diff --git a/Aptfile b/Aptfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4efb985f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Aptfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+protobuf-compiler
+libprotobuf-dev
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index 6c4294c79..049f63a9e 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
     }
   },
   "buildpacks": [
+    {
+      "url": "https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-apt"
+    },
     {
       "url": "heroku/nodejs"
     },