diff --git a/src/datasets/utils/file_utils.py b/src/datasets/utils/file_utils.py
index de227967f85..9bd2a1c3928 100644
--- a/src/datasets/utils/file_utils.py
+++ b/src/datasets/utils/file_utils.py
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ def readline(f: io.RawIOBase):
     "pickle",
     "rel",
     "xml",
+    "arrow",
 ]
 COMPRESSION_EXTENSION_TO_PROTOCOL = {
     # single file compression