diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fa30c5fa0bd6..7e765c2ec7a9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ option(VELOX_ENABLE_GCS "Build GCS Connector" OFF)
 option(VELOX_ENABLE_ABFS "Build Abfs Connector" OFF)
 option(VELOX_ENABLE_HDFS "Build Hdfs Connector" OFF)
 option(VELOX_ENABLE_PARQUET "Enable Parquet support" OFF)
-option(VELOX_ENABLE_ARROW "Enable Arrow support" OFF)
+option(VELOX_ENABLE_ARROW "Enable Arrow support" ON)
 option(VELOX_ENABLE_REMOTE_FUNCTIONS "Enable remote function support" OFF)
 option(VELOX_ENABLE_CCACHE "Use ccache if installed." ON)