diff --git a/cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 71e4af231c2ac57cab0223fb6790e3f3ff9da1e6..24b3bfff566a467d97ee0c421e1aca249a60da5a 100644
--- a/cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ set(third_party_libs
         zstd
         ${CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR}/lib64/stubs/libnvidia-ml.so
         )
+if (MEGASEARCH_WITH_ARROW STREQUAL "ON")
+    set(third_party_libs ${third_party_libs} arrow)
+endif() 
 
 if (GPU_VERSION STREQUAL "ON")
     link_directories("${CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR}/lib64")