diff --git a/datafusion/sql/src/lib.rs b/datafusion/sql/src/lib.rs
index 956f5e17e26f..c13e0c51475d 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/src/lib.rs
+++ b/datafusion/sql/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 //! [`LogicalPlan`]: datafusion_expr::logical_plan::LogicalPlan
 //! [`Expr`]: datafusion_expr::expr::Expr
 
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
 mod cte;
 mod expr;
 pub mod parser;