diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/cast.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/cast.cc
index 8a091f2355d..5e48b896d86 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/cast.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/cast.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ void InitCastTable() {
   AddCastFunctions(GetNestedCasts());
   AddCastFunctions(GetNumericCasts());
   AddCastFunctions(GetTemporalCasts());
+  AddCastFunctions(GetDictionaryCasts());
 }
 
 void EnsureInitCastTable() { std::call_once(cast_table_initialized, InitCastTable); }
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/cast_internal.h b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/cast_internal.h
index c152d10bd86..0105d08a573 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/cast_internal.h
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/cast_internal.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ std::vector<std::shared_ptr<CastFunction>> GetNumericCasts();
 std::vector<std::shared_ptr<CastFunction>> GetTemporalCasts();
 std::vector<std::shared_ptr<CastFunction>> GetBinaryLikeCasts();
 std::vector<std::shared_ptr<CastFunction>> GetNestedCasts();
+std::vector<std::shared_ptr<CastFunction>> GetDictionaryCasts();
 
 }  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace compute
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_cast_dictionary.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_cast_dictionary.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e58ba57e75b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_cast_dictionary.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+// Implementation of casting to dictionary type
+
+#include "arrow/array/builder_primitive.h"
+#include "arrow/compute/kernels/common.h"
+#include "arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_cast_internal.h"
+#include "arrow/compute/kernels/util_internal.h"
+#include "arrow/util/int_util.h"
+
+namespace arrow {
+
+using internal::CheckIntegersInRange;
+
+namespace compute {
+namespace internal 
+
+Status CastDictionaryIndices(KernelContext* ctx, const ExecBatch& batch, Datum* out) {
+return Status::OK();
+}
+
+}  // namespace internal
+}  // namespace compute
+}  // namespace arrow