diff --git a/Cross.toml b/Cross.toml
index f4997803..7e6ac32d 100644
--- a/Cross.toml
+++ b/Cross.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,14 @@ passthrough = [
     "LIBSOXR_STATIC",
     "OPENSSL_STATIC"
 ]
+
+[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+pre-build = ["apt-get update && apt-get install protobuf-compiler"]
+[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-musl]
+pre-build = ["apt-get update && apt-get install protobuf-compiler"]
+[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+pre-build = ["apt-get update && apt-get install protobuf-compiler"]
+[target.x86_64-apple-darwin]
+pre-build = ["apt-get update && apt-get install protobuf-compiler"]
+[target.aarch64-apple-darwin]
+pre-build = ["apt-get update && apt-get install protobuf-compiler"]
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