diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/adapters/orc/adapter.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/adapters/orc/adapter.cc
index 14340ac285e28..576bd0dada596 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/adapters/orc/adapter.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/adapters/orc/adapter.cc
@@ -568,6 +568,15 @@ ORCFileReader::ORCFileReader() { impl_.reset(new ORCFileReader::Impl()); }
 
 ORCFileReader::~ORCFileReader() {}
 
+liborc::Reader* ORCFileReader::GetRawORCReader() {
+  return impl_->GetRawORCReader();
+}
+
+Status ORCFileReader::Open(const std::shared_ptr<io::RandomAccessFile>& file,
+                           MemoryPool* pool, std::unique_ptr<ORCFileReader>* reader) {
+  return Open(file, pool).Value(reader);
+}
+
 Result<std::unique_ptr<ORCFileReader>> ORCFileReader::Open(
     const std::shared_ptr<io::RandomAccessFile>& file, MemoryPool* pool) {
 #ifdef ARROW_ORC_NEED_TIME_ZONE_DATABASE_CHECK
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/adapters/orc/adapter.h b/cpp/src/arrow/adapters/orc/adapter.h
index 41f53d3474d53..6adb3be5ec5b3 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/adapters/orc/adapter.h
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/adapters/orc/adapter.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "arrow/type_fwd.h"
 #include "arrow/util/macros.h"
 #include "arrow/util/visibility.h"
+#include "arrow/adapters/orc/adapter_util.h"
 
 namespace arrow {
 namespace adapters {