diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 52f471ed2eb..519a73f04f2 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -2242,3 +2242,32 @@ be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
 
 Distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either
 express or implied.  See your chosen license for details.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+r/R/dplyr-count-tally.R (some portions)
+
+Some portions of this file are derived from code from
+
+https://github.com/tidyverse/dplyr/
+
+which is made available under the MIT license
+
+Copyright (c) 2013-2019 RStudio and others.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/r/DESCRIPTION b/r/DESCRIPTION
index 89d94305dd1..8497784b485 100644
--- a/r/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/r/DESCRIPTION
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ Collate:
     'dictionary.R'
     'dplyr-arrange.R'
     'dplyr-collect.R'
+    'dplyr-count-tally.R'
     'dplyr-distinct.R'
     'dplyr-eval.R'
     'dplyr-filter.R'
diff --git a/r/R/arrow-package.R b/r/R/arrow-package.R
index 807aea207b7..7e39f5e22ac 100644
--- a/r/R/arrow-package.R
+++ b/r/R/arrow-package.R
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
       "group_vars", "group_by_drop_default", "ungroup", "mutate", "transmute",
       "arrange", "rename", "pull", "relocate", "compute", "collapse",
       "distinct", "left_join", "right_join", "inner_join", "full_join",
-      "semi_join", "anti_join"
+      "semi_join", "anti_join", "count", "tally"
     )
   )
   for (cl in c("Dataset", "ArrowTabular", "arrow_dplyr_query")) {
diff --git a/r/R/dplyr-count-tally.R b/r/R/dplyr-count-tally.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..147a1ac84f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/r/R/dplyr-count-tally.R
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# 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.
+
+# The following S3 methods are registered on load if dplyr is present
+
+count.arrow_dplyr_query <- function(x, ..., wt = NULL, sort = FALSE, name = NULL) {
+  if (!missing(...)) {
+    out <- group_by(x, ..., .add = TRUE)
+  } else {
+    out <- x
+  }
+  out <- tally(out, wt = {{ wt }}, sort = sort, name = name)
+
+  # Restore original group vars
+  gv <- dplyr::group_vars(x)
+  if (length(gv)) {
+    out$group_by_vars <- gv
+  }
+
+  out
+}
+
+count.Dataset <- count.ArrowTabular <- count.arrow_dplyr_query
+
+tally.arrow_dplyr_query <- function(x, wt = NULL, sort = FALSE, name = NULL) {
+  check_name <- getFromNamespace("check_name", "dplyr")
+  name <- check_name(name, dplyr::group_vars(x))
+
+  if (quo_is_null(enquo(wt))) {
+    out <- dplyr::summarize(x, !!name := n())
+  } else {
+    out <- dplyr::summarize(x, !!name := sum({{ wt }}, na.rm = TRUE))
+  }
+
+  if (sort) {
+    arrange(out, desc(!!sym(name)))
+  } else {
+    out
+  }
+}
+
+tally.Dataset <- tally.ArrowTabular <- tally.arrow_dplyr_query
diff --git a/r/R/util.R b/r/R/util.R
index ab6753b09c1..9e3ade6a967 100644
--- a/r/R/util.R
+++ b/r/R/util.R
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ r_symbolic_constants <- c(
 )
 
 is_function <- function(expr, name) {
+  # We could have a quosure here if we have an expression like `sum({{ var }})`
+  if (is_quosure(expr)) {
+    expr <- quo_get_expr(expr)
+  }
   if (!is.call(expr)) {
     return(FALSE)
   } else {
diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-dataset-dplyr.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-dataset-dplyr.R
index db5541507fb..e1a9d1cb6a9 100644
--- a/r/tests/testthat/test-dataset-dplyr.R
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-dataset-dplyr.R
@@ -186,13 +186,14 @@ test_that("collect() on Dataset works (if fits in memory)", {
 })
 
 test_that("count()", {
-  skip("count() is not a generic so we have to get here through summarize()")
   ds <- open_dataset(dataset_dir)
   df <- rbind(df1, df2)
   expect_equal(
     ds %>%
       filter(int > 6, int < 108) %>%
-      count(chr),
+      count(chr) %>%
+      arrange(chr) %>%
+      collect(),
     df %>%
       filter(int > 6, int < 108) %>%
       count(chr)
diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-count-tally.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-count-tally.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a852e19999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-count-tally.R
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+skip_if_not_available("dataset")
+
+library(dplyr, warn.conflicts = FALSE)
+
+tbl <- example_data
+tbl$some_grouping <- rep(c(1, 2), 5)
+
+test_that("count/tally", {
+  expect_dplyr_equal(
+    input %>%
+      count() %>%
+      collect(),
+    tbl
+  )
+
+  expect_dplyr_equal(
+    input %>%
+      tally() %>%
+      collect(),
+    tbl
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("count/tally with wt and grouped data", {
+  expect_dplyr_equal(
+    input %>%
+      group_by(some_grouping) %>%
+      count(wt = int) %>%
+      collect(),
+    tbl
+  )
+
+  expect_dplyr_equal(
+    input %>%
+      group_by(some_grouping) %>%
+      tally(wt = int) %>%
+      collect(),
+    tbl
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("count/tally with sort", {
+  expect_dplyr_equal(
+    input %>%
+      group_by(some_grouping) %>%
+      count(wt = int, sort = TRUE) %>%
+      collect(),
+    tbl
+  )
+
+  expect_dplyr_equal(
+    input %>%
+      group_by(some_grouping) %>%
+      tally(wt = int, sort = TRUE) %>%
+      collect(),
+    tbl
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("count/tally with name arg", {
+  expect_dplyr_equal(
+    input %>%
+      count(name = "new_col") %>%
+      collect(),
+    tbl
+  )
+
+  expect_dplyr_equal(
+    input %>%
+      tally(name = "new_col") %>%
+      collect(),
+    tbl
+  )
+})