diff --git a/apex/sdkextensions/derive_sdk/Android.bp b/apex/sdkextensions/derive_sdk/Android.bp
index 6e21581f94ee5..cf49902d9978d 100644
--- a/apex/sdkextensions/derive_sdk/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/sdkextensions/derive_sdk/Android.bp
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ cc_defaults {
     ],
     proto: {
         type: "lite",
-        static: true,
     },
     sdk_version: "current",
     stl: "c++_static",
     shared_libs: [ "liblog" ],
     static_libs: [
         "libbase_ndk",
+        "libprotobuf-cpp-lite-ndk",
     ],
 }