diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c4a8f4120c7..f6f64003d27 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ matrix:
     script:
     - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/ci/travis_script_c_glib.sh
   - compiler: clang
-    osx_image: xcode6.4
+    osx_image: xcode8.3
     os: osx
     cache:
     addons:
diff --git a/ci/travis_before_script_c_glib.sh b/ci/travis_before_script_c_glib.sh
index 6799ae4ce41..52bfe87eba7 100755
--- a/ci/travis_before_script_c_glib.sh
+++ b/ci/travis_before_script_c_glib.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ source $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/ci/travis_env_common.sh
 
 if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == "osx" ]; then
   brew install gtk-doc autoconf-archive gobject-introspection
-  brew upgrade git cmake wget libtool
+  brew upgrade git cmake
+  brew outdated || brew upgrade wget
+  brew outdated || brew upgrade libtool
 
   export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/usr/local/opt/libffi/lib/pkgconfig
 else
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ gem install test-unit gobject-introspection
 
 if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == "osx" ]; then
   brew install lua
+  sudo env PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH luarocks install lgi
 else
   git clone \
     --quiet \
@@ -47,8 +50,8 @@ else
   echo "yes" | ./install.sh > /dev/null
   . ~/torch/install/bin/torch-activate
   popd
+  luarocks install lgi
 fi
-luarocks install lgi
 
 go get github.com/linuxdeepin/go-gir-generator || :
 pushd $GOPATH/src/github.com/linuxdeepin/go-gir-generator
diff --git a/ci/travis_before_script_cpp.sh b/ci/travis_before_script_cpp.sh
index a613957ba0d..d46fa2ff943 100755
--- a/ci/travis_before_script_cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/travis_before_script_cpp.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ if [ $only_library_mode == "yes" ]; then
   CMAKE_COMMON_FLAGS="\
 $CMAKE_COMMON_FLAGS \
 -DARROW_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
--DARROW_BUILD_UTILITIES=OFF"
+-DARROW_BUILD_UTILITIES=OFF \
+-DARROW_INSTALL_NAME_RPATH=OFF"
 fi
 
 # Use Ninja for faster builds when using toolchain
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 577a4bbea83..972132f29e9 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ if("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
     "Build Arrow libraries with RATH set to \$ORIGIN"
     OFF)
 
+  option(ARROW_INSTALL_NAME_RPATH
+    "Build Arrow libraries with install_name set to @rpath"
+    ON)
+
   option(ARROW_PLASMA
     "Build the plasma object store along with Arrow"
     OFF)
diff --git a/cpp/apidoc/index.md b/cpp/apidoc/index.md
index 293241c0dc7..25be1f284fc 100644
--- a/cpp/apidoc/index.md
+++ b/cpp/apidoc/index.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ build these objects. To build an array of `int64_t` elements, we can use the
 `arrow::Int64Builder`. In the following example, we build an array of the range
 1 to 8 where the element that should hold the number 4 is nulled.
 
-    Int64Builder builder(arrow::default_memory_pool(), arrow::int64());
+    Int64Builder builder;
     builder.Append(1);
     builder.Append(2);
     builder.Append(3);
diff --git a/cpp/cmake_modules/BuildUtils.cmake b/cpp/cmake_modules/BuildUtils.cmake
index 6b2be41d24a..8f92d73baea 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake_modules/BuildUtils.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake_modules/BuildUtils.cmake
@@ -176,10 +176,15 @@ function(ADD_ARROW_LIB LIB_NAME)
   endif()
 
   if (APPLE)
-      set_target_properties(${LIB_NAME}_shared
+    if (ARROW_INSTALL_NAME_RPATH)
+      set(_lib_install_name "@rpath")
+    else()
+      set(_lib_install_name "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+    endif()
+    set_target_properties(${LIB_NAME}_shared
       PROPERTIES
       BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH ON
-      INSTALL_NAME_DIR "@rpath")
+      INSTALL_NAME_DIR "${_lib_install_name}")
   endif()
 
