diff --git a/dev/release/00-prepare.sh b/dev/release/00-prepare.sh
index 5f7c098e00c..c77207198aa 100755
--- a/dev/release/00-prepare.sh
+++ b/dev/release/00-prepare.sh
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ update_versions() {
   git add DESCRIPTION
   cd -
 
+  cd "${SOURCE_DIR}/../../r/src"
+  sed -i.bak -E -e \
+    "s/^VERSION = .+/VERSION = ${r_version}/" \
+    Makevars.win
+  rm -f Makevars.win.bak
+  git add Makevars.win
+  cd -
+
   cd "${SOURCE_DIR}/../../ruby"
   sed -i.bak -E -e \
     "s/^  VERSION = \".+\"/  VERSION = \"${version}\"/g" \
diff --git a/r/.Rbuildignore b/r/.Rbuildignore
index be540f7f81a..b51d7bc46ab 100644
--- a/r/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/r/.Rbuildignore
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ LICENSE.md
 lint.sh
 Dockerfile
 .*\.tar\.gz
+^windows
+clang_format.sh
diff --git a/r/.gitignore b/r/.gitignore
index 0f405f57136..9532537ff0d 100644
--- a/r/.gitignore
+++ b/r/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ inst/doc
 .Rproj.user
 .Rhistory
 src/Makevars
-
+windows/
diff --git a/r/NAMESPACE b/r/NAMESPACE
index aba8bbc2698..4b799571966 100644
--- a/r/NAMESPACE
+++ b/r/NAMESPACE
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ export(list_of)
 export(mmap_create)
 export(mmap_open)
 export(null)
-export(print.integer64)
 export(read_arrow)
 export(read_csv_arrow)
 export(read_feather)
@@ -148,7 +147,6 @@ export(read_schema)
 export(read_table)
 export(record_batch)
 export(schema)
-export(str.integer64)
 export(struct)
 export(table)
 export(time32)
diff --git a/r/R/compression.R b/r/R/compression.R
index 083774ae0fe..e10fef1bd2e 100644
--- a/r/R/compression.R
+++ b/r/R/compression.R
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@ compression_codec <- function(type = "GZIP") {
 
 #' Compressed output stream
 #'
+#' @details This function is not supported in Windows.
+#'
 #' @param stream Underlying raw output stream
 #' @param codec a codec
 #' @export
 CompressedOutputStream <- function(stream, codec = compression_codec("GZIP")){
+  if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows") stop("'CompressedOutputStream' is unsupported in Windows.")
+
   UseMethod("CompressedOutputStream")
 }
 
diff --git a/r/R/reexports-bit64.R b/r/R/reexports-bit64.R
index 90a6e458be0..c89d2b1509b 100644
--- a/r/R/reexports-bit64.R
+++ b/r/R/reexports-bit64.R
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 #' @importFrom bit64 print.integer64
-#' @export
 bit64::print.integer64
 
 #' @importFrom bit64 str.integer64
-#' @export
 bit64::str.integer64
diff --git a/r/man/CompressedOutputStream.Rd b/r/man/CompressedOutputStream.Rd
index 85c4d9209ac..d32070ebfd1 100644
--- a/r/man/CompressedOutputStream.Rd
+++ b/r/man/CompressedOutputStream.Rd
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ CompressedOutputStream(stream, codec = compression_codec("GZIP"))
 \description{
 Compressed output stream
 }
+\details{
+This function is not supported in Windows.
+}
diff --git a/r/src/Makevars.win b/r/src/Makevars.win
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a9664a22e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/r/src/Makevars.win
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# 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.
+
+VERSION = 0.12.0.9000
+
+ifeq "$(ARROW_PATH)" ""
+  RWINLIB = ../windows/arrow-$(VERSION)
+	ARROW_INCLUDE = $(RWINLIB)/include
+	ARROW_LIBS = $(RWINLIB)/lib$(subst gcc,,$(COMPILED_BY))$(R_ARCH)
+	OTHER_LIBS = -L$(RWINLIB)/lib$(R_ARCH)
+else
+	ARROW_INCLUDE = $(ARROW_PATH)/include
+	ARROW_LIBS = $(ARROW_PATH)/lib
+endif
+
+PKG_CPPFLAGS = -I$(ARROW_INCLUDE) -DARROW_STATIC -DPARQUET_STATIC
+CXX_STD = CXX11
+
+PKG_LIBS = \
+	-L$(ARROW_LIBS) \
+	$(OTHER_LIBS) \
+	-lparquet -larrow -lthrift -lboost_regex-mt-s -ldouble-conversion -lz -lws2_32
+
+#all: clean
+all: $(SHLIB)
+
+$(OBJECTS): winlibs
+
+winlibs:
+	"${R_HOME}/bin${R_ARCH_BIN}/Rscript.exe" "../tools/winlibs.R" $(VERSION)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(SHLIB) $(OBJECTS)
diff --git a/r/src/array__to_vector.cpp b/r/src/array__to_vector.cpp
index d4eec29c3db..f4017c0ab5f 100644
--- a/r/src/array__to_vector.cpp
+++ b/r/src/array__to_vector.cpp
@@ -433,6 +433,8 @@ class Converter_Time : public Converter {
         return 1000000;
       case TimeUnit::NANO:
         return 1000000000;
+      default:
+        return 0;
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/r/src/array_from_vector.cpp b/r/src/array_from_vector.cpp
index 9e61e75da8a..83d9f78ae5d 100644
--- a/r/src/array_from_vector.cpp
+++ b/r/src/array_from_vector.cpp
@@ -565,6 +565,8 @@ inline int64_t get_time_multiplier(TimeUnit::type unit) {
       return 1000000;
     case TimeUnit::NANO:
       return 1000000000;
+    default:
+      return 0;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-compressed.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-compressed.R
index 11574756d2a..c703f0e6158 100644
--- a/r/tests/testthat/test-compressed.R
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-compressed.R
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 context("arrow::io::Compressed.*Stream")
 
 test_that("can write Buffer to CompressedOutputStream and read back in CompressedInputStream", {
+  if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows") skip("Unsupported")
+
   buf <- buffer(as.raw(sample(0:255, size = 1024, replace = TRUE)))
 
   tf1 <- tempfile()
diff --git a/r/tools/winlibs.R b/r/tools/winlibs.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12391c77d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/r/tools/winlibs.R
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# 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.
+
+# Download static arrow from rwinlib
+VERSION <- commandArgs(TRUE)
+if(!file.exists(sprintf("../windows/arrow-%s/include/arrow/api.h", VERSION))){
+  if(getRversion() < "3.3.0") setInternet2()
+  download.file(sprintf("https://github.com/rwinlib/arrow/archive/v%s.zip", VERSION), "lib.zip", quiet = TRUE)
+  dir.create("../windows", showWarnings = FALSE)
+  unzip("lib.zip", exdir = "../windows")
+  unlink("lib.zip")
+}