diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 719c2964f..2a0a681bf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2043,6 +2043,7 @@ if((NOT Protobuf_FOUND) OR (NOT Protobuf_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE) OR (${Protobuf_VERSI
                 BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-${GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION}/lib/${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES}protobuf${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
                     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-${GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION}/bin/protoc
             )
+            set(PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-${GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION}/bin/protoc")
         endif()
     else()
         if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux|kFreeBSD|GNU")
@@ -2143,7 +2144,9 @@ if((NOT Protobuf_FOUND) OR (NOT Protobuf_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE) OR (${Protobuf_VERSI
         INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-${GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION}/include"
         INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-${GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION}/lib/${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES}protobuf${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
     )
-
+    if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.10)
+        set(Protobuf_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE})
+    endif()
     if(${Protobuf_VERSION} VERSION_LESS ${GNSSSDR_PROTOBUF_MIN_VERSION})
         if(NOT (${Protobuf_VERSION} EQUAL "0.0.0"))
             set_package_properties(Protobuf PROPERTIES