diff --git a/r/R/dplyr-functions.R b/r/R/dplyr-functions.R
index 1cf6fabebee..7356c469eb1 100644
--- a/r/R/dplyr-functions.R
+++ b/r/R/dplyr-functions.R
@@ -303,6 +303,14 @@ nse_funcs$str_detect <- function(string, pattern, negate = FALSE) {
   out
 }
 
+nse_funcs$str_like <- function(string, pattern, ignore_case = TRUE) {
+  Expression$create(
+    "match_like",
+    string,
+    options = list(pattern = pattern, ignore_case = ignore_case)
+  )
+}
+
 # Encapsulate some common logic for sub/gsub/str_replace/str_replace_all
 arrow_r_string_replace_function <- function(max_replacements) {
   function(pattern, replacement, x, ignore.case = FALSE, fixed = FALSE) {
diff --git a/r/src/compute.cpp b/r/src/compute.cpp
index 3d322ab6c71..01bc684c6df 100644
--- a/r/src/compute.cpp
+++ b/r/src/compute.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ std::shared_ptr<arrow::compute::FunctionOptions> make_compute_options(
     return out;
   }
 
-  if (func_name == "match_substring" || func_name == "match_substring_regex") {
+  if (func_name == "match_substring" || func_name == "match_substring_regex" ||
+      func_name == "match_like") {
     using Options = arrow::compute::MatchSubstringOptions;
     bool ignore_case = false;
     if (!Rf_isNull(options["ignore_case"])) {
diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-string-functions.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-string-functions.R
index 4afb88e5732..a58a04eb109 100644
--- a/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-string-functions.R
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-string-functions.R
@@ -724,3 +724,66 @@ test_that("errors in strptime", {
     'Time zone argument not supported by Arrow'
   )
 })
+
+test_that("str_like", {
+  
+  df <- tibble(x = c("Foo and bar", "baz and qux and quux"))
+  
+  # TODO: After new version of stringr with str_like has been released, update all
+  # these tests to use expect_dplyr_equal
+  
+  # No match - entire string
+  expect_equivalent(
+    df %>%
+      Table$create() %>%
+      mutate(x = str_like(x, "baz")) %>%
+      collect(),
+    tibble(x = c(FALSE, FALSE))
+  )
+  
+  # Match - entire string
+  expect_equivalent(
+    df %>%
+      Table$create() %>%
+      mutate(x = str_like(x, "Foo and bar")) %>%
+      collect(),
+    tibble(x = c(TRUE, FALSE))
+  )
+  
+  # Wildcard
+  expect_equivalent(
+    df %>%
+      Table$create() %>%
+      mutate(x = str_like(x, "f%", ignore_case = TRUE)) %>%
+      collect(),
+    tibble(x = c(TRUE, FALSE))
+  )
+  
+  # Ignore case
+  expect_equivalent(
+    df %>%
+      Table$create() %>%
+      mutate(x = str_like(x, "f%", ignore_case = FALSE)) %>%
+      collect(),
+    tibble(x = c(FALSE, FALSE))
+  )
+  
+  # Single character
+  expect_equivalent(
+    df %>%
+      Table$create() %>%
+      mutate(x = str_like(x, "_a%")) %>%
+      collect(),
+    tibble(x = c(FALSE, TRUE))
+  )
+  
+  # This will give an error until a new version of stringr with str_like has been released
+  skip("Test will fail until stringr > 1.4.0 is release")
+  expect_dplyr_equal(
+    input %>%
+      mutate(x = str_like(x, "%baz%")) %>%
+      collect(),
+    df,
+  )
+  
+})