diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/meson.build b/cpp/src/arrow/meson.build
index c7490a8e888f..c176c24d1bba 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/meson.build
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/meson.build
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ arrow_components = {
             'compute/kernels/vector_selection_filter_internal.cc',
             'compute/kernels/vector_selection_internal.cc',
             'compute/kernels/vector_selection_take_internal.cc',
+            'compute/kernels/vector_swizzle.cc',
         ],
     },
     'arrow_io': {
@@ -471,7 +472,6 @@ if needs_compute
         'compute/kernels/vector_select_k.cc',
         'compute/kernels/vector_sort.cc',
         'compute/kernels/vector_statistics.cc',
-        'compute/kernels/vector_swizzle.cc',
         'compute/key_hash_internal.cc',
         'compute/key_map_internal.cc',
         'compute/light_array_internal.cc',