diff --git a/flight/flight-core/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/flight/grpc/NettyClientBuilder.java b/flight/flight-core/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/flight/grpc/NettyClientBuilder.java
index 42cdaac01..cf23e152a 100644
--- a/flight/flight-core/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/flight/grpc/NettyClientBuilder.java
+++ b/flight/flight-core/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/flight/grpc/NettyClientBuilder.java
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ public NettyChannelBuilder build() {
       case LocationSchemes.GRPC_INSECURE:
       case LocationSchemes.GRPC_TLS:
         {
-          builder = NettyChannelBuilder.forAddress(location.toSocketAddress());
+          builder =
+              NettyChannelBuilder.forAddress(
+                  location.getUri().getHost(), location.getUri().getPort());
           break;
         }
       case LocationSchemes.GRPC_DOMAIN_SOCKET:
diff --git a/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ConnectionTest.java b/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ConnectionTest.java
index 55722f60f..d9122d101 100644
--- a/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ConnectionTest.java
+++ b/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ConnectionTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.Message;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.Proxy;
+import java.net.ProxySelector;
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.Driver;
@@ -33,8 +38,10 @@
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.authentication.UserPasswordAuthentication;
 import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.client.ArrowFlightSqlClientHandler;
@@ -768,4 +775,39 @@ public void testResultSetsFromDatabaseMetadataClosedOnConnectionClose() throws E
       assertTrue(resultSets[i].isClosed());
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testJdbcDriverConsultsProxySelectorForTcpConnections() throws Exception {
+    AtomicBoolean consulted = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    ProxySelector original = ProxySelector.getDefault();
+    ProxySelector.setDefault(
+        new ProxySelector() {
+          @Override
+          public List<Proxy> select(URI uri) {
+            consulted.set(true);
+            return original.select(uri);
+          }
+
+          @Override
+          public void connectFailed(URI uri, SocketAddress sa, IOException e) {}
+        });
+
+    try {
+      final Properties properties = new Properties();
+      properties.put(ArrowFlightConnectionProperty.USER.camelName(), userTest);
+      properties.put(ArrowFlightConnectionProperty.PASSWORD.camelName(), passTest);
+      properties.put("useEncryption", false);
+
+      DriverManager.getConnection(
+              "jdbc:arrow-flight-sql://localhost:" + FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_EXTENSION.getPort(),
+              properties)
+          .close();
+
+      assertTrue(
+          consulted.get(),
+          "JDBC driver must consult ProxySelector so JVM proxy settings are respected");
+    } finally {
+      ProxySelector.setDefault(original);
+    }
+  }
 }