 endfunction()
diff --git a/dev/README.md b/dev/README.md
index e986abef191..91d688dfee7 100644
--- a/dev/README.md
+++ b/dev/README.md
@@ -92,3 +92,21 @@ Merge hash: 485658a5
 Would you like to pick 485658a5 into another branch? (y/n):
 ```
 For now just say n as we have 1 branch
+
+## Verifying Release Candidates
+
+We have provided a script to assist with verifying release candidates:
+
+```shell
+bash dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh 0.7.0 0
+```
+
+Currently this only works on Linux (patches to expand to macOS welcome!). Read
+the script for information about system dependencies.
+
+On Windows, we have a script that verifies C++ and Python (requires Visual
+Studio 2015):
+
+```
+dev/release/verify-release-candidate.bat apache-arrow-0.7.0.tar.gz
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.bat b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.bat
index 503f1fd40b6..27157da6687 100644
--- a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.bat
+++ b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.bat
@@ -45,15 +45,18 @@ tar xvf %1.tar.gz -C "C:/tmp/"
 set GENERATOR=Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64
 set CONFIGURATION=release
 set ARROW_SOURCE=C:\tmp\%1
+set INSTALL_DIR=C:\tmp\%1\install
 
 pushd %ARROW_SOURCE%
 
 call activate arrow-verify-release
 
 set ARROW_BUILD_TOOLCHAIN=%CONDA_PREFIX%\Library
-set ARROW_HOME=%CONDA_PREFIX%\Library
 set PARQUET_BUILD_TOOLCHAIN=%CONDA_PREFIX%\Library
-set PARQUET_HOME=%CONDA_PREFIX%\Library
+
+set ARROW_HOME=%INSTALL_DIR%
+set PARQUET_HOME=%INSTALL_DIR%
+set PATH=%INSTALL_DIR%\bin;%PATH%
 
 @rem Build and test Arrow C++ libraries
 mkdir cpp\build
diff --git a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..38680f429ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+# Requirements
+# - Ruby 2.x
+#   - Plus gem dependencies, see c_glib/README
+# - Maven >= 3.3.9
+# - JDK >=7
+# - gcc >= 4.8
+# - nodejs >= 6.0.0 (best way is to use nvm)
+#
+# If using a non-system Boost, set BOOST_ROOT and add Boost libraries to
+# LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+case $# in
+  2) VERSION="$1"
+     RC_NUMBER="$2"
+     ;;
+
+  *) echo "Usage: $0 X.Y.Z RC_NUMBER"
+     exit 1
+     ;;
+esac
+
+set -ex
+
+HERE=$(cd `dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-$0}"` && pwd)
+
+ARROW_DIST_URL='https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow'
+
+download_dist_file() {
+  curl -f -O $ARROW_DIST_URL/$1
+}
+
+download_rc_file() {
+  download_dist_file apache-arrow-${VERSION}-rc${RC_NUMBER}/$1
+}
+
+import_gpg_keys() {
+  download_dist_file KEYS
+  gpg --import KEYS
+}
+
+fetch_archive() {
+  local dist_name=$1
+  download_rc_file ${dist_name}.tar.gz
+  download_rc_file ${dist_name}.tar.gz.asc
+  download_rc_file ${dist_name}.tar.gz.md5
+  download_rc_file ${dist_name}.tar.gz.sha512
+  gpg --verify ${dist_name}.tar.gz.asc ${dist_name}.tar.gz
+  gpg --print-md MD5 ${dist_name}.tar.gz | diff - ${dist_name}.tar.gz.md5
+  sha512sum ${dist_name}.tar.gz | diff - ${dist_name}.tar.gz.sha512
+}
+
+setup_tempdir() {
+  cleanup() {
+    rm -fr "$TMPDIR"
+  }
+  trap cleanup EXIT
+  TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d -t "$1.XXXXX")
+}
+
+
+setup_miniconda() {
+  # Setup short-lived miniconda for Python and integration tests
