diff --git a/dev-java/protobuf-java/protobuf-java-3.15.8.ebuild b/dev-java/protobuf-java/protobuf-java-3.15.8.ebuild
index 43afd81f28ccd..dd91ba9be92ae 100644
--- a/dev-java/protobuf-java/protobuf-java-3.15.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/protobuf-java/protobuf-java-3.15.8.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="7"
+
 JAVA_PKG_IUSE="doc source"
+MAVEN_ID="com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.15.8"
 
 inherit java-pkg-2 java-pkg-simple