diff --git a/apache-arrow b/apache-arrow
index 51e1f6fd24..49f43136c4 100644
--- a/apache-arrow
+++ b/apache-arrow
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ PKG_DIRS="-L$BREWDIR/lib"
 if [ "$VERSION" = "3.0.0" ] || [ "$VERSION" = "2.0.0" ]; then
   PKG_LIBS="$PKG_DIRS $PKG_LIBS"
 fi
-PKG_CFLAGS="-I$BREWDIR/include -DARROW_R_WITH_PARQUET -DARROW_R_WITH_DATASET -DARROW_R_WITH_S3"
+PKG_CFLAGS="-I$BREWDIR/include -DARROW_R_WITH_PARQUET -DARROW_R_WITH_DATASET -DARROW_R_WITH_JSON -DARROW_R_WITH_S3"
 
 # Cleanup
 echo "rm -Rf .deps" >> cleanup