+  MINICONDA_URL=https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
+
+  MINICONDA=`pwd`/test-miniconda
+
+  wget -O miniconda.sh $MINICONDA_URL
+  bash miniconda.sh -b -p $MINICONDA
+  rm -f miniconda.sh
+
+  export PATH=$MINICONDA/bin:$PATH
+
+  conda create -n arrow-test -y -q python=3.6 \
+        nomkl numpy pandas six cython
+  source activate arrow-test
+}
+
+# Build and test C++
+
+test_and_install_cpp() {
+  mkdir cpp/build
+  pushd cpp/build
+
+  cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$ARROW_HOME \
+        -DARROW_PLASMA=on \
+        -DARROW_PYTHON=on \
+        -DARROW_BOOST_USE_SHARED=on \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release \
+        -DARROW_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=on \
+        ..
+
+  make -j$NPROC
+  make install
+
+  ctest -L unittest
+  popd
+}
+
+# Build and install Parquet master so we can test the Python bindings
+
+install_parquet_cpp() {
+  git clone git@github.com:apache/parquet-cpp.git
+
+  mkdir parquet-cpp/build
+  pushd parquet-cpp/build
+
+  cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PARQUET_HOME \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release \
+        -DPARQUET_BOOST_USE_SHARED=on \
+        -DPARQUET_BUILD_TESTS=off \
+        ..
+
+  make -j$NPROC
+  make install
+
+  popd
+}
+
+# Build and test Python
+
+test_python() {
+  pushd python
+
+  pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+  python setup.py build_ext --inplace --with-parquet --with-plasma
+  py.test pyarrow -v --pdb
+
+  popd
+}
+
+
+test_glib() {
+  # Build and test GLib, requires GLib >= 2.44 , so install that
+  # here
+  GLIB_VERSION=glib-2.53.7
+  GLIB_URL=https://gensho.ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.53/$GLIB_VERSION.tar.xz
+  curl -f -O $GLIB_URL
+  tar xf $GLIB_VERSION.tar.xz
+  pushd $GLIB_VERSION
+
+  ./configure --disable-libelf --enable-libmount=no --prefix=$ARROW_HOME
+  make -j$NPROC
+  make install
+
+  popd
+
+  pushd c_glib
+
+  ./configure --prefix=$ARROW_HOME
+  make -j$NPROC
+  make install
+
+  NO_MAKE=yes test/run-test.sh
+
+  popd
+}
+
+test_js() {
+  pushd js
+  npm install
+  npm run validate
+  popd
+}
+
+# Build and test Java (Requires newer Maven -- I used 3.3.9)
+
+test_package_java() {
+  pushd java
+
+  mvn test
+  mvn package
+
+  popd
+}
+
+# Run integration tests
+test_integration() {
+  JAVA_DIR=`pwd`/java
+  CPP_BUILD_DIR=`pwd`/cpp/build
+
+  export ARROW_JAVA_INTEGRATION_JAR=$JAVA_DIR/tools/target/arrow-tools-$VERSION-jar-with-dependencies.jar
+  export ARROW_CPP_EXE_PATH=$CPP_BUILD_DIR/release
+
+  pushd integration
+
+  python integration_test.py
+
+  popd
+}
+
+setup_tempdir "arrow-$VERSION"
+echo "Working in sandbox $TMPDIR"
+cd $TMPDIR
+
+export ARROW_HOME=$TMPDIR/install
+export PARQUET_HOME=$TMPDIR/install
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ARROW_HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$ARROW_HOME/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+
+NPROC=$(nproc)
+VERSION=$1
+RC_NUMBER=$2
+
+TARBALL=apache-arrow-$1.tar.gz
+
+import_gpg_keys
+
+DIST_NAME="apache-arrow-${VERSION}"
+fetch_archive $DIST_NAME
+tar xvzf ${DIST_NAME}.tar.gz
+cd ${DIST_NAME}
+
+setup_miniconda
+test_and_install_cpp
+install_parquet_cpp
+test_python
+test_glib
+test_package_java
+test_integration
+test_js
+
+echo 'Release candidate looks good!'
+exit 0