diff --git a/modules/lang/protobuf/autoload.el b/modules/lang/protobuf/autoload.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..850f7c800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang/protobuf/autoload.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;;; tools/protobuf/autoload.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;;;###autoload
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.proto\\'" . protobuf-mode))
diff --git a/modules/lang/protobuf/packages.el b/modules/lang/protobuf/packages.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..445c6ecd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang/protobuf/packages.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
+;;; tools/protobuf/packages.el
+
+(package! protobuf-mode)