diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b5b9fa2..f55b5b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -390,6 +390,15 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autotools"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aef8da1805e028a172334c3b680f93e71126f2327622faef2ec3d893c0a4ad77"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
 version = "0.6.18"
@@ -1702,6 +1711,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "enum-iterator",
  "prost",
  "prost-types",
+ "protobuf-src",
  "serde",
  "solana-account-decoder",
  "solana-sdk",
@@ -2340,6 +2350,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
 ]
 
+[[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"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ea79c6c..af1da3c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ lru = "0.12.0"
 once_cell = "1.17.1"
 prost = "0.12.1"
 prost-types = "0.12.1"
+protobuf-src = "1.1.0"
 rand = "0.8"
 serde = "1.0.160"
 serde_derive = "1.0.160"
diff --git a/proto/Cargo.toml b/proto/Cargo.toml
index de973f1..1ab3b55 100644
--- a/proto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proto/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ solana-transaction-status = { workspace = true }
 tonic = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
+protobuf-src = { workspace = true }
 tonic-build = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/proto/build.rs b/proto/build.rs
index dada299..76e4cc6 100644
--- a/proto/build.rs
+++ b/proto/build.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 use tonic_build::configure;
 
 fn main() {
+    const PROTOC_ENVAR: &str = "PROTOC";
+    if std::env::var(PROTOC_ENVAR).is_err() {
+        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        std::env::set_var(PROTOC_ENVAR, protobuf_src::protoc());
+    }
+
     configure()
         .type_attribute(
             "TransactionErrorType",