diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
index 2ce613c78534..81e5763aa3eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH=@loader_path/../lib" # needed for tools executables
   ] ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.isx86_64) "-DARROW_USE_SIMD=OFF"
-  ++ lib.optional enableS3 "-DAWSSDK_CORE_HEADER_FILE=${aws-sdk-cpp}/include/aws/core/Aws.h";
+  ++ lib.optional enableS3 "-DAWSSDK_CORE_HEADER_FILE=${aws-sdk-cpp}/include/aws/core/Aws.h"
+  ++ lib.optionals enableGcs [ "-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17" ];
 
   doInstallCheck = true;
   ARROW_TEST_DATA = lib.optionalString doInstallCheck "${arrow-testing}/data";