diff --git a/ci/scripts/go_build.sh b/ci/scripts/go_build.sh
index 94f75e501ea0b..3f8323f5c27c8 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/go_build.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/go_build.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ set -ex
 
 source_dir=${1}/go
 
+export GOFLAGS="${GOFLAGS} -gcflags=-d=checkptr"
+
 pushd ${source_dir}/arrow
 
 if [[ -n "${ARROW_GO_TESTCGO}" ]]; then
diff --git a/ci/scripts/go_cgo_python_test.sh b/ci/scripts/go_cgo_python_test.sh
index 5f2032fba92f4..e1941b924235a 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/go_cgo_python_test.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/go_cgo_python_test.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ set -ex
 
 source_dir=${1}/go
 
+export GOFLAGS="${GOFLAGS} -gcflags=-d=checkptr"
+
 pushd ${source_dir}/arrow/cdata/test
 
 case "$(uname)" in