diff --git a/ci/scripts/r_docker_configure.sh b/ci/scripts/r_docker_configure.sh
index 4d837d9d7f1..4ac693881fe 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/r_docker_configure.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/r_docker_configure.sh
@@ -77,5 +77,19 @@ if [ "$ARROW_S3" == "ON" ] || [ "$ARROW_R_DEV" == "TRUE" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
+# Install patch if it doesn't already exist
+if [ ! $(command -v patch) ]; then
+  if [ "`which dnf`" ]; then
+    dnf install -y patch
+  elif [ "`which yum`" ]; then
+    yum install -y patch
+  elif [ "`which zypper`" ]; then
+    zypper install -y patch
+  else
+    apt-get update
+    apt-get install -y patch
+  fi
+fi
+
 # Workaround for html help install failure; see https://github.com/r-lib/devtools/issues/2084#issuecomment-530912786
 Rscript -e 'x <- file.path(R.home("doc"), "html"); if (!file.exists(x)) {dir.create(x, recursive=TRUE); file.copy(system.file("html/R.css", package="stats"), x)}'
diff --git a/cpp/build-support/snappy-UBSAN.patch b/cpp/build-support/snappy-UBSAN.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61856510bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/build-support/snappy-UBSAN.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# 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.
+
+diff --git a/snappy.cc b/snappy.cc
+index 79dc0e8..2b5e662 100644
+--- a/snappy.cc
++++ b/snappy.cc
+@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static inline bool Copy64BytesWithPatternExtension(char* dst, size_t offset) {
+   if (SNAPPY_PREDICT_TRUE(offset < 16)) {
+     if (SNAPPY_PREDICT_FALSE(offset == 0)) return false;
+     // Extend the pattern to the first 16 bytes.
+-    for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) dst[i] = dst[i - offset];
++    for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) dst[i] = (dst - offset)[i];
+     // Find a multiple of pattern >= 16.
+     static std::array<uint8_t, 16> pattern_sizes = []() {
+       std::array<uint8_t, 16> res;
diff --git a/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake b/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
index 66d04acae06..5ff3478769e 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
@@ -620,6 +620,14 @@ else()
              "https://github.com/google/snappy/archive/${ARROW_SNAPPY_BUILD_VERSION}.tar.gz"
              "https://github.com/ursa-labs/thirdparty/releases/download/latest/snappy-${ARROW_SNAPPY_BUILD_VERSION}.tar.gz"
     )
+
+    # This can be removed when https://github.com/google/snappy/pull/148 is released
+    # Some platforms don't have patch, but this is probably ok to skip
+    find_program(patch "patch")
+    if(patch)
+      set(SNAPPY_PATCH_COMMAND "patch" "snappy.cc"
+                               "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/build-support/snappy-UBSAN.patch")
+    endif()
   endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -1039,6 +1047,7 @@ macro(build_snappy)
                       URL ${SNAPPY_SOURCE_URL}
                       URL_HASH "SHA256=${ARROW_SNAPPY_BUILD_SHA256_CHECKSUM}"
                       CMAKE_ARGS ${SNAPPY_CMAKE_ARGS}
+                      PATCH_COMMAND ${SNAPPY_PATCH_COMMAND}
                       BUILD_BYPRODUCTS "${SNAPPY_STATIC_LIB}")
 
   file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${SNAPPY_PREFIX}/include")
diff --git a/cpp/thirdparty/versions.txt b/cpp/thirdparty/versions.txt
index 19c19ced0fb..06fd74bab36 100644
--- a/cpp/thirdparty/versions.txt
+++ b/cpp/thirdparty/versions.txt
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ ARROW_RAPIDJSON_BUILD_VERSION=1a803826f1197b5e30703afe4b9c0e7dd48074f5
 ARROW_RAPIDJSON_BUILD_SHA256_CHECKSUM=0b6b780b6c534bfb0b23d29910bfe361e486bcfeaf106db8bc8995792072905a
 ARROW_RE2_BUILD_VERSION=2021-02-02
 ARROW_RE2_BUILD_SHA256_CHECKSUM=1396ab50c06c1a8885fb68bf49a5ecfd989163015fd96699a180d6414937f33f
+# 1.1.9 is patched to implement https://github.com/google/snappy/pull/148 if this is bumped, remove the patch
 ARROW_SNAPPY_BUILD_VERSION=1.1.9
 ARROW_SNAPPY_BUILD_SHA256_CHECKSUM=75c1fbb3d618dd3a0483bff0e26d0a92b495bbe5059c8b4f1c962b478b6e06e7
 # There is a bug in GCC < 4.9 with Snappy 1.1.9, so revert to 1.1.8 for those (ARROW-14661)
diff --git a/r/inst/build_arrow_static.sh b/r/inst/build_arrow_static.sh
index 38db2bf3fcf..f3856255ab9 100755
--- a/r/inst/build_arrow_static.sh
+++ b/r/inst/build_arrow_static.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ else
   ARROW_DEFAULT_PARAM="OFF"
 fi
 
+# Snappy 1.1.9 is patched to implement https://github.com/google/snappy/pull/148 but some platforms don't have
+# patch available, so disable snappy in those cases. If the snappy version is bumped, we should remove this.
+if [ ! $(command -v patch) ]; then
+  ARROW_WITH_SNAPPY=OFF
+fi
+
 mkdir -p "${BUILD_DIR}"
 pushd "${BUILD_DIR}"
 ${CMAKE} -DARROW_BOOST_USE_SHARED=OFF \