diff --git a/src/builder/struct.ts b/src/builder/struct.ts
index e1beb3d3..64e60637 100644
--- a/src/builder/struct.ts
+++ b/src/builder/struct.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,23 @@ import { Field } from '../schema.js';
 import { Builder } from '../builder.js';
 import { Struct, TypeMap } from '../type.js';
 
+/** @ignore */
+type StructValue<T extends TypeMap = any> = Struct<T>['TValue'] | { [P in keyof T]: T[P]['TValue'] };
+
 /** @ignore */
 export class StructBuilder<T extends TypeMap = any, TNull = any> extends Builder<Struct<T>, TNull> {
-    public setValue(index: number, value: Struct<T>['TValue']) {
+    public append(value: StructValue<T> | TNull) {
+        return this.set(this.length, value as any);
+    }
+
+    public set(index: number, value: StructValue<T> | TNull) {
+        if (this.setValid(index, this.isValid(value as any))) {
+            this.setValue(index, value as StructValue<T>);
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public setValue(index: number, value: StructValue<T>) {
         const { children, type } = this;
         switch (Array.isArray(value) || value.constructor) {
             case true: return type.children.forEach((_, i) => children[i].set(index, value[i]));
diff --git a/test/tsconfig.json b/test/tsconfig.json
index e1ad1388..e612ec4e 100644
--- a/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "ESNext",
     "module": "NodeNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
     "rootDir": "../",
     "allowJs": true,
     "declaration": false,
diff --git a/test/unit/builders/struct-builder-plain-object-tests.ts b/test/unit/builders/struct-builder-plain-object-tests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56774fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/builders/struct-builder-plain-object-tests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+import { makeBuilder, Field, Struct, StructBuilder, TimestampMillisecond, Float64 } from '../../../src/Arrow.js';
+
+interface ValueType {
+  time: TimestampMillisecond;
+  value: Float64;
+}
+
+type Value = {
+  time: number;
+  value: number;
+};
+
+test('StructBuilder accepts plain object and produces correct values', () => {
+  const children = [
+    new Field('time', new TimestampMillisecond()),
+    new Field('value', new Float64()),
+  ];
+  const structType = new Struct<any>(children as any);
+  const builder = makeBuilder({ type: structType, nullValues: [null, undefined] }) as StructBuilder<any, null | undefined>;
+
+  const value: Value = { time: 1_630_000_000_000, value: 42.5 };
+  builder.append(value);
+  const vec = builder.finish().toVector();
+  const row = vec.get(0)! as any;
+
+  expect(row.time).toBe(value.time);
+  expect(row.value).toBeCloseTo(value.value);
+  expect(row.toJSON()).toEqual({ time: value.time, value: value.value });
+});