diff --git a/matlab/tools/cmake/BuildMatlabArrowInterface.cmake b/matlab/tools/cmake/BuildMatlabArrowInterface.cmake
index a1e4e2f9f9b54..2f85b4b2ea2e1 100644
--- a/matlab/tools/cmake/BuildMatlabArrowInterface.cmake
+++ b/matlab/tools/cmake/BuildMatlabArrowInterface.cmake
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ set(MATLAB_ARROW_LIBMEXCLASS_CLIENT_PROXY_SOURCES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cpp/a
                                                   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/index/validate.cc"
                                                   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/buffer/proxy/buffer.cc"
                                                   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/c/proxy/array_c_struct.cc"
-                                                  "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/c/proxy/schema_c_struct.cc")
+                                                  "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/c/proxy/schema_c_struct.cc"
+                                                  "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/c/proxy/array_importer.cc")
 
 
 set(MATLAB_ARROW_LIBMEXCLASS_CLIENT_PROXY_FACTORY_INCLUDE_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/proxy")