diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6c952bc..e29aa03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Install Protoc
-        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
-
       - name: Set rust version
         run: |
           source ci/rust-version.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 75c29eb..520bb3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Install Protoc
-        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
-
       - name: Set rust version
         run: |
           source ci/rust-version.sh
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7fcdd77..459070c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -185,6 +185,15 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autotools"
+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c8138adefca3e5d2e73bfba83bd6eeaf904b26a7ac1b4a19892cfe16cc7e1701"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
 version = "0.5.16"
@@ -1896,6 +1905,15 @@ version = "2.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "106dd99e98437432fed6519dedecfade6a06a73bb7b2a1e019fdd2bee5778d94"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "protobuf-src"
+version = "1.1.0+21.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c7ac8852baeb3cc6fb83b93646fb93c0ffe5d14bf138c945ceb4b9948ee0e3c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "autotools",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "qstring"
 version = "0.7.2"
@@ -2408,6 +2426,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "prometheus",
  "prost",
+ "protobuf-src",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "solana-geyser-plugin-interface",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 681b1bb..4d2ba2b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ tonic = { version = "0.8", features = ["gzip"] }
 anyhow = "1"
 cargo-lock = "8"
 git-version = "0.3"
+protobuf-src = "1.1.0"
 tonic-build = "0.8"
 vergen = "=7.2.1"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index c4938c7..4111a67 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ use {
 };
 
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    tonic_build::compile_protos("proto/geyser.proto")?;
+    compile_protos()?;
     generate_env()?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn compile_protos() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    std::env::set_var("PROTOC", protobuf_src::protoc());
+    tonic_build::compile_protos("proto/geyser.proto")?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn generate_env() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     vergen(Config::default())?;