diff --git a/rust/parquet/src/file/writer.rs b/rust/parquet/src/file/writer.rs
index ede6ce47a2e..8b8ed6dcb09 100644
--- a/rust/parquet/src/file/writer.rs
+++ b/rust/parquet/src/file/writer.rs
@@ -18,27 +18,32 @@
 //! Contains file writer API, and provides methods to write row groups and columns by
 //! using row group writers and column writers respectively.
 
+use std::fs::File;
 use std::{
     io::{Seek, SeekFrom, Write},
     rc::Rc,
 };
 
+use arrow::array;
+use arrow::datatypes::Schema;
 use byteorder::{ByteOrder, LittleEndian};
 use parquet_format as parquet;
 use thrift::protocol::{TCompactOutputProtocol, TOutputProtocol};
 
-use crate::basic::PageType;
+use crate::basic::{PageType, Repetition, Type};
 use crate::column::{
     page::{CompressedPage, Page, PageWriteSpec, PageWriter},
     writer::{get_column_writer, ColumnWriter},
 };
 use crate::errors::{ParquetError, Result};
+use crate::file::properties::WriterProperties;
 use crate::file::{
     metadata::*, properties::WriterPropertiesPtr, reader::TryClone,
     statistics::to_thrift as statistics_to_thrift, FOOTER_SIZE, PARQUET_MAGIC,
 };
 use crate::schema::types::{self, SchemaDescPtr, SchemaDescriptor, TypePtr};
 use crate::util::io::{FileSink, Position};
+use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // APIs for file & row group writers
@@ -521,6 +526,75 @@ impl<T: Write + Position> PageWriter for SerializedPageWriter<T> {
     }
 }
 
+struct ArrowWriter {
+    writer: SerializedFileWriter<File>,
+    rows: i64,
+}
+
+impl ArrowWriter {
+    pub fn new(file: File, _arrow_schema: &Schema) -> Self {
+        //TODO convert Arrow schema to Parquet schema
+        let schema = Rc::new(
+            types::Type::group_type_builder("schema")
+                .with_fields(&mut vec![
+                    Rc::new(
+                        types::Type::primitive_type_builder("a", Type::INT32)
+                            .with_repetition(Repetition::REQUIRED)
+                            .build()
+                            .unwrap(),
+                    ),
+                    Rc::new(
+                        types::Type::primitive_type_builder("b", Type::INT32)
+                            .with_repetition(Repetition::REQUIRED)
+                            .build()
+                            .unwrap(),
+                    ),
+                ])
+                .build()
+                .unwrap(),
+        );
+        let props = Rc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let file_writer =
+            SerializedFileWriter::new(file.try_clone().unwrap(), schema, props).unwrap();
+
+        Self {
+            writer: file_writer,
+            rows: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn write(&mut self, batch: &RecordBatch) {
+        let mut row_group_writer = self.writer.next_row_group().unwrap();
+        for i in 0..batch.schema().fields().len() {
+            let col_writer = row_group_writer.next_column().unwrap();
+            if let Some(mut writer) = col_writer {
+                match writer {
+                    ColumnWriter::Int32ColumnWriter(ref mut typed) => {
+                        let array = batch
+                            .column(i)
+                            .as_any()
+                            .downcast_ref::<array::Int32Array>()
+                            .unwrap();
+                        self.rows += typed
+                            .write_batch(array.value_slice(0, array.len()), None, None)
+                            .unwrap() as i64;
+                    }
+                    //TODO add other types
+                    _ => {
+                        unimplemented!();
+                    }
+                }
+                row_group_writer.close_column(writer).unwrap();
+            }
+        }
+        self.writer.close_row_group(row_group_writer).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    pub fn close(&mut self) {
+        self.writer.close().unwrap();
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -538,6 +612,36 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::record::RowAccessor;
     use crate::util::{memory::ByteBufferPtr, test_common::get_temp_file};
 
+    use arrow::array::Int32Array;
+    use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, Schema};
+    use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn arrow_writer() {
+        // define schema
+        let schema = Schema::new(vec![
+            Field::new("a", DataType::Int32, false),
+            Field::new("b", DataType::Int32, false),
+        ]);
+
+        // create some data
+        let a = Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
+        let b = Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
+
+        // build a record batch
+        let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(
+            Arc::new(schema.clone()),
+            vec![Arc::new(a), Arc::new(b)],
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let file = File::create("test.parquet").unwrap();
+        let mut writer = ArrowWriter::new(file, &schema);
+        writer.write(&batch);
+        writer.close();
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_file_writer_error_after_close() {
         let file = get_temp_file("test_file_writer_error_after_close", &[]);