diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 7059f0027f451..145441181f63f 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -506,6 +506,38 @@
             </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
+
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.xolstice.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>protobuf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>0.6.1</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <protocArtifact>com.google.protobuf:protoc:${dep.protobuf.version}:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</protocArtifact>
+            <pluginId>grpc-java</pluginId>
+            <pluginArtifact>io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:${dep.grpc.version}:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</pluginArtifact>
+          </configuration>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>proto-compile</id>
+              <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+              <configuration>
+                <protoSourceRoot>${basedir}/../format/</protoSourceRoot>
+              </configuration>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>compile</goal>
+                <goal>compile-custom</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+            <execution>
+              <id>proto-test-compile</id>
+              <phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>test-compile</goal>
+                <goal>test-compile-custom</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>