diff --git a/arrow/array/fixed_size_list_test.go b/arrow/array/fixed_size_list_test.go
index 6326d9c20..b6b7dbd11 100644
--- a/arrow/array/fixed_size_list_test.go
+++ b/arrow/array/fixed_size_list_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/apache/arrow-go/v18/arrow/array"
 	"github.com/apache/arrow-go/v18/arrow/memory"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestFixedSizeListArray(t *testing.T) {
@@ -92,6 +93,49 @@ func TestFixedSizeListArrayEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestZeroSizeFixedSizeListArray(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, element := range []arrow.DataType{arrow.Null, arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Int64, arrow.ListOf(arrow.BinaryTypes.String)} {
+		t.Run(element.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
+			pool := memory.NewCheckedAllocator(memory.DefaultAllocator)
+			defer pool.AssertSize(t, 0)
+			builder := array.NewFixedSizeListBuilder(pool, 0, element)
+			defer builder.Release()
+
+			empty := builder.NewListArray()
+			defer empty.Release()
+			require.NoError(t, empty.Validate())
+			require.NoError(t, empty.ValidateFull())
+			assert.Zero(t, empty.Len())
+			assert.Zero(t, empty.ListValues().Len())
+
+			builder.AppendEmptyValue()
+			builder.AppendNull()
+			builder.AppendNulls(2)
+			builder.AppendEmptyValues(2)
+			arr := builder.NewListArray()
+			defer arr.Release()
+			require.NoError(t, arr.Validate())
+			require.NoError(t, arr.ValidateFull())
+			assert.Equal(t, 6, arr.Len())
+			assert.Equal(t, 3, arr.NullN())
+			assert.Zero(t, arr.ListValues().Len())
+			encoded, err := arr.MarshalJSON()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.JSONEq(t, `[[], null, null, null, [], []]`, string(encoded))
+
+			sliced := array.NewSlice(arr, 1, 5).(*array.FixedSizeList)
+			defer sliced.Release()
+			require.NoError(t, sliced.ValidateFull())
+			assert.Equal(t, 4, sliced.Len())
+			assert.Equal(t, 3, sliced.NullN())
+			assert.Zero(t, sliced.ListValues().Len())
+			start, end := sliced.ValueOffsets(3)
+			assert.Zero(t, start)
+			assert.Zero(t, end)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestFixedSizeListArrayBulkAppend(t *testing.T) {
 	pool := memory.NewCheckedAllocator(memory.NewGoAllocator())
 	defer pool.AssertSize(t, 0)
diff --git a/arrow/array/validate.go b/arrow/array/validate.go
index 2a50412af..c1605d44f 100644
--- a/arrow/array/validate.go
+++ b/arrow/array/validate.go
@@ -403,10 +403,10 @@ func validateFixedSizeListArray(a *FixedSizeList) error {
 	}
 	childLength := int64(a.data.offset) + int64(a.data.length)
 	itemCount := int64(dt.Len())
-	if itemCount <= 0 {
+	if itemCount < 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("arrow/array: fixed-size list has invalid item count %d", itemCount)
 	}
-	if childLength > int64(a.data.childData[0].Len())/itemCount {
+	if itemCount > 0 && childLength > int64(a.data.childData[0].Len())/itemCount {
 		return fmt.Errorf("arrow/array: fixed-size list child length %d is too small for offset %d and length %d",
 			a.data.childData[0].Len(), a.data.offset, a.data.length)
 	}
diff --git a/arrow/cdata/cdata.go b/arrow/cdata/cdata.go
index 161440e42..de17b0edb 100644
--- a/arrow/cdata/cdata.go
+++ b/arrow/cdata/cdata.go
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ func importSchema(schema *CArrowSchema) (ret arrow.Field, err error) {
 			if err != nil {
 				return ret, fmt.Errorf("%w: invalid fixed-size list format %q: %v", arrow.ErrInvalid, f, err)
 			}
-			if listSize <= 0 || int64(listSize) > 1<<31-1 {
-				return ret, fmt.Errorf("%w: fixed-size list size must be in the range [1, %d]: %d", arrow.ErrInvalid, 1<<31-1, listSize)
