diff --git a/vndk/tools/header-checker/android/build-prebuilts.sh b/vndk/tools/header-checker/android/build-prebuilts.sh
index 16f4c4b15..c4765649f 100755
--- a/vndk/tools/header-checker/android/build-prebuilts.sh
+++ b/vndk/tools/header-checker/android/build-prebuilts.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ SOONG_BINARIES=(
     "header-abi-dumper"
     "header-abi-diff"
     "merge-abi-diff"
+    "proto_metadata_plugin"
     "protoc_extractor"
     "versioner"
 )