diff --git a/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/utils/ConvertUtils.java b/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/utils/ConvertUtils.java
index dd51ee5361..4381e32e81 100644
--- a/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/utils/ConvertUtils.java
+++ b/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/utils/ConvertUtils.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.utils;
 
+import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -78,7 +79,11 @@ public static List<ColumnMetaData> convertArrowFieldsToColumnMetaDataList(
                   Common.ColumnMetaData.newBuilder()
                       .setOrdinal(index)
                       .setColumnName(field.getName())
-                      .setLabel(field.getName());
+                      .setLabel(field.getName())
+                      .setNullable(
+                          field.isNullable()
+                              ? ResultSetMetaData.columnNullable
+                              : ResultSetMetaData.columnNoNulls);
 
               setOnColumnMetaDataBuilder(builder, field.getMetadata());
 
diff --git a/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ArrowFlightPreparedStatementTest.java b/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ArrowFlightPreparedStatementTest.java
index 73ece46403..2ffa5f5cc7 100644
--- a/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ArrowFlightPreparedStatementTest.java
+++ b/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ArrowFlightPreparedStatementTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.sql.Date;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -259,6 +260,29 @@ public void testReturnColumnCount() throws SQLException {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testReturnColumnNullability() throws SQLException {
+    final String query = "SELECT nullable, required FROM nullability_test";
+    final Schema schema =
+        new Schema(
+            Arrays.asList(
+                Field.nullable("nullable", ArrowType.Utf8.INSTANCE),
+                Field.notNullable("required", ArrowType.Utf8.INSTANCE)));
+    PRODUCER.addSelectQuery(query, schema, Collections.emptyList());
+    try (final PreparedStatement psmt = connection.prepareStatement(query)) {
+      assertAll(
+          "Column nullability is as expected",
+          () -> assertThat("nullable", equalTo(psmt.getMetaData().getColumnName(1))),
+          () -> assertThat("required", equalTo(psmt.getMetaData().getColumnName(2))),
+          () ->
+              assertThat(
+                  psmt.getMetaData().isNullable(1), equalTo(ResultSetMetaData.columnNullable)),
+          () ->
+              assertThat(
+                  psmt.getMetaData().isNullable(2), equalTo(ResultSetMetaData.columnNoNulls)));
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testUpdateQuery() throws SQLException {
     String query = "Fake update";
diff --git a/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/utils/ConvertUtilsTest.java b/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/utils/ConvertUtilsTest.java
index f128ca7c73..7330765f92 100644
--- a/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/utils/ConvertUtilsTest.java
+++ b/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/utils/ConvertUtilsTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.arrow.flight.sql.FlightSqlColumnMetadata;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType;
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ public void testShouldConvertArrowFieldsToColumnMetaDataList() {
                     .setSchemaName("schema1")
                     .setTableName("table1")
                     .setColumnName("col1")
+                    .setNullable(ResultSetMetaData.columnNullable)
                     .setType(
                         Common.AvaticaType.newBuilder()
                             .setId(SqlTypes.getSqlTypeIdFromArrowType(ArrowType.Utf8.INSTANCE))
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ public void testShouldConvertArrowFieldsToColumnMetaDataList() {
                     .setSchemaName("schema1")
                     .setTableName("table1")
                     .setColumnName("col2")
+                    .setNullable(ResultSetMetaData.columnNullable)
                     .setType(
                         Common.AvaticaType.newBuilder()
                             .setId(SqlTypes.getSqlTypeIdFromArrowType(ArrowType.Utf8View.INSTANCE))
@@ -117,6 +120,24 @@ public void testShouldConvertArrowFieldsToColumnMetaDataList() {
     assertColumnMetaData(expectedColumnMetaData, actualColumnMetaData);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testShouldPreserveArrowFieldNullability() {
+
+    final List<Field> fields =
+        ImmutableList.of(
+            Field.nullable("nullable", ArrowType.Utf8.INSTANCE),
+            Field.notNullable("required", ArrowType.Utf8.INSTANCE));
+
+    final List<ColumnMetaData> columnMetaDataList =
+        ConvertUtils.convertArrowFieldsToColumnMetaDataList(fields);
+
+    assertThat(columnMetaDataList.size(), equalTo(2));
+    assertThat(columnMetaDataList.get(0).columnName, equalTo("nullable"));
+    assertThat(columnMetaDataList.get(0).nullable, equalTo(ResultSetMetaData.columnNullable));
+    assertThat(columnMetaDataList.get(1).columnName, equalTo("required"));
+    assertThat(columnMetaDataList.get(1).nullable, equalTo(ResultSetMetaData.columnNoNulls));
+  }
+
   private void assertColumnMetaData(
       final List<ColumnMetaData> expected, final List<ColumnMetaData> actual) {
     assertThat(expected.size(), equalTo(actual.size()));
@@ -129,6 +150,7 @@ private void assertColumnMetaData(
       assertThat(expectedColumnMetaData.tableName, equalTo(actualColumnMetaData.tableName));
       assertThat(expectedColumnMetaData.columnName, equalTo(actualColumnMetaData.columnName));
       assertThat(expectedColumnMetaData.type, equalTo(actualColumnMetaData.type));
+      assertThat(expectedColumnMetaData.nullable, equalTo(actualColumnMetaData.nullable));
       assertThat(expectedColumnMetaData.readOnly, equalTo(actualColumnMetaData.readOnly));
       assertThat(expectedColumnMetaData.autoIncrement, equalTo(actualColumnMetaData.autoIncrement));
       assertThat(expectedColumnMetaData.precision, equalTo(actualColumnMetaData.precision));