diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BitVectorHelper.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BitVectorHelper.java
index cd16f720ecf..88813019321 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BitVectorHelper.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BitVectorHelper.java
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
 import static io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent.getInt;
 import static io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent.getLong;
 
+import org.apache.arrow.memory.BoundsChecking;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.util.DataSizeRoundingUtil;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.ipc.message.ArrowFieldNode;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
+import io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent;
 
 /**
  * Helper class for performing generic operations on a bit vector buffer.
@@ -319,4 +321,83 @@ static void setBitMaskedByte(ArrowBuf data, int byteIndex, byte bitMask) {
     currentByte |= bitMask;
     data.setByte(byteIndex, currentByte);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Concat two validity buffers.
+   * @param input1 the first validity buffer.
+   * @param numBits1 the number of bits in the first validity buffer.
+   * @param input2 the second validity buffer.
+   * @param numBits2 the number of bits in the second validity buffer.
+   * @param output the output validity buffer. It can be the same one as the first input.
+   *     The caller must make sure the output buffer has enough capacity.
+   */
+  public static void concatBits(ArrowBuf input1, int numBits1, ArrowBuf input2, int numBits2, ArrowBuf output) {
+    int numBytes1 = DataSizeRoundingUtil.divideBy8Ceil(numBits1);
+    int numBytes2 = DataSizeRoundingUtil.divideBy8Ceil(numBits2);
+    int numBytesOut = DataSizeRoundingUtil.divideBy8Ceil(numBits1 + numBits2);
+
+    if (BoundsChecking.BOUNDS_CHECKING_ENABLED) {
+      output.checkBytes(0, numBytesOut);
+    }
+
+    // copy the first bit set
+    if (input1 != output) {
+      PlatformDependent.copyMemory(input1.memoryAddress(), output.memoryAddress(), numBytes1);
+    }
+
+    if (bitIndex(numBits1) == 0) {
+      // The number of bits for the first bit set is a multiple of 8, so the boundary is at byte boundary.
+      // For this case, we have a shortcut to copy all bytes from the second set after the byte boundary.
+      PlatformDependent.copyMemory(input2.memoryAddress(), output.memoryAddress() + numBytes1, numBytes2);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // the number of bits to fill a full byte after the first input is processed
+    int numBitsToFill = 8 - bitIndex(numBits1);
+
+    // mask to clear high bits
+    int mask = (1 << (8 - numBitsToFill)) - 1;
+
+    int numFullBytes = numBits2 / 8;
+
+    int prevByte = output.getByte(numBytes1 - 1) & mask;
+    for (int i = 0; i < numFullBytes; i++) {
+      int curByte = input2.getByte(i) & 0xff;
+
+      // first fill the bits to a full byte
+      int byteToFill = (curByte << (8 - numBitsToFill)) & 0xff;
+      output.setByte(numBytes1 + i - 1, byteToFill | prevByte);
+
+      // fill remaining bits in the current byte
+      // note that it is also the previous byte for the next iteration
+      prevByte = curByte >>> numBitsToFill;
+    }
+
+    int lastOutputByte = prevByte;
+
+    // the number of extra bits for the second input, relative to full bytes
+    int numTrailingBits = bitIndex(numBits2);
+
+    if (numTrailingBits == 0) {
+      output.setByte(numBytes1 + numFullBytes - 1, lastOutputByte);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // process remaining bits from input2
+    int remByte = input2.getByte(numBytes2 - 1) & 0xff;
+
+    int byteToFill = remByte << (8 - numBitsToFill);
+    lastOutputByte |= byteToFill;
+
+    output.setByte(numBytes1 + numFullBytes - 1, lastOutputByte);
+
+    if (numTrailingBits > numBitsToFill) {
+      // clear all bits for the last byte before writing
+      output.setByte(numBytes1 + numFullBytes, 0);
+
+      // some remaining bits cannot be filled in the previous byte
+      int leftByte = remByte >>> numBitsToFill;
+      output.setByte(numBytes1 + numFullBytes, leftByte);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestBitVectorHelper.java b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestBitVectorHelper.java
index 9d52427f536..2988932892a 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestBitVectorHelper.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestBitVectorHelper.java
@@ -149,4 +149,86 @@ public void testAllBitsSet() {
       assertFalse(BitVectorHelper.checkAllBitsEqualTo(validityBuffer, bitLength, true));
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testConcatBits() {
+    try (RootAllocator allocator = new RootAllocator(1024 * 1024)) {
+      try (ArrowBuf buf1 = allocator.buffer(1024);
+           ArrowBuf buf2 = allocator.buffer(1024);
+           ArrowBuf output = allocator.buffer(1024)) {
+
+        buf1.setZero(0, buf1.capacity());
+        buf2.setZero(0, buf2.capacity());
+
+        final int maxCount = 100;
+        for (int i = 0; i < maxCount; i++) {
+          if (i % 3 == 0) {
+            BitVectorHelper.setValidityBitToOne(buf1, i);
+            BitVectorHelper.setValidityBitToOne(buf2, i);
+          }
+        }
+
+        // test the case where the number of bits for both sets are multiples of 8.
+        concatAndVerify(buf1, 40, buf2, 48, output);
+
+        // only the number of bits in the first set is a multiple of 8
+        concatAndVerify(buf1, 32, buf2, 47, output);
+
+        // only the number of bits in the second set is a multiple of 8
+        concatAndVerify(buf1, 31, buf2, 48, output);
+
+        // neither set has a size that is a multiple of 8
+        concatAndVerify(buf1, 27, buf2, 52, output);
+
+        // the remaining bits in the second set is spread in two bytes
+        concatAndVerify(buf1, 31, buf2, 55, output);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testConcatBitsInPlace() {
+    try (RootAllocator allocator = new RootAllocator(1024 * 1024)) {
+      try (ArrowBuf buf1 = allocator.buffer(1024);
+           ArrowBuf buf2 = allocator.buffer(1024)) {
+
+        buf1.setZero(0, buf1.capacity());
+        buf2.setZero(0, buf2.capacity());
+
+        final int maxCount = 100;
+        for (int i = 0; i < maxCount; i++) {
+          if (i % 3 == 0) {
+            BitVectorHelper.setValidityBitToOne(buf1, i);
+            BitVectorHelper.setValidityBitToOne(buf2, i);
+          }
+        }
+
+        // test the case where the number of bits for both sets are multiples of 8.
+        concatAndVerify(buf1, 40, buf2, 48, buf1);
+
+        // only the number of bits in the first set is a multiple of 8
+        concatAndVerify(buf1, 32, buf2, 47, buf1);
+
+        // only the number of bits in the second set is a multiple of 8
+        concatAndVerify(buf1, 31, buf2, 48, buf1);
+
+        // neither set has a size that is a multiple of 8
+        concatAndVerify(buf1, 27, buf2, 52, buf1);
+
+        // the remaining bits in the second set is spread in two bytes
+        concatAndVerify(buf1, 31, buf2, 55, buf1);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void concatAndVerify(ArrowBuf buf1, int count1, ArrowBuf buf2, int count2, ArrowBuf output) {
+    BitVectorHelper.concatBits(buf1, count1, buf2, count2, output);
+    int outputIdx = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < count1; i++, outputIdx++) {
+      assertEquals(BitVectorHelper.get(output, outputIdx), BitVectorHelper.get(buf1, i));
+    }
+    for (int i = 0; i < count2; i++, outputIdx++) {
+      assertEquals(BitVectorHelper.get(output, outputIdx), BitVectorHelper.get(buf2, i));
+    }
+  }
 }