diff --git a/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/Podfile b/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/Podfile
index 7b5941eef79..3611b00863c 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/Podfile
+++ b/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/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 => "../RemoteTestClient"