diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index b6aff24075..6d1f40cf84 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3000,6 +3000,9 @@ libm17n.so.0 m17n-lib-1.7.0_1
 libprotobuf-lite.so.18 libprotobuf18-lite-3.7.1_3
 libprotoc.so.18 libprotoc18-3.7.0_1
 libprotobuf.so.18 libprotobuf18-3.7.0_1
+libprotobuf-lite.so.22 libprotobuf22-lite-3.11.2_1
+libprotoc.so.22 libprotoc22-3.11.2_1
+libprotobuf.so.22 libprotobuf22-3.11.2_1
 libsombok.so.3 sombok-2.4.0_1
 libdeviceclient.so.0 pragha-1.3.3_1
 libguile-srfi-srfi-1-v-3.so.3 guile1.8-1.8.8_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libprotobuf22 b/srcpkgs/libprotobuf22
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..779a5a300b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libprotobuf22
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+protobuf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libprotobuf22-lite b/srcpkgs/libprotobuf22-lite
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..779a5a300b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libprotobuf22-lite
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+protobuf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libprotoc-devel b/srcpkgs/libprotoc-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..779a5a300b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libprotoc-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+protobuf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libprotoc22 b/srcpkgs/libprotoc22
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..779a5a300b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libprotoc22
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+protobuf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/protobuf-devel b/srcpkgs/protobuf-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..779a5a300b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/protobuf-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+protobuf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/protobuf-lite b/srcpkgs/protobuf-lite
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..779a5a300b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/protobuf-lite
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+protobuf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/protobuf/template b/srcpkgs/protobuf/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..581207dfa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/protobuf/template
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# Template file for 'protobuf'
+pkgname=protobuf
+version=3.11.4
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake libtool"
+makedepends="zlib-devel"
+short_desc="Protocol buffers compiler"
+maintainer="Michael Aldridge <maldridge@voidlinux.org>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/protobuf/master/CHANGES.txt"
+distfiles="https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=a79d19dcdf9139fa4b81206e318e33d245c4c9da1ffed21c87288ed4380426f9
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	# needs host protoc
+	hostmakedepends+=" protobuf"
+	configure_args+=" --with-protoc=/usr/bin/protoc"
+fi
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	armv[56]*|mips*|ppc|ppc-musl)
+		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+		LDFLAGS+=" -latomic"
+		;;
+esac
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+do_configure() {
+	# configure doesn't set proper linker flags when discovering pthread
+	PTHREAD_LIBS="-pthread" PTHREAD_CFLAGS="-pthread" ./configure ${configure_args}
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+libprotobuf22_package() {
+	short_desc="Protocol buffers C++ library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/libprotobuf.so.*"
+		vlicense LICENSE
+	}
+}
+
+libprotobuf22-lite_package() {
+	short_desc="Protocol buffers C++ library (lite version)"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so.*"
+		vlicense LICENSE
+	}
+}
+
+libprotoc22_package() {
+	short_desc="Protocol buffers compiler library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/libprotoc*.so.*"
+		vlicense LICENSE
+	}
+}
+
+libprotoc-devel_package() {
+	depends="libprotoc22-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc="Protocol buffers compiler library - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/libprotoc.a
+		vmove usr/lib/libprotoc.so
+		vmove usr/include/google/protobuf/compiler
+	}
+}
+
+protobuf-devel_package() {
+	depends="zlib-devel
+	 libprotobuf22-${version}_${revision}
+	 libprotobuf22-lite-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc="Protocol buffers C++ library - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/libprotobuf.a
+		vmove usr/lib/libprotobuf-lite.a
+		vmove usr/lib/libprotobuf.so
+		vmove usr/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}
+
+protobuf-lite_package() {
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="Protocol buffers C++ library (lite version)"
+	depends="libprotobuf22-lite-${version}_${revision}"
+	archs=noarch
+}