diff --git a/cpp/src/gandiva/regex_functions_holder.cc b/cpp/src/gandiva/regex_functions_holder.cc
index 30d68cbc87ab3..6cac3fc701be5 100644
--- a/cpp/src/gandiva/regex_functions_holder.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/gandiva/regex_functions_holder.cc
@@ -99,13 +99,14 @@ Status LikeHolder::Make(const FunctionNode& node, std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder>* h
           "'like' function requires a string literal as the second parameter"));
 
   RE2::Options regex_op;
+  regex_op.set_dot_nl(true);
   if (node.descriptor()->name() == "ilike") {
     regex_op.set_case_sensitive(false);  // set case-insensitive for ilike function.
 
     return Make(std::get<std::string>(literal->holder()), holder, regex_op);
   }
   if (node.children().size() == 2) {
-    return Make(std::get<std::string>(literal->holder()), holder);
+    return Make(std::get<std::string>(literal->holder()), holder, regex_op);
   } else {
     auto escape_char = dynamic_cast<LiteralNode*>(node.children().at(2).get());
     ARROW_RETURN_IF(
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ Status LikeHolder::Make(const FunctionNode& node, std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder>* h
         Status::Invalid(
             "'like' function requires a string literal as the third parameter"));
     return Make(std::get<std::string>(literal->holder()),
-                std::get<std::string>(escape_char->holder()), holder);
+                std::get<std::string>(escape_char->holder()), holder, regex_op);
   }
 }
 
@@ -127,7 +128,9 @@ Status LikeHolder::Make(const std::string& sql_pattern,
   std::string pcre_pattern;
   ARROW_RETURN_NOT_OK(RegexUtil::SqlLikePatternToPcre(sql_pattern, pcre_pattern));
 
-  auto lholder = std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder>(new LikeHolder(pcre_pattern));
+  RE2::Options regex_op;
+  regex_op.set_dot_nl(true);
+  auto lholder = std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder>(new LikeHolder(pcre_pattern, regex_op));
   ARROW_RETURN_IF(!lholder->regex_.ok(),
                   Status::Invalid("Building RE2 pattern '", pcre_pattern,
                                   "' failed with: ", lholder->regex_.error()));
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ Status LikeHolder::Make(const std::string& sql_pattern,
 }
 
 Status LikeHolder::Make(const std::string& sql_pattern, const std::string& escape_char,
-                        std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder>* holder) {
+                        std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder>* holder, RE2::Options regex_op) {
   ARROW_RETURN_IF(escape_char.length() > 1,
                   Status::Invalid("The length of escape char ", escape_char,
                                   " in 'like' function is greater than 1"));
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ Status LikeHolder::Make(const std::string& sql_pattern, const std::string& escap
     ARROW_RETURN_NOT_OK(RegexUtil::SqlLikePatternToPcre(sql_pattern, pcre_pattern));
   }
 
-  auto lholder = std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder>(new LikeHolder(pcre_pattern));
+  auto lholder = std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder>(new LikeHolder(pcre_pattern, regex_op));
   ARROW_RETURN_IF(!lholder->regex_.ok(),
                   Status::Invalid("Building RE2 pattern '", pcre_pattern,
                                   "' failed with: ", lholder->regex_.error()));
diff --git a/cpp/src/gandiva/regex_functions_holder.h b/cpp/src/gandiva/regex_functions_holder.h
index ecf4095f3d473..08ffa4a8234f3 100644
--- a/cpp/src/gandiva/regex_functions_holder.h
+++ b/cpp/src/gandiva/regex_functions_holder.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class GANDIVA_EXPORT LikeHolder : public FunctionHolder {
   static Status Make(const std::string& sql_pattern, std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder>* holder);
 
   static Status Make(const std::string& sql_pattern, const std::string& escape_char,
-                     std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder>* holder);
+                     std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder>* holder, RE2::Options regex_op);
 
