diff --git a/bindings/python/pymongoarrow/builders.pyi b/bindings/python/pymongoarrow/builders.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef1eb83a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/pymongoarrow/builders.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+# Copyright 2021-present MongoDB, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+
+# Cython compiler directives
+# distutils: language=c++
+# cython: language_level=3
+
+cdef class _BuilderBase:
+    def append_values(self, values):
+        for value in values:
+            self.append(value)
+
+    @property
+    def null_count(self):
+        return self.builder.get().null_count()
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return self.builder.get().length()
+
+
+cdef class Int32Builder(_BuilderBase):
+    cdef:
+        shared_ptr[CInt32Builder] builder
+
+    def __cinit__(self, MemoryPool memory_pool=None):
+        cdef CMemoryPool* pool = maybe_unbox_memory_pool(memory_pool)
+        self.builder.reset(new CInt32Builder(pool))
+
+    def append(self, value):
+        if value is None or value is np.nan:
+            self.builder.get().AppendNull()
+        elif isinstance(value, int):
+            self.builder.get().Append(value)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError('Int32Builder only accepts integer objects')
+
+    def finish(self):
+        cdef shared_ptr[CArray] out
+        with nogil:
+            self.builder.get().Finish(&out)
+        return pyarrow_wrap_array(out)
+
+    cdef shared_ptr[CInt32Builder] unwrap(self):
+        return self.builder
+
+
+cdef class Int64Builder(_BuilderBase):
+    cdef:
+        shared_ptr[CInt64Builder] builder
+
+    def __cinit__(self, MemoryPool memory_pool=None):
+        cdef CMemoryPool* pool = maybe_unbox_memory_pool(memory_pool)
+        self.builder.reset(new CInt64Builder(pool))
+
+    def append(self, value):
+        if value is None or value is np.nan:
+            self.builder.get().AppendNull()
+        elif isinstance(value, int):
+            self.builder.get().Append(value)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError('Int64Builder only accepts integer objects')
+
+    def finish(self):
+        cdef shared_ptr[CArray] out
+        with nogil:
+            self.builder.get().Finish(&out)
+        return pyarrow_wrap_array(out)
+
+    cdef shared_ptr[CInt64Builder] unwrap(self):
+        return self.builder
+
+
+cdef class DoubleBuilder(_BuilderBase):
+    cdef:
+        shared_ptr[CDoubleBuilder] builder
+
+    def __cinit__(self, MemoryPool memory_pool=None):
+        cdef CMemoryPool* pool = maybe_unbox_memory_pool(memory_pool)
+        self.builder.reset(new CDoubleBuilder(pool))
+
+    def append(self, value):
+        if value is None or value is np.nan:
+            self.builder.get().AppendNull()
+        elif isinstance(value, (int, float)):
+            self.builder.get().Append(value)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError('DoubleBuilder only accepts floats and ints')
+
+    def finish(self):
+        cdef shared_ptr[CArray] out
+        with nogil:
+            self.builder.get().Finish(&out)
+        return pyarrow_wrap_array(out)
+
+    cdef shared_ptr[CDoubleBuilder] unwrap(self):
+        return self.builder
+
+
+cdef class DatetimeBuilder(_BuilderBase):
+    cdef:
+        shared_ptr[CTimestampBuilder] builder
+        TimestampType dtype
+
+    def __cinit__(self, TimestampType dtype=timestamp('ms'),
+                  MemoryPool memory_pool=None):
+        cdef CMemoryPool* pool = maybe_unbox_memory_pool(memory_pool)
+        if dtype in (timestamp('us'), timestamp('ns')):
+            raise ValueError("Microsecond resolution temporal type is not "
+                             "suitable for use with MongoDB's UTC datetime "
+                             "type which has resolution of milliseconds.")
+        self.dtype = dtype
+        self.builder.reset(new CTimestampBuilder(
+            pyarrow_unwrap_data_type(self.dtype), pool))
+
+    def append(self, value):
+        if value is None or value is np.nan:
+            self.builder.get().AppendNull()
+        elif isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
+            self.builder.get().Append(
+                datetime_to_int64(value, self.dtype))
+        else:
+            raise TypeError('TimestampBuilder only accepts datetime objects')
+
+    def finish(self):
+        cdef shared_ptr[CArray] out
+        with nogil:
+            self.builder.get().Finish(&out)
+        return pyarrow_wrap_array(out)
+
+    @property
+    def unit(self):
+        return self.dtype
+
+    cdef shared_ptr[CTimestampBuilder] unwrap(self):
+        return self.builder
diff --git a/bindings/python/pymongoarrow/lib.pyx b/bindings/python/pymongoarrow/lib.pyx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56c7a690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/pymongoarrow/lib.pyx
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Copyright 2021-present MongoDB, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+
+# Cython compiler directives
+# distutils: language=c++
+# cython: language_level=3
+
+# Stdlib imports
+import datetime
+
+# Python imports
+import numpy as np
+from pyarrow import timestamp
+
+# Cython imports
+from pyarrow.lib cimport *
+
+
+# Utilities
+include "utils.pyi"
+
+# Builders
+include "builders.pyi"
diff --git a/bindings/python/pymongoarrow/utils.pyi b/bindings/python/pymongoarrow/utils.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a07a7bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/pymongoarrow/utils.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Copyright 2021-present MongoDB, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+
+def datetime_to_int64(dtm, data_type):
+    # TODO: rewrite as a cdef which directly accesses data_type as a CTimestampType instance
+    # TODO: make this function aware of datatype.timezone()
+    total_seconds = int((dtm - datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1)).total_seconds())
+    total_microseconds = int(total_seconds) * 10**6 + dtm.microsecond
+
+    if data_type.unit == 's':
+        factor = 1.
+    elif data_type.unit == 'ms':
+        factor = 10. ** 3
+    elif data_type.unit == 'us':
+        factor = 10. ** 6
+    elif data_type.unit == 'ns':
+        factor = 10. ** 9
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('Unsupported timestamp unit {}'.format(
+            data_type.unit))
+
+    int64_t = int(total_microseconds * factor / (10. ** 6))
+    return int64_t
diff --git a/bindings/python/setup.py b/bindings/python/setup.py
index 06fbc478..473a1902 100644
--- a/bindings/python/setup.py
+++ b/bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 import os
 
