diff --git a/dev-java/netty-codec/netty-codec-4.0.36.ebuild b/dev-java/netty-codec/netty-codec-4.0.36.ebuild
index ae06affab69e8..447b8bcc347b5 100644
--- a/dev-java/netty-codec/netty-codec-4.0.36.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/netty-codec/netty-codec-4.0.36.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ DEPEND=">=virtual/jdk-1.7
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${MY_P}.Final/${PN/${MY_PN}-}"
 JAVA_SRC_DIR="src/main/java"
-JAVA_GENTOO_CLASSPATH="${MY_PN}-buffer,${MY_PN}-common,${MY_PN}-transport,jboss-marshalling,jzlib-1.1.3,protobuf"
+JAVA_GENTOO_CLASSPATH="${MY_PN}-buffer,${MY_PN}-common,${MY_PN}-transport,jboss-marshalling,jzlib-1.1.3,protobuf-java"
 
 src_test() {
 	cd src/test/java || die