diff --git a/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake b/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
index bc3a3a2249d..63e2c036c9a 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
@@ -4965,8 +4965,20 @@ macro(build_awssdk)
   set(AWSSDK_PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/awssdk_ep-install")
   set(AWSSDK_INCLUDE_DIR "${AWSSDK_PREFIX}/include")
 
+  # The AWS SDK has a few warnings around shortening lengths
+  set(AWS_C_FLAGS "${EP_C_FLAGS}")
+  set(AWS_CXX_FLAGS "${EP_CXX_FLAGS}")
+  if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL
+                                                    "Clang")
+    # Negate warnings that AWS SDK cannot build under
+    string(APPEND AWS_C_FLAGS " -Wno-error=shorten-64-to-32")
+    string(APPEND AWS_CXX_FLAGS " -Wno-error=shorten-64-to-32")
+  endif()
+
   set(AWSSDK_COMMON_CMAKE_ARGS
       ${EP_COMMON_CMAKE_ARGS}
+      -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${AWS_C_FLAGS}
+      -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${AWS_CXX_FLAGS}
       -DCPP_STANDARD=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${AWSSDK_PREFIX}
       -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${AWSSDK_PREFIX}
diff --git a/dev/tasks/r/github.macos.cran.yml b/dev/tasks/r/github.macos.cran.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..33965988e21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/tasks/r/github.macos.cran.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# 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.
+
+{% import 'macros.jinja' as macros with context %}
+
+{{ macros.github_header() }}
+
+jobs:
+  macos-cran:
+    name: "macOS similar to CRAN"
+    runs-on: macOS-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    steps:
+      {{ macros.github_checkout_arrow()|indent }}
+
+      - name: Configure dependencies (macos)
+        run: |
+          brew install openssl
+          # disable sccache on macos as it times out for unknown reasons
+          # see GH-33721
+          # brew install sccache
+          # remove cmake so that we can test our cmake downloading abilities
+          brew uninstall cmake
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          use-public-rspm: true
+      # CRAN builders have the entire bin here added to the path. This sometimes
+      # includes things like GNU libtool which name-collide with what we expect
+      - name: Add R.framework/Resources/bin to the path
+        run: echo "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+      - name : Check whether libtool in R is used
+        run: |
+          if [ "$(which libtool)" != "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/libtool" ]; then
+            echo "libtool provided by R isn't found: $(which libtool)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          cache: false # cache does not work on across branches
+          working-directory: arrow/r
+          extra-packages: |
+            any::rcmdcheck
+            any::sys
+      - name: Install
+        env:
+          _R_CHECK_CRAN_INCOMING_: false
+          CXX: "clang++ -mmacos-version-min=14.6"
+          CFLAGS: "-falign-functions=8 -g -O2 -Wall -pedantic -Wconversion -Wno-sign-conversion -Wstrict-prototypes"
+          CXXFLAGS: "-g -O2 -Wall -pedantic -Wconversion -Wno-sign-conversion"
+          NOT_CRAN: false
+        run: |
+          sccache --start-server || echo 'sccache not found'
+          cd arrow/r
+          R CMD INSTALL . --install-tests
+      - name: Run the tests
+        run: R -e 'if(tools::testInstalledPackage("arrow") != 0L) stop("There was a test failure.")'
+      - name: Dump test logs
+        run: cat arrow-tests/testthat.Rout*
+        if: failure()
+      - name: Save the test output
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: test-output
+          path: arrow-tests/testthat.Rout*
+        if: always()
diff --git a/dev/tasks/tasks.yml b/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
index a9da7eb2889..fe02fe9ce68 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
+++ b/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
@@ -1319,6 +1319,10 @@ tasks:
     params:
       MATRIX: {{ "${{ matrix.r_image }}" }}
 
+  test-r-macos-as-cran:
+    ci: github
+    template: r/github.macos.cran.yml
+
   test-r-arrow-backwards-compatibility:
     ci: github
     template: r/github.linux.arrow.version.back.compat.yml