diff --git a/ibis/backends/base/sql/compiler/select_builder.py b/ibis/backends/base/sql/compiler/select_builder.py
index 01a2df46d862..a84dddf27fa2 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/base/sql/compiler/select_builder.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/base/sql/compiler/select_builder.py
@@ -306,6 +306,11 @@ def _collect_PandasInMemoryTable(self, node, toplevel=False):
             self.select_set = [node]
             self.table_set = node
 
+    def _collect_PyArrowInMemoryTable(self, node, toplevel=False):
+        if toplevel:
+            self.select_set = [node]
+            self.table_set = node
+
     def _convert_group_by(self, nodes):
         return list(range(len(nodes)))
 
diff --git a/ibis/backends/pyarrow/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/pyarrow/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2d1..7ebdbfdd2f39 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/pyarrow/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/pyarrow/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+import pyarrow as pa
+
+import ibis.expr.operations as ops
+import ibis.expr.rules as rlz
+import ibis.expr.schema as sch
+from ibis import util
+from ibis.common.grounds import Immutable
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pandas as pd
+
+
+class PyArrowTableProxy(Immutable, util.ToFrame):
+    __slots__ = ('_t', '_hash')
+
+    def __init__(self, t: pa.Table) -> None:
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_t", t)
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_hash", hash((type(t), id(t))))
+
+    def __hash__(self) -> int:
+        return self._hash
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        df_repr = util.indent(repr(self._t), spaces=2)
+        return f"{self.__class__.__name__}:\n{df_repr}"
+
+    def to_frame(self) -> pd.DataFrame:
+        return self._t.to_pandas()
+
+    def to_pyarrow(self, _: sch.Schema) -> pa.Table:
+        return self._t
+
+
+class PyArrowInMemoryTable(ops.InMemoryTable):
+    data = rlz.instance_of(PyArrowTableProxy)
+
+
+@sch.infer.register(pa.Table)
+def infer_pyarrow_table_schema(t: pa.Table, schema=None):
+    import ibis.backends.pyarrow.datatypes  # noqa: F401
+
+    return sch.schema(schema if schema is not None else t.schema)
diff --git a/ibis/backends/pyspark/compiler.py b/ibis/backends/pyspark/compiler.py
index 0f7fab9208ee..e3576c9829ab 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/pyspark/compiler.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/pyspark/compiler.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from ibis.backends.base.df.timecontext import adjust_context
 from ibis.backends.pandas.client import PandasInMemoryTable
 from ibis.backends.pandas.execution import execute
+from ibis.backends.pyarrow import PyArrowInMemoryTable
 from ibis.backends.pyspark.datatypes import spark_dtype
 from ibis.backends.pyspark.timecontext import (
     combine_time_context,
@@ -1862,8 +1863,8 @@ def compile_random(*args, **kwargs):
     return F.rand()
 
 
-@compiles(ops.InMemoryTable)
 @compiles(PandasInMemoryTable)
+@compiles(PyArrowInMemoryTable)
 def compile_in_memory_table(t, op, session, **kwargs):
     fields = [
         pt.StructField(name, spark_dtype(dtype), dtype.nullable)
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/test_generic.py b/ibis/backends/tests/test_generic.py
index 3048f5e3ffd3..85c3430138b8 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/test_generic.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/test_generic.py
@@ -920,6 +920,29 @@ def test_memtable_bool_column(backend, con, monkeypatch):
     backend.assert_series_equal(t.a.execute(), pd.Series([True, False, True], name="a"))
 
 
+@pytest.mark.notimpl(["datafusion"], raises=com.OperationNotDefinedError)
+@pytest.mark.notimpl(["dask", "pandas"], raises=com.UnboundExpressionError)
+@pytest.mark.broken(
+    ["druid"],
+    raises=AssertionError,
+    reason="result contains empty strings instead of None",
+)
+def test_memtable_construct(backend, con, monkeypatch):
+    pa = pytest.importorskip("pyarrow")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ibis.options, "default_backend", con)
+
+    pa_t = pa.Table.from_pydict(
+        {
+            "a": list("abc"),
+            "b": [1, 2, 3],
+            "c": [1.0, 2.0, 3.0],
+            "d": [None, "b", None],
+        }
+    )
+    t = ibis.memtable(pa_t)
+    backend.assert_frame_equal(t.execute(), pa_t.to_pandas())
+
+
 @pytest.mark.notimpl(
     ["dask", "datafusion", "pandas", "polars"],
     raises=NotImplementedError,
diff --git a/ibis/expr/api.py b/ibis/expr/api.py
index ef4c55e92a93..82002f3c0833 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/api.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/api.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import pandas as pd
+    import pyarrow as pa
 
     from ibis.common.typing import SupportsSchema
 
@@ -324,10 +325,10 @@ def memtable(
     Parameters
     ----------
     data
-        Any data accepted by the `pandas.DataFrame` constructor.
+        Any data accepted by the `pandas.DataFrame` constructor or a `pyarrow.Table`.
 
-        The use of `DataFrame` underneath should **not** be relied upon and is
-        free to change across non-major releases.
+        Do not depend on the underlying storage type (e.g., pyarrow.Table), it's subject
+        to change across non-major releases.
     columns
         Optional [`Iterable`][typing.Iterable] of [`str`][str] column names.
     schema
@@ -393,6 +394,15 @@ def memtable(
             "passing `columns` and schema` is ambiguous; "
             "pass one or the other but not both"
         )
+
+    try:
+        import pyarrow as pa
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        if isinstance(data, pa.Table):
+            return _memtable_from_pyarrow_table(data, name=name, schema=schema)
+
     df = pd.DataFrame(data, columns=columns)
     if df.columns.inferred_type != "string":
         cols = df.columns
@@ -421,6 +431,18 @@ def _memtable_from_dataframe(
     return op.to_expr()
 
 
+def _memtable_from_pyarrow_table(
+    data: pa.Table, *, name: str | None = None, schema: SupportsSchema | None = None
+):
+    from ibis.backends.pyarrow import PyArrowInMemoryTable, PyArrowTableProxy
+
+    return PyArrowInMemoryTable(
+        name=name if name is not None else util.generate_unique_table_name("memtable"),
+        schema=sch.infer(data) if schema is None else schema,
+        data=PyArrowTableProxy(data),
+    ).to_expr()
+
+
 def _deferred_method_call(expr, method_name):
     method = operator.methodcaller(method_name)
     if isinstance(expr, str):