diff --git a/default.xml b/default.xml
index 65963e1019c85c23e5cf80a0c80435b64a55c2fc..32de4fd70436f66e552641f50778f7ab5ab6c27d 100644
--- a/default.xml
+++ b/default.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     <linkfile src="root.bp" dest="Android.bp" />
     <linkfile src="bootstrap.bash" dest="bootstrap.bash" />
   </project>
+  <project path="external/golang-protobuf" name="platform/external/golang-protobuf" />
   <project path="prebuilts/build-tools" name="platform/prebuilts/build-tools" clone-depth="1" />
   <project path="prebuilts/clang-tools" name="platform/prebuilts/clang-tools" clone-depth="3" />