diff --git a/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake b/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
index 04f93629d07..ff3617aff1f 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
@@ -4405,6 +4405,41 @@ if(ARROW_BUILD_STATIC)
      AND NOT WIN32)
     arrow_append_pc_system_library("libxml-2.0" ARROW_LIBXML2_PC "-lxml2")
   endif()
+  if(ARROW_GCS
+     AND google_cloud_cpp_storage_SOURCE STREQUAL "BUNDLED"
+     AND absl_SOURCE STREQUAL "SYSTEM")
+    # Bundled google-cloud-cpp needs system Abseil for static linking.
+    # Abseil .pc files include indirect link dependencies that -labsl_* flags omit
+    find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
+    if(PkgConfig_FOUND)
+      foreach(ARROW_GCS_ABSL_PC_PACKAGE
+              absl_base
+              absl_cord
+              absl_crc32c
+              absl_memory
+              absl_optional
+              absl_span
+              absl_str_format
+              absl_strings
+              absl_time
+              absl_variant)
+        pkg_check_modules(ARROW_GCS_${ARROW_GCS_ABSL_PC_PACKAGE}_PC
+                          ${ARROW_GCS_ABSL_PC_PACKAGE}
+                          NO_CMAKE_PATH
+                          NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
+                          QUIET)
+        if(ARROW_GCS_${ARROW_GCS_ABSL_PC_PACKAGE}_PC_FOUND)
+          string(APPEND ARROW_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE " ${ARROW_GCS_ABSL_PC_PACKAGE}")
+        else()
+          message(STATUS "No .pc for ${ARROW_GCS_ABSL_PC_PACKAGE}; "
+                         "static pkg-config metadata may be incomplete. Consider CMake")
+        endif()
+      endforeach()
+    else()
+      message(STATUS "PkgConfig not available. Skipping Abseil dependencies from arrow.pc"
+      )
+    endif()
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/src/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
index 36edf50ba94..2582f033f38 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ if(ARROW_GCS)
     list(APPEND ARROW_STATIC_INSTALL_INTERFACE_LIBS google-cloud-cpp::storage)
   elseif(google_cloud_cpp_storage_SOURCE STREQUAL "BUNDLED")
     list(APPEND ARROW_STATIC_INSTALL_INTERFACE_LIBS CURL::libcurl)
+    if(absl_SOURCE STREQUAL "SYSTEM")
+      # Bundled google-cloud-cpp with system Abseil needs these for static consumers.
+      list(APPEND
+           ARROW_STATIC_INSTALL_INTERFACE_LIBS
+           absl::base
+           absl::cord
+           absl::crc32c
+           absl::memory
+           absl::optional
+           absl::span
+           absl::str_format
+           absl::strings
+           absl::time
+           absl::variant)
+    endif()
   endif()
 endif()