diff --git a/ci/docker/linux-apt-python-3.dockerfile b/ci/docker/linux-apt-python-3.dockerfile
index d4e4dec36ab02..829c32e96b1ac 100644
--- a/ci/docker/linux-apt-python-3.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/linux-apt-python-3.dockerfile
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ ENV ARROW_ACERO=ON \
     ARROW_CSV=ON \
     ARROW_DATASET=ON \
     ARROW_FILESYSTEM=ON \
+    ARROW_GDB=ON \
     ARROW_HDFS=ON \
     ARROW_JSON=ON \
     ARROW_USE_GLOG=OFF