diff --git a/python/pyarrow/feather.py b/python/pyarrow/feather.py
index 8fe0126ee2349..a0547949c9158 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/feather.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/feather.py
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ def write_feather(df, dest, compression=None, compression_level=None,
         raise
 
 
-def read_feather(source, columns=None, use_threads=True, memory_map=False):
+def read_feather(source, columns=None, use_threads=True,
+                 memory_map=False, **kwargs):
     """
     Read a pandas.DataFrame from Feather format. To read as pyarrow.Table use
     feather.read_table.
@@ -222,6 +223,8 @@ def read_feather(source, columns=None, use_threads=True, memory_map=False):
         reading from Feather format.
     memory_map : boolean, default False
         Use memory mapping when opening file on disk, when source is a str.
+    **kwargs
+        Additional keyword arguments passed on to `pyarrow.Table.to_pandas`.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -230,7 +233,7 @@ def read_feather(source, columns=None, use_threads=True, memory_map=False):
     _check_pandas_version()
     return (read_table(
         source, columns=columns, memory_map=memory_map,
-        use_threads=use_threads).to_pandas(use_threads=use_threads))
+        use_threads=use_threads).to_pandas(use_threads=use_threads, **kwargs))
 
 
 def read_table(source, columns=None, memory_map=False, use_threads=True):
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_feather.py b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_feather.py
index 97696fa6a92f5..fcd9628f76cb6 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_feather.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_feather.py
@@ -838,3 +838,25 @@ def test_preserve_index_pandas(version):
         expected = df
 
     _check_pandas_roundtrip(df, expected, version=version)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.pandas
+def test_feather_datetime_resolution_arrow_to_pandas(tempdir):
+    # ARROW-17192 - ensure timestamp_as_object=True (together with other
+    # **kwargs) can be passed in read_feather to to_pandas.
+
+    from datetime import datetime
+    df = pd.DataFrame({"date": [
+        datetime.fromisoformat("1654-01-01"),
+        datetime.fromisoformat("1920-01-01"), ],
+    })
+    write_feather(df, tempdir / "test_resolution.feather")
+
+    expected_0 = datetime.fromisoformat("1654-01-01")
+    expected_1 = datetime.fromisoformat("1920-01-01")
+
+    result = read_feather(tempdir / "test_resolution.feather",
+                          timestamp_as_object=True)
+
+    assert expected_0 == result['date'][0]
+    assert expected_1 == result['date'][1]