diff --git a/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/Apache.Arrow.Flight.csproj b/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/Apache.Arrow.Flight.csproj
index a12f3f8249d4c..dc2e720313ba5 100644
--- a/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/Apache.Arrow.Flight.csproj
+++ b/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/Apache.Arrow.Flight.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net462</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='netstandard2.0'">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" Version="6.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net462'">
+    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Core" Version="2.46.6" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Apache.Arrow\Apache.Arrow.csproj" />
diff --git a/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/Server/GrpcCoreFlightServerExtensions.cs b/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/Server/GrpcCoreFlightServerExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..92c0af630a3fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/Server/GrpcCoreFlightServerExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#if NET46_OR_GREATER
+
+using Apache.Arrow.Flight.Protocol;
+using Apache.Arrow.Flight.Server.Internal;
+using Grpc.Core;
+
+namespace Apache.Arrow.Flight.Server
+{
+    public static class GrpcCoreFlightServerExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create a ServerServiceDefinition for use with a <see href="https://grpc.github.io/grpc/csharp/api/Grpc.Core.Server.html">Grpc.Core Server</see>
+        //  This allows running a flight server on pre-Kestrel .net Framework versions
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="flightServer"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static ServerServiceDefinition CreateServiceDefinition(this FlightServer flightServer)
+        {
+            return FlightService.BindService(new FlightServerImplementation(flightServer));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#endif