diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 4b633d4bc9e5..d466d67efa6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -230,6 +230,55 @@ jobs:
           # do not produce debug symbols to keep memory usage down
           RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=0"
 
+  test-datafusion-pyarrow:
+    needs: [linux-build-lib]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: [amd64]
+        rust: [stable]
+    container:
+      image: ${{ matrix.arch }}/rust
+      env:
+        # Disable full debug symbol generation to speed up CI build and keep memory down
+        # "1" means line tables only, which is useful for panic tracebacks.
+        RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=1"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+      - name: Cache Cargo
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: /github/home/.cargo
+          # this key equals the ones on `linux-build-lib` for re-use
+          key: cargo-cache-
+      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: /github/home/target
+          # this key equals the ones on `linux-build-lib` for re-use
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-target-cache-${{ matrix.rust }}
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.8"
+      - name: Install PyArrow
+        run: |
+          echo "LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          python -m pip install pyarrow
+      - name: Setup Rust toolchain
+        run: |
+          rustup toolchain install ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          rustup default ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          rustup component add rustfmt
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          cd datafusion
+          cargo test --features=pyarrow
+        env:
+          CARGO_HOME: "/github/home/.cargo"
+          CARGO_TARGET_DIR: "/github/home/target"
+
   lint:
     name: Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/datafusion/src/pyarrow.rs b/datafusion/src/pyarrow.rs
index da05d63d8c2c..d819b2b41154 100644
--- a/datafusion/src/pyarrow.rs
+++ b/datafusion/src/pyarrow.rs
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-use pyo3::exceptions::{PyException, PyNotImplementedError};
+use pyo3::exceptions::PyException;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::types::PyList;
-use pyo3::PyNativeType;
 
 use crate::arrow::array::ArrayData;
 use crate::arrow::pyarrow::PyArrowConvert;
@@ -49,8 +48,13 @@ impl PyArrowConvert for ScalarValue {
         Ok(scalar)
     }
 
-    fn to_pyarrow(&self, _py: Python) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
-        Err(PyNotImplementedError::new_err("Not implemented"))
+    fn to_pyarrow(&self, py: Python) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
+        let array = self.to_array();
+        // convert to pyarrow array using C data interface
+        let pyarray = array.data_ref().clone().into_py(py);
+        let pyscalar = pyarray.call_method1(py, "__getitem__", (0,))?;
+
+        Ok(pyscalar)
     }
 }
 
@@ -65,3 +69,82 @@ impl<'a> IntoPy<PyObject> for ScalarValue {
         self.to_pyarrow(py).unwrap()
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use pyo3::prepare_freethreaded_python;
+    use pyo3::py_run;
+    use pyo3::types::PyDict;
+    use pyo3::Python;
+
+    fn init_python() {
+        prepare_freethreaded_python();
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            if let Err(err) = py.run("import pyarrow", None, None) {
+                let locals = PyDict::new(py);
+                py.run(
+                    "import sys; executable = sys.executable; python_path = sys.path",
+                    None,
+                    Some(locals),
+                )
+                .expect("Couldn't get python info");
+                let executable: String =
+                    locals.get_item("executable").unwrap().extract().unwrap();
+                let python_path: Vec<&str> =
+                    locals.get_item("python_path").unwrap().extract().unwrap();
+
+                Err(err).expect(
+                    format!(
+                        "pyarrow not found\nExecutable: {}\nPython path: {:?}\n\
+                         HINT: try `pip install pyarrow`\n\
+                         NOTE: On Mac OS, you must compile against a Framework Python \
+                         (default in python.org installers and brew, but not pyenv)\n\
+                         NOTE: On Mac OS, PYO3 might point to incorrect Python library \
+                         path when using virtual environments. Try \
+                         `export PYTHONPATH=$(python -c \"import sys; print(sys.path[-1])\")`\n",
+                        executable, python_path
+                    )
+                    .as_ref(),
+                )
+            }
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_roundtrip() {
+        init_python();
+
+        let example_scalars = vec![
+            ScalarValue::Boolean(Some(true)),
+            ScalarValue::Int32(Some(23)),
+            ScalarValue::Float64(Some(12.34)),
+            ScalarValue::Utf8(Some("Hello!".to_string())),
+            ScalarValue::Date32(Some(1234)),
+        ];
+
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            for scalar in example_scalars.iter() {
+                let result =
+                    ScalarValue::from_pyarrow(scalar.to_pyarrow(py).unwrap().as_ref(py))
+                        .unwrap();
+                assert_eq!(scalar, &result);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_py_scalar() {
+        init_python();
+
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            let scalar_float = ScalarValue::Float64(Some(12.34));
+            let py_float = scalar_float.into_py(py).call_method0(py, "as_py").unwrap();
+            py_run!(py, py_float, "assert py_float == 12.34");
+
+            let scalar_string = ScalarValue::Utf8(Some("Hello!".to_string()));
+            let py_string = scalar_string.into_py(py).call_method0(py, "as_py").unwrap();
+            py_run!(py, py_string, "assert py_string == 'Hello!'");
+        });
+    }
+}