+import numpy as np
+import pyarrow as pa
+
 
 def get_pymongoarrow_version():
     """Single source the version."""
@@ -15,11 +18,23 @@ def get_pymongoarrow_version():
 
 
 def get_extension_modules():
-    modules = cythonize(['pymongoarrow/*.pyx',
-                         'pymongoarrow/libbson/*.pyx'])
-    for module in modules:
+    arrow_modules = cythonize(['pymongoarrow/*.pyx'])
+    libbson_modules = cythonize(['pymongoarrow/libbson/*.pyx'])
+
+    for module in libbson_modules:
         module.libraries.append('bson-1.0')
-    return modules
+
+    for module in arrow_modules:
+        module.include_dirs.append(np.get_include())
+        module.include_dirs.append(pa.get_include())
+        module.libraries.extend(pa.get_libraries())
+        module.library_dirs.extend(pa.get_library_dirs())
+
+        # https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/extending.html#example
+        if os.name == 'posix':
+            module.extra_compile_args.append('-std=c++11')
+
+    return arrow_modules + libbson_modules
 
 
 setup(
@@ -27,4 +42,5 @@ def get_extension_modules():
     version=get_pymongoarrow_version(),
     packages=find_packages(),
     ext_modules=get_extension_modules(),
-    setup_requires=['cython >= 0.29'])
+    install_requires=['pyarrow >= 3', 'pymongo >= 3.11,<4'],
+    setup_requires=['cython >= 0.29', 'pyarrow >= 3', 'numpy >= 1.16.6'])
diff --git a/bindings/python/test/__init__.py b/bindings/python/test/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..880e7f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/test/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Copyright 2021-present MongoDB, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
diff --git a/bindings/python/test/test_builders.py b/bindings/python/test/test_builders.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43c16af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/test/test_builders.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Copyright 2021-present MongoDB, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from pyarrow import Array, timestamp, int32, int64
+
+from pymongoarrow.lib import (
+    DatetimeBuilder, DoubleBuilder, Int32Builder, Int64Builder)
+
+
+class TestIntBuildersMixin:
+    def test_simple(self):
+        builder = self.builder_cls()
+        builder.append(0)
+        builder.append_values([1, 2, 3, 4])
+        builder.append(None)
+        arr = builder.finish()
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(arr, Array)
+        self.assertEqual(arr.null_count, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(arr), 6)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            arr.to_pylist(), [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, None])
+        self.assertEqual(arr.type, self.data_type)
+
+
+class TestInt32Builder(TestCase, TestIntBuildersMixin):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.builder_cls = Int32Builder
+        self.data_type = int32()
+
+
+class TestInt64Builder(TestCase, TestIntBuildersMixin):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.builder_cls = Int64Builder
+        self.data_type = int64()
+
+
+class TestDate64Builder(TestCase):
+    def test_default_unit(self):
+        # Check default unit
+        builder = DatetimeBuilder()
+        self.assertEqual(builder.unit, timestamp('ms'))
+
+    def _test_simple(self, tstamp_units, kwarg_name):
+        builder = DatetimeBuilder(dtype=timestamp(tstamp_units))
+        datetimes = [datetime(1970, 1, 1) + timedelta(**{kwarg_name: k*100})
+                     for k in range(5)]
+        builder.append(datetimes[0])
+        builder.append_values(datetimes[1:])
+        builder.append(None)
+        arr = builder.finish()
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(arr, Array)
+        self.assertEqual(arr.null_count, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(arr), len(datetimes) + 1)
+        self.assertEqual(arr.to_pylist(), datetimes + [None])
+        self.assertEqual(arr.type, timestamp(tstamp_units))
+
+    def test_simple(self):
+        # milliseconds
+        self._test_simple('ms', 'milliseconds')
+        # seconds
+        self._test_simple('s', 'seconds')
+
+    def test_unsupported_units(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            DatetimeBuilder(dtype=timestamp('us'))
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            DatetimeBuilder(dtype=timestamp('ns'))
+
+
+class TestDoubleBuilder(TestCase):
+    def test_simple(self):
+        builder = DoubleBuilder()
+        builder.append(0.123)
+        builder.append_values([1.234, 2.345, 3.456, 4.567])
+        builder.append(None)
+        arr = builder.finish()
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(arr, Array)
+        self.assertEqual(arr.null_count, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(arr), 6)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            arr.to_pylist(), [0.123, 1.234, 2.345, 3.456, 4.567, None])