diff --git a/include/LightGBM/arrow.h b/include/LightGBM/arrow.h
index 75511e17e72a..767da12a9809 100644
--- a/include/LightGBM/arrow.h
+++ b/include/LightGBM/arrow.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 /* -------------------------------------- C DATA INTERFACE ------------------------------------- */
 // The C data interface is taken from