diff --git a/arrow-array/src/scalar.rs b/arrow-array/src/scalar.rs
index f2a696a8f329..52f726993166 100644
--- a/arrow-array/src/scalar.rs
+++ b/arrow-array/src/scalar.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ use crate::Array;
 /// let r = eq(&a, &b).unwrap();
 /// let values: Vec<_> = r.values().iter().collect();
 /// assert_eq!(values, &[true, false, false, false, false]);
-pub trait Datum {
+pub trait Datum: Send + Sync {
     /// Returns the value for this [`Datum`] and a boolean indicating if the value is scalar
     fn get(&self) -> (&dyn Array, bool);
 }
@@ -144,3 +144,6 @@ impl<T: Array> Datum for Scalar<T> {
         (&self.0, true)
     }
 }
+
+unsafe impl<T: Array> Send for Scalar<T> {}
+unsafe impl<T: Array> Sync for Scalar<T> {}