+			if listSize < 0 || int64(listSize) > 1<<31-1 {
+				return ret, fmt.Errorf("%w: fixed-size list size must be in the range [0, %d]: %d", arrow.ErrInvalid, 1<<31-1, listSize)
 			}
 
 			dt = arrow.FixedSizeListOfField(int32(listSize), childFields[0])
diff --git a/arrow/cdata/cdata_test.go b/arrow/cdata/cdata_test.go
index 164a837a8..dcc2851fb 100644
--- a/arrow/cdata/cdata_test.go
+++ b/arrow/cdata/cdata_test.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func TestImportSchemaRejectsMalformedFormats(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestImportSchemaRejectsInvalidNestedFormats(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, format := range []string{"+vx", "+vlx", "+vLx", "+lx", "+Lx", "+w:0", "+w:-1", "+w:2147483648"} {
+	for _, format := range []string{"+vx", "+vlx", "+vLx", "+lx", "+Lx", "+w:-1", "+w:2147483648"} {
 		t.Run(format, func(t *testing.T) {
 			schemas := testNested([]string{format, "i"}, []string{"", "item"}, []bool{true})
 			defer freeMallocedSchemas(schemas)
@@ -1074,6 +1074,38 @@ func TestEmptyListExport(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, out.children)
 }
 
+func TestZeroSizeFixedSizeListRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, element := range []arrow.DataType{arrow.Null, arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Int64, arrow.ListOf(arrow.BinaryTypes.String)} {
+		t.Run(element.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
+			allocator := memory.NewCheckedAllocator(memory.DefaultAllocator)
+			defer allocator.AssertSize(t, 0)
+			builder := array.NewFixedSizeListBuilder(allocator, 0, element)
+			defer builder.Release()
+			builder.AppendEmptyValue()
+			builder.AppendNull()
+			builder.AppendEmptyValues(2)
+			original := builder.NewListArray()
+			defer original.Release()
+			require.NoError(t, original.ValidateFull())
+			sliced := array.NewSlice(original, 1, 4)
+			defer sliced.Release()
+			var data CArrowArray
+			var schema CArrowSchema
+			ExportArrowArray(sliced, &data, &schema)
+			defer ReleaseCArrowArray(&data)
+			defer ReleaseCArrowSchema(&schema)
+			_, imported, err := ImportCArray(&data, &schema)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer imported.Release()
+			require.NoError(t, imported.(*array.FixedSizeList).ValidateFull())
+			assert.True(t, array.Equal(sliced, imported))
+			assert.Equal(t, 3, imported.Len())
+			assert.Equal(t, 1, imported.NullN())
+			assert.EqualValues(t, 0, imported.DataType().(*arrow.FixedSizeListType).Len())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestEmptyDictExport(t *testing.T) {
 	bldr := array.NewBuilder(memory.DefaultAllocator, &arrow.DictionaryType{IndexType: arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Int8, ValueType: arrow.BinaryTypes.String, Ordered: true})
 	defer bldr.Release()
diff --git a/arrow/datatype_nested.go b/arrow/datatype_nested.go
index cf8ca3778..1f104e7e2 100644
--- a/arrow/datatype_nested.go
+++ b/arrow/datatype_nested.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func FixedSizeListOfField(n int32, f Field) *FixedSizeListType {
 	if f.Type == nil {
 		panic("arrow: nil DataType")
 	}
-	if n <= 0 {
+	if n < 0 {
 		panic("arrow: invalid size")
 	}
 	return &FixedSizeListType{n: n, elem: f}
@@ -192,13 +192,13 @@ func FixedSizeListOfField(n int32, f Field) *FixedSizeListType {
 // For example, if t represents int32, FixedSizeListOf(10, t) represents [10]int32.
 //
 // FixedSizeListOf panics if t is nil or invalid.
-// FixedSizeListOf panics if n is <= 0.
+// FixedSizeListOf panics if n is negative.
