QuickLinks -- Click here to rapidly navigate through this document

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

        We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statements No. 333-133898 and No. 333-112932 on Form S-8, and Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-150244 on Form S-3, of our report relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. and subsidiaries (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to a going concern uncertainty) dated March 2, 2012, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2011.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Honolulu, Hawaii
March 2, 2012

QuickLinks

Exhibit 23.1