diff --git a/libs/hbb_common/.gitignore b/libs/hbb_common/.gitignore
index b1cf151e3..693699042 100644
--- a/libs/hbb_common/.gitignore
+++ b/libs/hbb_common/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 /target
 **/*.rs.bk
 Cargo.lock
-src/protos/
diff --git a/libs/hbb_common/build.rs b/libs/hbb_common/build.rs
index 225ec34c7..bff0cfafc 100644
--- a/libs/hbb_common/build.rs
+++ b/libs/hbb_common/build.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 fn main() {
-    std::fs::create_dir_all("src/protos").unwrap();
+    let out_dir = format!("{}/protos", std::env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
+
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&out_dir).unwrap();
+    
     protobuf_codegen::Codegen::new()
         .pure()
-        .out_dir("src/protos")
+        .out_dir(out_dir)
         .inputs(&["protos/rendezvous.proto", "protos/message.proto"])
         .include("protos")
         .customize(
diff --git a/libs/hbb_common/src/protos/mod.rs b/libs/hbb_common/src/protos/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c001c58fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/hbb_common/src/protos/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/protos/mod.rs"));
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