diff --git a/src/proto/grpc/testing/BUILD b/src/proto/grpc/testing/BUILD
index 7c49fe2472a..b8e9a22ab39 100644
--- a/src/proto/grpc/testing/BUILD
+++ b/src/proto/grpc/testing/BUILD
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ load("//bazel:grpc_build_system.bzl", "grpc_proto_library", "grpc_package")
 
 grpc_package(name = "testing", visibility = "public")
 
+exports_files([
+    "echo.proto",
+    "echo_messages.proto",
+])
+
 grpc_proto_library(
     name = "compiler_test_proto",
     srcs = ["compiler_test.proto"],
diff --git a/test/cpp/util/BUILD b/test/cpp/util/BUILD
index 19e15b1adf2..af25fca185a 100644
--- a/test/cpp/util/BUILD
+++ b/test/cpp/util/BUILD
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ grpc_cc_test(
     srcs = [
         "grpc_tool_test.cc",
     ],
+    data = [
+        "//src/proto/grpc/testing:echo.proto",
+        "//src/proto/grpc/testing:echo_messages.proto"
+    ],       
     deps = [
         ":grpc_cli_libs",
 	":test_util",
diff --git a/test/cpp/util/grpc_tool_test.cc b/test/cpp/util/grpc_tool_test.cc
index 0b599f4eeb1..135cfdc1f3f 100644
--- a/test/cpp/util/grpc_tool_test.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/util/grpc_tool_test.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <grpc/grpc.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#include "src/core/lib/gpr/env.h"
 #include "src/proto/grpc/testing/echo.grpc.pb.h"
 #include "src/proto/grpc/testing/echo.pb.h"
 #include "test/core/util/port.h"
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ DECLARE_bool(l);
 DECLARE_bool(batch);
 DECLARE_string(metadata);
 DECLARE_string(protofiles);
+DECLARE_string(proto_path);
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -707,6 +709,10 @@ TEST_F(GrpcToolTest, CallCommandWithBadMetadata) {
   const char* argv[] = {"grpc_cli", "call", "localhost:10000", "Echo",
                         "message: 'Hello'"};
   FLAGS_protofiles = "src/proto/grpc/testing/echo.proto";
+  char* test_srcdir = gpr_getenv("TEST_SRCDIR");
+  if (test_srcdir != nullptr) {
+    FLAGS_proto_path = test_srcdir + std::string("/com_github_grpc_grpc");
+  }
 
   {
     std::stringstream output_stream;