diff --git a/r/src/compute.cpp b/r/src/compute.cpp
index e84f70016a5..527751b900d 100644
--- a/r/src/compute.cpp
+++ b/r/src/compute.cpp
@@ -354,6 +354,13 @@ std::shared_ptr<arrow::compute::FunctionOptions> make_compute_options(
     return std::make_shared<Options>(max_splits, reverse);
   }
 
+  if (func_name == "utf8_trim" || func_name == "utf8_ltrim" ||
+      func_name == "utf8_rtrim" || func_name == "ascii_trim" ||
+      func_name == "ascii_ltrim" || func_name == "ascii_rtrim") {
+    using Options = arrow::compute::TrimOptions;
+    return std::make_shared<Options>(cpp11::as_cpp<std::string>(options["characters"]));
+  }
+
   if (func_name == "utf8_slice_codeunits") {
     using Options = arrow::compute::SliceOptions;
 
diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-compute-no-bindings.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-compute-no-bindings.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..33b97e8ed76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-compute-no-bindings.R
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# 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.
+
+test_that("non-bound compute kernels using TrimOptions", {
+  expect_equal(
+    call_function("utf8_trim", Scalar$create("abracadabra"), options = list(characters = "ab")),
+    Scalar$create("racadabr")
+  )
+
+  expect_equal(
+    call_function("utf8_ltrim", Scalar$create("abracadabra"), options = list(characters = "ab")),
+    Scalar$create("racadabra")
+  )
+
+  expect_equal(
+    call_function("utf8_rtrim", Scalar$create("abracadabra"), options = list(characters = "ab")),
+    Scalar$create("abracadabr")
+  )
+
+  expect_equal(
+    call_function("utf8_rtrim", Scalar$create("abracadabra"), options = list(characters = "ab")),
+    Scalar$create("abracadabr")
+  )
+
+  expect_equal(
+    call_function("ascii_ltrim", Scalar$create("abracadabra"), options = list(characters = "ab")),
+    Scalar$create("racadabra")
+  )
+
+  expect_equal(
+    call_function("ascii_rtrim", Scalar$create("abracadabra"), options = list(characters = "ab")),
+    Scalar$create("abracadabr")
+  )
+
+  expect_equal(
+    call_function("ascii_rtrim", Scalar$create("abracadabra"), options = list(characters = "ab")),
+    Scalar$create("abracadabr")
+  )
+})