diff --git a/helpers/make-electrum b/helpers/make-electrum
index 8a101e9b1fad712a55b7c987c0967d5676e1710b..867ae7296a906704315b0ce72f4c3fac4c0fddbf 100644
--- a/helpers/make-electrum
+++ b/helpers/make-electrum
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-#    Copyright (C) 2019 Ruben Rodriguez <ruben@trisquel.info>
+#    Copyright (C) 2021 Ruben Rodriguez <ruben@trisquel.info>
 #
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 VERSION=1
 EXTERNAL='deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main'
 REPOKEY=648ACFD622F3D138
-DEPENDS=aiorpcx,aiohttp-socks
+DEPENDS=aiorpcx,aiohttp-socks,protobuf
 
 . ./config
 
diff --git a/helpers/make-protobuf b/helpers/make-protobuf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9a0d2b4a6533095b802a0fb3b96b42f8b2941528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/make-protobuf
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2019 Ruben Rodriguez <ruben@trisquel.info>
+#
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+#
+
+VERSION=1
+EXTERNAL='deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main'
+REPOKEY=648ACFD622F3D138
+
+. ./config
+
+changelog "Backported from debian testing"
+
+compile