diff --git a/android/proto.go b/android/proto.go
index 8ad16a6a3..25cecf411 100644
--- a/android/proto.go
+++ b/android/proto.go
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
 package android
 
 import (
-	"android/soong/bazel"
 	"strings"
 
+	"android/soong/bazel"
+
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
 )
@@ -161,6 +162,13 @@ type Bp2buildProtoInfo struct {
 type protoAttrs struct {
 	Srcs                bazel.LabelListAttribute
 	Strip_import_prefix *string
+	Deps                bazel.LabelListAttribute
+}
+
+// For each package in the include_dirs property a proto_library target should
+// be added to the BUILD file in that package and a mapping should be added here
+var includeDirsToProtoDeps = map[string]string{
+	"external/protobuf/src": "//external/protobuf:libprotobuf-proto",
 }
 
 // Bp2buildProtoProperties converts proto properties, creating a proto_library and returning the
@@ -191,6 +199,14 @@ func Bp2buildProtoProperties(ctx Bp2buildMutatorContext, m *ModuleBase, srcs baz
 					path := ""
 					attrs.Strip_import_prefix = &path
 				}
+
+				for _, dir := range props.Proto.Include_dirs {
+					if dep, ok := includeDirsToProtoDeps[dir]; ok {
+						attrs.Deps.Add(bazel.MakeLabelAttribute(dep))
+					} else {
+						ctx.PropertyErrorf("Could not find the proto_library target for include dir", dir)
+					}
+				}
 			} else if props.Proto.Type != info.Type && props.Proto.Type != nil {
 				ctx.ModuleErrorf("Cannot handle arch-variant types for protos at this time.")
 			}
diff --git a/bp2build/cc_library_conversion_test.go b/bp2build/cc_library_conversion_test.go
index 5117c625e..a21a5665b 100644
--- a/bp2build/cc_library_conversion_test.go
+++ b/bp2build/cc_library_conversion_test.go
@@ -2217,6 +2217,50 @@ func TestCcLibraryProtoExportHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestCcLibraryProtoIncludeDirs(t *testing.T) {
+	runCcLibraryTestCase(t, Bp2buildTestCase{
+		ModuleTypeUnderTest:        "cc_library",
+		ModuleTypeUnderTestFactory: cc.LibraryFactory,
+		Blueprint: soongCcProtoPreamble + `cc_library {
+	name: "foo",
+	srcs: ["foo.proto"],
+	proto: {
+		include_dirs: ["external/protobuf/src"],
+	},
+	include_build_directory: false,
+}`,
+		ExpectedBazelTargets: []string{
+			MakeBazelTarget("proto_library", "foo_proto", AttrNameToString{
+				"srcs": `["foo.proto"]`,
+				"deps": `["//external/protobuf:libprotobuf-proto"]`,
+			}), MakeBazelTarget("cc_lite_proto_library", "foo_cc_proto_lite", AttrNameToString{
+				"deps": `[":foo_proto"]`,
+			}), MakeBazelTarget("cc_library_static", "foo_bp2build_cc_library_static", AttrNameToString{
+				"deps":                              `[":libprotobuf-cpp-lite"]`,
+				"implementation_whole_archive_deps": `[":foo_cc_proto_lite"]`,
+			}), MakeBazelTarget("cc_library_shared", "foo", AttrNameToString{
+				"dynamic_deps": `[":libprotobuf-cpp-lite"]`,
+			}),
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestCcLibraryProtoIncludeDirsUnknown(t *testing.T) {
+	runCcLibraryTestCase(t, Bp2buildTestCase{
+		ModuleTypeUnderTest:        "cc_library",
+		ModuleTypeUnderTestFactory: cc.LibraryFactory,
+		Blueprint: soongCcProtoPreamble + `cc_library {
+	name: "foo",
+	srcs: ["foo.proto"],
+	proto: {
+		include_dirs: ["external/protobuf/abc"],
+	},
+	include_build_directory: false,
+}`,
+		ExpectedErr: fmt.Errorf("module \"foo\": Could not find the proto_library target for include dir: external/protobuf/abc"),
+	})
+}
+
 func TestCcLibraryProtoFilegroups(t *testing.T) {
 	runCcLibraryTestCase(t, Bp2buildTestCase{
 		ModuleTypeUnderTest:        "cc_library",