diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_protoc/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_protoc/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0e405655718349c36711a4708dc2dd82b845def5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_protoc/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+# distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+# Docker file for building protoc and gRPC protoc plugin artifacts.
+# forked from https://github.com/google/protobuf/blob/master/protoc-artifacts/Dockerfile
+
+FROM centos:6.6
+
+RUN yum install -y git \
+                   tar \
+                   wget \
+                   make \
+                   autoconf \
+                   curl-devel \
+                   unzip \
+                   automake \
+                   libtool \
+                   glibc-static.i686 \
+                   glibc-devel \
+                   glibc-devel.i686
+
+# Install Java 8
+RUN wget -q --no-cookies --no-check-certificate \
+    --header "Cookie: gpw_e24=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oracle.com%2F; oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" "http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u45-b14/jdk-8u45-linux-x64.tar.gz" \
+    -O - | tar xz -C /var/local
+ENV JAVA_HOME /var/local/jdk1.8.0_45
+ENV PATH $JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+
+# Install Maven
+RUN wget -q http://apache.cs.utah.edu/maven/maven-3/3.3.3/binaries/apache-maven-3.3.3-bin.tar.gz -O - | \
+    tar xz -C /var/local
+ENV PATH /var/local/apache-maven-3.3.3/bin:$PATH
+
+# Install GCC 4.7 to support -static-libstdc++
+RUN wget http://people.centos.org/tru/devtools-1.1/devtools-1.1.repo -P /etc/yum.repos.d
+RUN bash -c 'echo "enabled=1" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/devtools-1.1.repo'
+RUN bash -c "sed -e 's/\$basearch/i386/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/devtools-1.1.repo > /etc/yum.repos.d/devtools-i386-1.1.repo"
+RUN sed -e 's/testing-/testing-i386-/g' -i /etc/yum.repos.d/devtools-i386-1.1.repo
+RUN yum install -y devtoolset-1.1 \
+                   devtoolset-1.1-libstdc++-devel \
+                   devtoolset-1.1-libstdc++-devel.i686
+
+# Start in devtoolset environment that uses GCC 4.7
+CMD ["scl", "enable", "devtoolset-1.1", "bash"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/artifact_targets.py b/tools/run_tests/artifact_targets.py
index 9cd02c5e432e0a517e74478f5c2f49c7588c620c..3933564273d06e39b470a29803d75cd4b0855648 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/artifact_targets.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/artifact_targets.py
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ def macos_arch_env(arch):
     raise Exception('Unsupported arch')
   return {'CFLAGS': arch_arg, 'LDFLAGS': arch_arg}
 
+_MACOS_COMPAT_FLAG = '-mmacosx-version-min=10.7'
+
+_ARCH_FLAG_MAP = {
+  'x86': '-m32',
+  'x64': '-m64'
+}
 
 class PythonArtifact:
   """Builds Python artifacts."""
@@ -190,6 +196,7 @@ class CSharpExtArtifact:
   def __str__(self):
     return self.name
 
+
 node_gyp_arch_map = {
   'x86': 'ia32',
   'x64': 'x64'
@@ -226,6 +233,43 @@ class NodeExtArtifact:
                                self.gyp_arch])
 
 
+class ProtocArtifact:
+  """Builds protoc and protoc-plugin artifacts"""
+
+  def __init__(self, platform, arch):
+    self.name = 'protoc_%s_%s' % (platform, arch)
+    self.platform = platform
+    self.arch = arch
+    self.labels = ['artifact', 'protoc', platform, arch]
+
+  def pre_build_jobspecs(self):
+      return []
+
+  def build_jobspec(self):
+    if self.platform != 'windows':
+      cxxflags = '-DNDEBUG %s' % _ARCH_FLAG_MAP[self.arch]
+      ldflags = ' -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -s %s' % _ARCH_FLAG_MAP[self.arch]
+      environ={'CONFIG': 'opt',
+               'CXXFLAGS': cxxflags,
+               'LDFLAGS': ldflags,
+               'PROTOBUF_LDFLAGS_EXTRA': ldflags}
+      if self.platform == 'linux':
+        return create_docker_jobspec(self.name,
+            'tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_protoc',
+            'tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.sh',
+            environ=environ)
+      else:
+        environ['CXXFLAGS'] += ' %s' % _MACOS_COMPAT_FLAG
+        return create_jobspec(self.name,
+            ['tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.sh'],
+            environ=environ)
+    else:
+      raise Exception('Not yet supported')
+
+  def __str__(self):
+    return self.name
+
+
 def targets():
   """Gets list of supported targets"""
   return ([Cls(platform, arch)
@@ -237,4 +281,8 @@ def targets():
            PythonArtifact('macos', 'x64'),
            RubyArtifact('linux', 'x86'),
            RubyArtifact('linux', 'x64'),
-           RubyArtifact('macos', 'x64')])
+           RubyArtifact('macos', 'x64'),
+           ProtocArtifact('linux', 'x86'),
+           ProtocArtifact('linux', 'x64'),
+           ProtocArtifact('macos', 'x86'),
+           ProtocArtifact('macos', 'x64')])
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.sh b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..161d3a84d6edd81e8aaea1aac055ca381d81f0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+# distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+# Use devtoolset environment that has GCC 4.7 before set -ex
+source scl_source enable devtoolset-1.1
+
+set -ex
+
+cd $(dirname $0)/../..
+
+make plugins
+
+mkdir -p artifacts
+cp bins/opt/protobuf/protoc bins/opt/*_plugin artifacts/