diff --git a/go/arrow/schema.go b/go/arrow/schema.go
index 1936cea989f..f95c3336522 100644
--- a/go/arrow/schema.go
+++ b/go/arrow/schema.go
@@ -197,6 +197,16 @@ func (sc *Schema) FieldIndices(n string) []int {
 	return sc.index[n]
 }
 
+// FieldIndex return index of the unique field with the given name.
+// Returns -1 if the name isn’t found or there are several fields with the given name.
+func (sc *Schema) FieldIndex(name string) int {
+	indices := sc.index[name]
+	if len(indices) != 1 {
+		return -1
+	}
+	return indices[0]
+}
+
 func (sc *Schema) HasField(n string) bool { return len(sc.FieldIndices(n)) > 0 }
 func (sc *Schema) HasMetadata() bool      { return len(sc.meta.keys) > 0 }
 
diff --git a/go/arrow/schema_test.go b/go/arrow/schema_test.go
index af9576003e1..63929570ccd 100644
--- a/go/arrow/schema_test.go
+++ b/go/arrow/schema_test.go
@@ -292,6 +292,15 @@ func TestSchema(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			}
 
+			if s.FieldIndex("dup") != -1 {
+				t.Fatalf("invalid FieldIndex(dup): got=%d, want=-1", s.FieldIndex("dup"))
+			}
+			if s.HasField("f1") {
+				if s.FieldIndex("f1") != 0 {
+					t.Fatalf("invalid FieldIndex(f1): got=%d, want=0", s.FieldIndex("f1"))
+				}
+			}
+
 			if got, want := s.String(), tc.serialize; got != want {
 				t.Fatalf("invalid stringer: got=%q, want=%q", got, want)
 			}