diff --git a/python/pyarrow/_dataset.pyx b/python/pyarrow/_dataset.pyx
index b93f71969e8..8b9e62d6288 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/_dataset.pyx
+++ b/python/pyarrow/_dataset.pyx
@@ -3139,6 +3139,13 @@ cdef class FileSystemFactoryOptions(_Weakrefable):
         self.options.selector_ignore_prefixes = [tobytes(v) for v in values]
 
 
+cdef vector[CFileInfo] unwrap_finfos(finfos):
+    cdef vector[CFileInfo] o_vect
+    for fi in finfos:
+        o_vect.push_back((<FileInfo> fi).unwrap())
+    return o_vect
+
+
 cdef class FileSystemDatasetFactory(DatasetFactory):
     """
     Create a DatasetFactory from a list of paths with schema inspection.
@@ -3163,6 +3170,7 @@ cdef class FileSystemDatasetFactory(DatasetFactory):
                  FileSystemFactoryOptions options=None):
         cdef:
             vector[c_string] paths
+            vector[CFileInfo] finfos
             CFileSelector c_selector
             CResult[shared_ptr[CDatasetFactory]] result
             shared_ptr[CFileSystem] c_filesystem
@@ -3184,14 +3192,24 @@ cdef class FileSystemDatasetFactory(DatasetFactory):
                     c_options
                 )
         elif isinstance(paths_or_selector, (list, tuple)):
-            paths = [tobytes(s) for s in paths_or_selector]
-            with nogil:
-                result = CFileSystemDatasetFactory.MakeFromPaths(
-                    c_filesystem,
-                    paths,
-                    c_format,
-                    c_options
-                )
+            if len(paths_or_selector) > 0 and isinstance(paths_or_selector[0], FileInfo):
+                finfos = unwrap_finfos(paths_or_selector)
+                with nogil:
+                    result = CFileSystemDatasetFactory.MakeFromFileInfos(
+                        c_filesystem,
+                        finfos,
+                        c_format,
+                        c_options
+                    )
+            else:
+                paths = [tobytes(s) for s in paths_or_selector]
+                with nogil:
+                    result = CFileSystemDatasetFactory.MakeFromPaths(
+                        c_filesystem,
+                        paths,
+                        c_format,
+                        c_options
+                    )
         else:
             raise TypeError('Must pass either paths or a FileSelector, but '
                             'passed {}'.format(type(paths_or_selector)))
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/dataset.py b/python/pyarrow/dataset.py
index f83753ac57d..1efbfe1665a 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/dataset.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/dataset.py
@@ -456,11 +456,22 @@ def _filesystem_dataset(source, schema=None, filesystem=None,
     -------
     FileSystemDataset
     """
+    from pyarrow.fs import LocalFileSystem, _ensure_filesystem, FileInfo
+
     format = _ensure_format(format or 'parquet')
     partitioning = _ensure_partitioning(partitioning)
 
     if isinstance(source, (list, tuple)):
-        fs, paths_or_selector = _ensure_multiple_sources(source, filesystem)
+        if source and isinstance(source[0], FileInfo):
+            if filesystem is None:
+                # fall back to local file system as the default
+                fs = LocalFileSystem()
+            else:
+                # construct a filesystem if it is a valid URI
+                fs = _ensure_filesystem(filesystem)
+            paths_or_selector = source
+        else:
+            fs, paths_or_selector = _ensure_multiple_sources(source, filesystem)
     else:
         fs, paths_or_selector = _ensure_single_source(source, filesystem)
 
@@ -767,6 +778,7 @@ def dataset(source, schema=None, format=None, filesystem=None,
     ...     dataset("local/path/to/data", format="ipc")
     ... ]) # doctest: +SKIP
     """
+    from pyarrow.fs import FileInfo
     # collect the keyword arguments for later reuse
     kwargs = dict(
         schema=schema,
@@ -781,7 +793,7 @@ def dataset(source, schema=None, format=None, filesystem=None,
     if _is_path_like(source):
         return _filesystem_dataset(source, **kwargs)
     elif isinstance(source, (tuple, list)):
-        if all(_is_path_like(elem) for elem in source):
+        if all(_is_path_like(elem) or isinstance(elem, FileInfo) for elem in source):
             return _filesystem_dataset(source, **kwargs)
         elif all(isinstance(elem, Dataset) for elem in source):
             return _union_dataset(source, **kwargs)
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/includes/libarrow_dataset.pxd b/python/pyarrow/includes/libarrow_dataset.pxd
index 4566cb5004a..fe96705a54b 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/includes/libarrow_dataset.pxd
+++ b/python/pyarrow/includes/libarrow_dataset.pxd
@@ -403,3 +403,11 @@ cdef extern from "arrow/dataset/api.h" namespace "arrow::dataset" nogil:
             shared_ptr[CFileFormat] format,
             CFileSystemFactoryOptions options
         )
+
+        @staticmethod
+        CResult[shared_ptr[CDatasetFactory]] MakeFromFileInfos "Make"(
+            shared_ptr[CFileSystem] filesystem,
+            vector[CFileInfo] files,
+            shared_ptr[CFileFormat] format,
+            CFileSystemFactoryOptions options
+        )
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_dataset.py b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_dataset.py
index a9054f0b174..8e203903858 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_dataset.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_dataset.py
@@ -2725,6 +2725,16 @@ def test_open_dataset_from_uri_s3(s3_example_simple, dataset_reader):
     assert dataset_reader.to_table(dataset).equals(table)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parquet
+@pytest.mark.s3
+def test_open_dataset_from_fileinfos(s3_example_simple, dataset_reader):
+    table, path, filesystem, uri, _, _, _, _ = s3_example_simple
+    selector = fs.FileSelector("mybucket")
+    finfos = filesystem.get_file_info(selector)
+    dataset = ds.dataset(finfos, format="parquet", filesystem=filesystem)
+    assert dataset_reader.to_table(dataset).equals(table)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parquet
 @pytest.mark.s3  # still needed to create the data
 def test_open_dataset_from_uri_s3_fsspec(s3_example_simple):