diff --git a/python/python.go b/python/python.go
index 3c3c396..ad08909 100644
--- a/python/python.go
+++ b/python/python.go
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@
 }
 
 func (p *Module) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+	android.ProtoDeps(ctx, &p.protoProperties)
+
 	if p.hasSrcExt(ctx, protoExt) && p.Name() != "libprotobuf-python" {
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, pythonLibTag, "libprotobuf-python")
 	}