2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index f2848fdfc8..bcb75af032 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ grpc_cc_library(
 grpc_cc_library(
     name = "grpc++_config_proto",
     external_deps = [
-        "protobuf",
+        "protobuf_headers",
     ],
     language = "c++",
     public_hdrs = [
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 907cef1fca..5f87d68a2f 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ bind(
 )
 
 bind(
+    name = "protobuf_headers",
+    actual = "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_headers",
+)
+
+bind(
     name = "protocol_compiler",
     actual = "@com_google_protobuf//:protoc",
 )