diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/filesystem/util_internal.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/filesystem/util_internal.cc
index 1ca5af27fc895..13f43d45db6c1 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/filesystem/util_internal.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/filesystem/util_internal.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "arrow/filesystem/util_internal.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <cerrno>
 
 #include "arrow/buffer.h"