 // NullableElem defaults to true
 func FixedSizeListOf(n int32, t DataType) *FixedSizeListType {
 	if t == nil {
 		panic("arrow: nil DataType")
 	}
-	if n <= 0 {
+	if n < 0 {
 		panic("arrow: invalid size")
 	}
 	return &FixedSizeListType{n: n, elem: Field{Name: "item", Type: t, Nullable: true}}
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func FixedSizeListOfNonNullable(n int32, t DataType) *FixedSizeListType {
 	if t == nil {
 		panic("arrow: nil DataType")
 	}
-	if n <= 0 {
+	if n < 0 {
 		panic("arrow: invalid size")
 	}
 	return &FixedSizeListType{n: n, elem: Field{Name: "item", Type: t, Nullable: false}}
diff --git a/arrow/datatype_nested_test.go b/arrow/datatype_nested_test.go
index 1845d171c..3af1d40ee 100644
--- a/arrow/datatype_nested_test.go
+++ b/arrow/datatype_nested_test.go
@@ -81,6 +81,20 @@ func TestListOf(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestZeroSizeFixedSizeListType(t *testing.T) {
+	field := Field{Name: "values", Type: Null, Nullable: true}
+	for _, dt := range []*FixedSizeListType{
+		FixedSizeListOf(0, Null), FixedSizeListOfField(0, field), FixedSizeListOfNonNullable(0, Null),
+	} {
+		assert.Zero(t, dt.Len())
+		assert.Equal(t, Null, dt.Elem())
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, field, FixedSizeListOfField(0, field).ElemField())
+	assert.Panics(t, func() { FixedSizeListOf(-1, Null) })
+	assert.Panics(t, func() { FixedSizeListOfField(-1, field) })
+	assert.Panics(t, func() { FixedSizeListOfNonNullable(-1, Null) })
+}
+
 func TestStructOf(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		fields []Field
diff --git a/arrow/ipc/ipc_test.go b/arrow/ipc/ipc_test.go
index f1f310bd0..dd6352268 100644
--- a/arrow/ipc/ipc_test.go
+++ b/arrow/ipc/ipc_test.go
@@ -747,6 +747,42 @@ func TestArrowBinaryIPCWriterTruncatedVOffsets(t *testing.T) {
 	require.False(t, reader.Next())
 }
 
+func TestZeroSizeFixedSizeListRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, element := range []arrow.DataType{arrow.Null, arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Int64, arrow.ListOf(arrow.BinaryTypes.String)} {
+		t.Run(element.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
+			mem := memory.NewCheckedAllocator(memory.DefaultAllocator)
+			defer mem.AssertSize(t, 0)
+			schema := arrow.NewSchema([]arrow.Field{{Name: "lists", Type: arrow.FixedSizeListOf(0, element), Nullable: true}}, nil)
+			builder := array.NewRecordBuilder(mem, schema)
+			defer builder.Release()
+			lists := builder.Field(0).(*array.FixedSizeListBuilder)
+			lists.AppendEmptyValue()
+			lists.AppendNull()
+			lists.AppendEmptyValues(2)
+			record := builder.NewRecordBatch()
+			defer record.Release()
+			sliced := record.NewSlice(1, 4)
+			defer sliced.Release()
+
+			var buf bytes.Buffer
+			writer := ipc.NewWriter(&buf, ipc.WithSchema(schema), ipc.WithAllocator(mem))
+			defer writer.Close()
+			require.NoError(t, writer.Write(sliced))
+			require.NoError(t, writer.Close())
+
+			reader, err := ipc.NewReader(&buf, ipc.WithAllocator(mem))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer reader.Release()
+			require.True(t, reader.Next())
+			got := reader.RecordBatch()
+			require.NoError(t, got.Column(0).(*array.FixedSizeList).ValidateFull())
+			assert.True(t, array.RecordEqual(sliced, got))
+			require.False(t, reader.Next())
+			require.NoError(t, reader.Err())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRecordBatchCustomMetadataRoundtrip(t *testing.T) {
 	mem := memory.NewGoAllocator()
 	schema := arrow.NewSchema(