endif
   // Make the socket non-blocking.
+#ifdef _WINSOCKAPI_
+  unsigned long value = 1;
+  ARROW_CHECK(ioctlsocket(sock[1], FIONBIO, &value) == 0);
+#else
   int flags = fcntl(sock[1], F_GETFL, 0);
   ARROW_CHECK(fcntl(sock[1], F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK) == 0);
+#endif
   // Tell the Plasma store about the subscription.
diff --git cpp/src/plasma/fling.cc cpp/src/plasma/fling.cc
--- cpp/src/plasma/fling.cc
+++ cpp/src/plasma/fling.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@
 #include "arrow/util/logging.h"
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <ws2tcpip.h>  // socklen_t
+#else
+typedef int SOCKET;
+#endif
+
 void init_msg(struct msghdr* msg, struct iovec* iov, char* buf, size_t buf_len) {
   iov->iov_base = buf;
   iov->iov_len = 1;
 
+  msg->msg_flags = 0;
   msg->msg_iov = iov;
@@ -36,3 +43,8 @@
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  SOCKET to_send = fh_get(fd);
+#else
+  SOCKET to_send = fd;
+#endif
-  char buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))];
+  char buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(to_send))];
-  memset(&buf, 0, CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int)));
+  memset(&buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
 
@@ -47,7 +59,12 @@
-  header->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int));
+  header->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(to_send));
-  memcpy(CMSG_DATA(header), reinterpret_cast<void*>(&fd), sizeof(int));
+  memcpy(CMSG_DATA(header), reinterpret_cast<void*>(&to_send), sizeof(to_send));
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  SOCKET sock = fh_get(conn);
+#else
+  SOCKET sock = conn;
+#endif
   // Send file descriptor.
   while (true) {
-    ssize_t r = sendmsg(conn, &msg, 0);
+    ssize_t r = sendmsg(sock, &msg, 0);
     if (r < 0) {
@@ -83,6 +100,11 @@
-  char buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))];
+  char buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(SOCKET))];
   init_msg(&msg, &iov, buf, sizeof(buf));
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  SOCKET sock = fh_get(conn);
+#else
+  int sock = conn;
+#endif
   while (true) {
-    ssize_t r = recvmsg(conn, &msg, 0);
+    ssize_t r = recvmsg(sock, &msg, 0);
     if (r == -1) {
@@ -100,18 +122,22 @@
-  int found_fd = -1;
+  SOCKET found_fd = -1;
   int oh_noes = 0;
   for (struct cmsghdr* header = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg); header != NULL;
        header = CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg, header))
     if (header->cmsg_level == SOL_SOCKET && header->cmsg_type == SCM_RIGHTS) {
       ssize_t count = (header->cmsg_len -
                        (CMSG_DATA(header) - reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(header))) /
-                      sizeof(int);
+                      sizeof(SOCKET);
       for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-        int fd = (reinterpret_cast<int*>(CMSG_DATA(header)))[i];
+        SOCKET fd = (reinterpret_cast<SOCKET*>(CMSG_DATA(header)))[i];
         if (found_fd == -1) {
           found_fd = fd;
         } else {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+          closesocket(fd) == 0 || ((WSAGetLastError() == WSAENOTSOCK || WSAGetLastError() == WSANOTINITIALISED) && CloseHandle(reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(fd)));
+#else
           close(fd);
+#endif
           oh_noes = 1;
         }
       }
     }
@@ -122,8 +148,17 @@
   if (oh_noes) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    closesocket(found_fd) == 0 || ((WSAGetLastError() == WSAENOTSOCK || WSAGetLastError() == WSANOTINITIALISED) && CloseHandle(reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(found_fd)));
+#else
     close(found_fd);
+#endif
     errno = EBADMSG;
     return -1;
   }
 
-  return found_fd;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  int to_receive = fh_open(found_fd, -1);
+#else
+  int to_receive = found_fd;
+#endif
+  return to_receive;
 }
--