diff --git a/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile b/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile
index 026868db12b164c9010d8c627233e787f434e8a4..2aa837f764e963dd9c13e3895f27f016101a1532 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile
+++ b/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
 platform :ios, '8.0'
 
+pod 'Protobuf', :path => "../../../third_party/protobuf"
 pod 'gRPC', :path => "../../.."
 pod 'RemoteTest', :path => "../generated_libraries/RemoteTestClient"
 pod 'RouteGuide', :path => "../generated_libraries/RouteGuideClient"