diff --git a/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm b/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm
index c4e52fbaf6..b30461e153 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Daniel Pimentel <d4n1@d4n1.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
-;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -210,6 +210,18 @@ (define-public python-protobuf
 (define-public python2-protobuf
   (package-with-python2 python-protobuf))
 
+(define-public python-protobuf-next
+  (package (inherit python-protobuf)
+    (name "python-protobuf")
+    (version (package-version protobuf-next) )
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (pypi-uri "protobuf" version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "04bqb12smlckzmgkj6vgmpbr3cby0n6726cmz33bqr7kn1vb728l"))))))
+
 (define-public emacs-protobuf-mode
   (package
     (name "emacs-protobuf-mode")