diff --git a/cmds/statsd/Android.bp b/cmds/statsd/Android.bp
index 19fa64073183c..7244e747d0b13 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/Android.bp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/Android.bp
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ cc_test {
     ],
 
     srcs: [
+        // atom_field_options.proto needs field_options.proto, but that is
+        // not included in libprotobuf-cpp-lite, so compile it here.
+        ":libprotobuf-internal-protos",
+
         "src/atom_field_options.proto",
         "src/atoms.proto",
         "src/stats_log.proto",
@@ -262,11 +266,11 @@ cc_test {
     ],
 
     proto: {
-        type: "full",
+        type: "lite",
         include_dirs: ["external/protobuf/src"],
     },
 
-    shared_libs: ["libprotobuf-cpp-full"],
+    shared_libs: ["libprotobuf-cpp-lite"],
 
 }
 
@@ -279,6 +283,10 @@ cc_benchmark {
     defaults: ["statsd_defaults"],
 
     srcs: [
+        // atom_field_options.proto needs field_options.proto, but that is
+        // not included in libprotobuf-cpp-lite, so compile it here.
+        ":libprotobuf-internal-protos",
+
         "src/atom_field_options.proto",
         "src/atoms.proto",
         "src/stats_log.proto",
@@ -293,7 +301,7 @@ cc_benchmark {
     ],
 
     proto: {
-        type: "full",
+        type: "lite",
         include_dirs: ["external/protobuf/src"],
     },
 
@@ -315,7 +323,7 @@ cc_benchmark {
     shared_libs: [
         "libgtest_prod",
         "libstatslog",
-        "libprotobuf-cpp-full",
+        "libprotobuf-cpp-lite",
     ],
 }