diff --git a/ci_scripts/packages.txt b/ci_scripts/packages.txt
index d3507bce..2fd7653d 100644
--- a/ci_scripts/packages.txt
+++ b/ci_scripts/packages.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ pandas
 pillow
 polars-runtime-32
 polars-runtime-64
+protobuf
 psutil
 PyNaCl
 pyuwsgi
diff --git a/docs/packages/protobuf.yaml b/docs/packages/protobuf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9aa06ddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/packages/protobuf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package-name: protobuf
+source-code: https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf
+license: BSD-3-Clause
+versions:
+  - version: 7.35.1
+    comment: >
+      Unlike upstream, we build the riscv64 bdist from an sdist using
+      cibuildwheel, allowing us to circumvent a large Bazel build.