diff --git a/Aptfile b/Aptfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4efb98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Aptfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+protobuf-compiler
+libprotobuf-dev
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index 6c4294c..049f63a 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
   },
   "buildpacks": [
     {
+      "url": "https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-apt"
+    },
+    {
       "url": "heroku/nodejs"
     },
     {