diff --git a/depends/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt b/depends/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
index f14a444ba..0544f5d35 100644
--- a/depends/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/depends/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -213,14 +213,14 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 ADD_LIBRARY(protobuf SHARED ${LIBPROTOBUF_FULL_SRCS} ${LIBPROTOBUF_FULL_HDRS})
 IDE_FOLDER(protobuf "Depends")
-#ADD_LIBRARY(protobuf-lite SHARED ${LIBPROTOBUF_LITE_SRCS} ${LIBPROTOBUF_LITE_HDRS})
-#IDE_FOLDER(protobuf-lite "Depends")
+ADD_LIBRARY(protobuf-lite SHARED ${LIBPROTOBUF_LITE_SRCS} ${LIBPROTOBUF_LITE_HDRS})
+IDE_FOLDER(protobuf-lite "Depends")
 
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(protobuf PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS LIBPROTOBUF_EXPORTS)
-#SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(protobuf-lite PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS LIBPROTOBUF_EXPORTS)
+SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(protobuf-lite PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS LIBPROTOBUF_EXPORTS)
 
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(protobuf ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
-#TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(protobuf-lite ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(protobuf-lite ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 
 #install(TARGETS protobuf-lite
         #LIBRARY DESTINATION ${DFHACK_LIBRARY_DESTINATION}
diff --git a/library/CMakeLists.txt b/library/CMakeLists.txt
index ac8c10814..e0ad3606b 100644
--- a/library/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/library/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -290,10 +290,10 @@ IF(APPLE)
     SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(dfhack PROPERTIES SOVERSION 1.0.0)
 ENDIF()
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(dfhack protobuf clsocket lua ${PROJECT_LIBS})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(dfhack protobuf-lite clsocket lua ${PROJECT_LIBS})
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(dfhack PROPERTIES LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES "")
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(dfhack-client protobuf clsocket)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(dfhack-client protobuf-lite clsocket)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(dfhack-run dfhack-client)
 
 if(APPLE)
diff --git a/plugins/mapexport/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/mapexport/CMakeLists.txt
index 370c32c48..429507a77 100644
--- a/plugins/mapexport/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/mapexport/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ DEPENDS protoc-bin ${PROJECT_PROTOS}
 )
 
 IF(WIN32)
-    DFHACK_PLUGIN(mapexport ${PROJECT_SRCS} ${PROJECT_HDRS} LINK_LIBRARIES protobuf)
+    DFHACK_PLUGIN(mapexport ${PROJECT_SRCS} ${PROJECT_HDRS} LINK_LIBRARIES protobuf-lite)
 ELSE()
-    DFHACK_PLUGIN(mapexport ${PROJECT_SRCS} ${PROJECT_HDRS} LINK_LIBRARIES protobuf)
+    DFHACK_PLUGIN(mapexport ${PROJECT_SRCS} ${PROJECT_HDRS} LINK_LIBRARIES protobuf-lite)
 ENDIF()