diff --git a/cpp/src/codegen/arrow_compute/ext/sort_kernel.cc b/cpp/src/codegen/arrow_compute/ext/sort_kernel.cc
index 112f062f8..2edac5a16 100644
--- a/cpp/src/codegen/arrow_compute/ext/sort_kernel.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/codegen/arrow_compute/ext/sort_kernel.cc
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ class SortArraysToIndicesKernel::Impl {
 //#include "third_party/ska_sort.hpp"
 //#include "third_party/timsort.hpp"
 return R"(
+#include "precompile/libwscg.hpp"
 using namespace sparkcolumnarplugin::precompile;
 
 class TypedSorterImpl : public CodeGenBase {