diff --git a/Dockerfile.chameleon b/Dockerfile.chameleon
index a916134..ea3e53a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.chameleon
+++ b/Dockerfile.chameleon
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@
 MAINTAINER Ali Al-Shabibi <ali.al-shabibi@onlab.us>
 MAINTAINER Nathan Knuth   <nathan.knuth@tibitcom.com>
 
+# Install protoc version 3.0.0; this is not yet the supported
+# version on xenial, so we need to "backport" it
+RUN apt-get install -y zlib1g-dev wget && \
+    wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/protobuf/libprotoc10_3.0.0-7_amd64.deb && \
+    wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/protobuf/libprotobuf-lite10_3.0.0-7_amd64.deb && \
+    wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/protobuf/libprotobuf-dev_3.0.0-7_amd64.deb && \
+    wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/protobuf/libprotobuf10_3.0.0-7_amd64.deb && \
+    wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/protobuf/protobuf-compiler_3.0.0-7_amd64.deb && \
+    dpkg -i *.deb && \
+    protoc --version && \
+    rm -f *.deb
+
 # Bundle app source
 COPY chameleon /chameleon