diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f036c220..f84dd835 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ option(HICTK_ENABLE_FUZZY_TESTING "Build fuzzy tests" OFF)
 option(HICTK_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples" OFF)
 option(HICTK_BUILD_BENCHMARKS "Build benchmarks" OFF)
 option(HICTK_WITH_ARROW "Build with arrow support" ON)
+option(HICTK_WITH_PYARROW_UNSAFE "Build with arrow support but link to libarrow_python instead of libarrow" OFF)
 option(HICTK_WITH_ARROW_SHARED "Force dynamic linking to Arrow libs" OFF)
 option(HICTK_WITH_EIGEN "Build with Eigen3 support" ON)
 option(HICTK_BUILD_TOOLS "Build cli tools" ON)
@@ -163,14 +164,19 @@ if(HICTK_WITH_EIGEN)
   target_compile_definitions(hictk_project_options INTERFACE HICTK_WITH_EIGEN)
 endif()
 
-if(HICTK_WITH_ARROW)
-  target_compile_definitions(hictk_project_options INTERFACE HICTK_WITH_ARROW)
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  set(HICTK_WITH_ARROW_SHARED ON CACHE BOOL "Force dynamic linking to Arrow libs" FORCE)
 endif()
 
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+if(HICTK_WITH_PYARROW_UNSAFE)
+  set(HICTK_WITH_ARROW ON CACHE BOOL "Build with arrow support" FORCE)
   set(HICTK_WITH_ARROW_SHARED ON CACHE BOOL "Force dynamic linking to Arrow libs" FORCE)
 endif()
 
+if(HICTK_WITH_ARROW)
+  target_compile_definitions(hictk_project_options INTERFACE HICTK_WITH_ARROW)
+endif()
+
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
 if(HICTK_ENABLE_TESTING)
diff --git a/src/libhictk/transformers/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libhictk/transformers/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d834fd0..347f523e 100644
--- a/src/libhictk/transformers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libhictk/transformers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 if(HICTK_WITH_ARROW)
-  find_package(Arrow REQUIRED QUIET)
+  if(HICTK_WITH_PYARROW_UNSAFE)
+    find_package(Pyarrow REQUIRED QUIET)
+  else()
+    find_package(Arrow REQUIRED QUIET)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 find_package(spdlog REQUIRED QUIET)
@@ -33,8 +37,12 @@ target_link_libraries(
 
 target_link_system_libraries(transformers INTERFACE spdlog::spdlog_header_only)
 
-if(HICTK_WITH_ARROW_SHARED)
-  target_link_system_libraries(transformers INTERFACE "$<$<BOOL:${HICTK_WITH_ARROW}>:Arrow::arrow_shared>")
+if(HICTK_WITH_PYARROW_UNSAFE)
+  target_link_system_libraries(transformers INTERFACE Arrow::python)
 else()
-  target_link_system_libraries(transformers INTERFACE "$<$<BOOL:${HICTK_WITH_ARROW}>:Arrow::arrow_static>")
+  if(HICTK_WITH_ARROW_SHARED)
+    target_link_system_libraries(transformers INTERFACE "$<$<BOOL:${HICTK_WITH_ARROW}>:Arrow::arrow_shared>")
+  else()
+    target_link_system_libraries(transformers INTERFACE "$<$<BOOL:${HICTK_WITH_ARROW}>:Arrow::arrow_static>")
+  endif()
 endif()