diff --git a/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm b/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm
index 8991fc8c57..e525a55fc6 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, 2019 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Vinicius Monego <monego@posteo.net>
@@ -302,6 +302,26 @@ (define-public python-protobuf-3.6
         (base32
          "04bqb12smlckzmgkj6vgmpbr3cby0n6726cmz33bqr7kn1vb728l"))))))
 
+(define-public python-proto-plus
+  (package
+    (name "python-proto-plus")
+    (version "1.20.3")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (pypi-uri "proto-plus" version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "1raad9qnmfva94nm33k40bcwrckgljbfky5pdwh4xhg6r5dj52zj"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (propagated-inputs (list python-protobuf))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/googleapis/proto-plus-python.git")
+    (synopsis "Pythonic protocol buffers")
+    (description "This is a wrapper around protocol buffers.  Protocol buffers
+is a specification format for APIs, such as those inside Google.  This library
+provides protocol buffer message classes and objects that largely behave like
+native Python types.")
+    (license license:asl2.0)))
+
 (define-public emacs-protobuf-mode
   (package
     (name "emacs-protobuf-mode")