diff --git a/msvc-deps/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt b/msvc-deps/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bf67a47e6255ce3f84a273d9bc8af33aacd88e1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/msvc-deps/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+add_subdirectory(libprotobuf)
+add_subdirectory(libprotoc)
+add_subdirectory(protoc)
\ No newline at end of file