diff --git a/protocols/p4runtime/ctl/BUILD b/protocols/p4runtime/ctl/BUILD
index 9418b80..d6c0c7a 100644
--- a/protocols/p4runtime/ctl/BUILD
+++ b/protocols/p4runtime/ctl/BUILD
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_java",
     "//protocols/grpc:grpc-core-repkg",
     "@io_grpc_grpc_java//netty",
+    "@io_grpc_grpc_java//protobuf-lite",
     "@io_grpc_grpc_java//stub",
     "@com_google_api_grpc_proto_google_common_protos//jar",
 ]