diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e70eaceaf417..9d2d2d81d680 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ repos:
       - id: cmake-format
         name: CMake Format
         language: python
-        entry: bash -c "pip install cmake-format && python run-cmake-format.py --check"
-        entry: echo
-        files: ^(.*/CMakeLists.txt|.*.cmake)$
+        entry: python run-cmake-format.py
+        types: [cmake]
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - cmake_format==0.5.2
       - id: hadolint
         name: Docker Format
         language: docker_image
diff --git a/ci/vcpkg/arm64-linux-static-debug.cmake b/ci/vcpkg/arm64-linux-static-debug.cmake
index 5d77b8df7fa8..6fea43694cd1 100644
--- a/ci/vcpkg/arm64-linux-static-debug.cmake
+++ b/ci/vcpkg/arm64-linux-static-debug.cmake
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ set(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
 set(VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE debug)
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR)
-    execute_process(COMMAND "uname" "-m" OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+  execute_process(COMMAND "uname" "-m"
+                  OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR
+                  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 endif()
diff --git a/ci/vcpkg/arm64-linux-static-release.cmake b/ci/vcpkg/arm64-linux-static-release.cmake
index ebe5bc3fa042..4012848b8496 100644
--- a/ci/vcpkg/arm64-linux-static-release.cmake
+++ b/ci/vcpkg/arm64-linux-static-release.cmake
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ set(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
 set(VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE release)
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR)
-    execute_process(COMMAND "uname" "-m" OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+  execute_process(COMMAND "uname" "-m"
+                  OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR
+                  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 endif()
diff --git a/run-cmake-format.py b/run-cmake-format.py
index 5e8da5c5471d..1ff103868d84 100755
--- a/run-cmake-format.py
+++ b/run-cmake-format.py
@@ -17,62 +17,36 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
+import argparse
+import fnmatch
 import hashlib
 import pathlib
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-
-patterns = [
+# Keep an explicit list of files to format as we don't want to reformat
+# files we imported from other location.
+PATTERNS = [
+    'ci/**/*.cmake',
     'cpp/CMakeLists.txt',
-    # Keep an explicit list of files to format as we don't want to reformat
-    # files we imported from other location.
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/BuildUtils.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/DefineOptions.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindArrow.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindArrowCUDA.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindArrowDataset.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindArrowFlight.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindArrowFlightTesting.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindArrowPython.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindArrowPythonFlight.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindArrowTesting.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindBrotli.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindClangTools.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindFlatbuffersAlt.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindGLOG.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindGandiva.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindInferTools.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindLLVMAlt.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindLz4.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindParquet.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindPlasma.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindPython3Alt.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindRE2.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindRapidJSONAlt.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindSnappyAlt.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindThrift.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindZSTD.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/Findc-aresAlt.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindgRPCAlt.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindgflagsAlt.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/Findjemalloc.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/SetupCxxFlags.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/san-config.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/UseCython.cmake',
-    'cpp/cmake_modules/Usevcpkg.cmake',
     'cpp/src/**/CMakeLists.txt',
-    'cpp/tools/**/CMakeLists.txt',
-    'java/gandiva/CMakeLists.txt',
-    'python/CMakeLists.txt',
+    'cpp/cmake_modules/*.cmake',
+    'go/**/CMakeLists.txt',
+    'java/**/CMakeLists.txt',
+    'matlab/**/CMakeLists.txt',
+]
+EXCLUDE = [
+    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindNumPy.cmake',
+    'cpp/cmake_modules/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake',
+    'cpp/cmake_modules/UseCython.cmake',
+    'cpp/src/arrow/util/config.h.cmake',
 ]
 
 here = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
 
 
 def find_cmake_files():
-    for pat in patterns:
+    for pat in PATTERNS:
         yield from here.glob(pat)
 
 
@@ -119,8 +93,19 @@ def check_cmake_format(paths):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    paths = list(find_cmake_files())
-    if "--check" in sys.argv:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--check', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('paths', nargs='*', type=pathlib.Path)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    paths = find_cmake_files()
+    if args.paths:
+        paths = set(paths) & set([path.resolve() for path in args.paths])
+    paths = [
+        path for path in paths
+        if path.relative_to(here).as_posix() not in EXCLUDE
+    ]
+    if args.check:
         check_cmake_format(paths)
     else:
         run_cmake_format(paths)