diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/clementine/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/clementine/default.nix
index e665edabd07..b84b4e6aa9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/clementine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/clementine/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ let
   withCD = config.clementine.cd or true;
   withCloud = config.clementine.cloud or true;
 
-  # On the update after all 1.4rc, qt5.15 will be supported.
+  # On the update after all 1.4rc, qt5.15 and protobuf 3.15 will be supported.
   version = "1.4.0rc1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3a7d1d60c6a..8dfaf25fc04 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3264,6 +3264,7 @@ in
   clementine = libsForQt514.callPackage ../applications/audio/clementine {
     gst_plugins =
       with gst_all_1; [ gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav ];
+    protobuf = protobuf3_14;
   };
 
   clementineUnfree = clementine.unfree;