diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 08b420b3..dee5cafa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Add `with_` methods to `{Array,Group}MetadataOptions`
 - Add `zarr_v2_to_v3` example
 - Add `{Array,Group}::to_v3()`
+- Add `ShardingCodecBuilder::build_arc()`
 
 ### Changed
 - Bump `unsafe_cell_slice` to 0.2.0
diff --git a/zarrs/src/array/codec/array_to_bytes/sharding/sharding_codec_builder.rs b/zarrs/src/array/codec/array_to_bytes/sharding/sharding_codec_builder.rs
index 6c065094..db37d6e8 100644
--- a/zarrs/src/array/codec/array_to_bytes/sharding/sharding_codec_builder.rs
+++ b/zarrs/src/array/codec/array_to_bytes/sharding/sharding_codec_builder.rs
@@ -127,4 +127,10 @@ impl ShardingCodecBuilder {
             self.index_location,
         )
     }
+
+    /// Build into an [`Arc<ShardingCodec>`].
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn build_arc(&self) -> Arc<ShardingCodec> {
+        Arc::new(self.build())
+    }
 }