   static Status Make(const std::string& sql_pattern, std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder>* holder,
                      RE2::Options regex_op);
diff --git a/cpp/src/gandiva/regex_functions_holder_test.cc b/cpp/src/gandiva/regex_functions_holder_test.cc
index 930f3a7ade718..7efc75e8d508c 100644
--- a/cpp/src/gandiva/regex_functions_holder_test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/gandiva/regex_functions_holder_test.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ namespace gandiva {
 class TestLikeHolder : public ::testing::Test {
  public:
   RE2::Options regex_op;
+  void SetUp() { regex_op.set_dot_nl(true); }
+
   FunctionNode BuildLike(std::string pattern) {
     auto field = std::make_shared<FieldNode>(arrow::field("in", arrow::utf8()));
     auto pattern_node =
@@ -75,6 +77,15 @@ TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestMatchOne) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(like("dabc"));
 }
 
+TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestPcreSpecialWithNewLine) {
+  std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder> like_holder;
+  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("%Space1.%", &like_holder, regex_op);
+
+  auto& like = *like_holder;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      like("[name: \"Space1.protect\"\nargs: \"count\"\ncolumn_name: \"pass_count\"]"));
+}
+
 TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestPcreSpecial) {
   std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder> like_holder;
 
@@ -104,17 +115,25 @@ TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestDot) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(like("abcd"));
 }
 
+TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestMatchWithNewLine) {
+  std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder> like_holder;
+  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("%abc%", "\\", &like_holder, regex_op);
+
+  auto& like = *like_holder;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(like("abc\nd"));
+}
+
 TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestMatchSubString) {
   std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder> like_holder;
 
-  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("%abc%", "\\", &like_holder);
+  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("%abc%", "\\", &like_holder, regex_op);
   EXPECT_EQ(status.ok(), true) << status.message();
 
   auto& like = *like_holder;
   EXPECT_TRUE(like("abc"));
   EXPECT_FALSE(like("xxabdc"));
 
-  status = LikeHolder::Make("%ab-.^$*+?()[]{}|—/c\\%%", "\\", &like_holder);
+  status = LikeHolder::Make("%ab-.^$*+?()[]{}|—/c\\%%", "\\", &like_holder, regex_op);
   EXPECT_EQ(status.ok(), true) << status.message();
 
   auto& like_reserved_char = *like_holder;
@@ -192,7 +211,7 @@ TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestOptimise) {
 TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestMatchOneEscape) {
   std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder> like_holder;
 
-  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("ab\\_", "\\", &like_holder);
+  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("ab\\_", "\\", &like_holder, regex_op);
   EXPECT_EQ(status.ok(), true) << status.message();
 
   auto& like = *like_holder;
@@ -209,8 +228,7 @@ TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestMatchOneEscape) {
 TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestMatchManyEscape) {
   std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder> like_holder;
 
-  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("ab\\%", "\\", &like_holder);
-  EXPECT_EQ(status.ok(), true) << status.message();
+  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("ab\\%", "\\", &like_holder, regex_op);
 
   auto& like = *like_holder;
 
@@ -226,7 +244,7 @@ TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestMatchManyEscape) {
 TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestMatchEscape) {
   std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder> like_holder;
 
-  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("ab\\\\", "\\", &like_holder);
+  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("ab\\\\", "\\", &like_holder, regex_op);
   EXPECT_EQ(status.ok(), true) << status.message();
 
   auto& like = *like_holder;
@@ -239,7 +257,7 @@ TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestMatchEscape) {
 TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestEmptyEscapeChar) {
   std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder> like_holder;
 
-  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("ab\\_", "", &like_holder);
+  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("ab\\_", "", &like_holder, regex_op);
   EXPECT_EQ(status.ok(), true) << status.message();
 
   auto& like = *like_holder;
@@ -254,7 +272,7 @@ TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestEmptyEscapeChar) {
 TEST_F(TestLikeHolder, TestMultipleEscapeChar) {
   std::shared_ptr<LikeHolder> like_holder;
 
-  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("ab\\_", "\\\\", &like_holder);
+  auto status = LikeHolder::Make("ab\\_", "\\\\", &like_holder, regex_op);
   EXPECT_EQ(status.ok(), false) << status.message();
 }