diff --git a/cmds/statsd/Android.bp b/cmds/statsd/Android.bp
index 6df0a8e14f6a..9d839d6a615c 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/Android.bp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/Android.bp
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ cc_test {
     ],
 
     srcs: [
+        // atom_field_options.proto needs field_options.proto, but that is
+        // not included in libprotobuf-cpp-lite, so compile it here.
+        ":libprotobuf-internal-protos",
+
         "src/atom_field_options.proto",
         "src/atoms.proto",
         "src/stats_log.proto",
@@ -270,11 +274,11 @@ cc_test {
     ],
 
     proto: {
-        type: "full",
+        type: "lite",
         include_dirs: ["external/protobuf/src"],
     },
 
-    shared_libs: ["libprotobuf-cpp-full"],
+    shared_libs: ["libprotobuf-cpp-lite"],
 
 }
 
@@ -287,6 +291,10 @@ cc_benchmark {
     defaults: ["statsd_defaults"],
 
     srcs: [
+        // atom_field_options.proto needs field_options.proto, but that is
+        // not included in libprotobuf-cpp-lite, so compile it here.
+        ":libprotobuf-internal-protos",
+
         "src/atom_field_options.proto",
         "src/atoms.proto",
         "src/stats_log.proto",
@@ -301,7 +309,7 @@ cc_benchmark {
     ],
 
     proto: {
-        type: "full",
+        type: "lite",
         include_dirs: ["external/protobuf/src"],
     },
 
@@ -323,7 +331,7 @@ cc_benchmark {
     shared_libs: [
         "libgtest_prod",
         "libstatslog",
-        "libprotobuf-cpp-full",
+        "libprotobuf-cpp-lite",
     ],
 }