diff --git a/protobuf/pom.xml b/protobuf/pom.xml
index b9b975eb9..b8f030e39 100644
--- a/protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ abstractions.
 	<groupId>org.moditect</groupId>
 	<artifactId>moditect-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.karaf.tooling</groupId>
+        <artifactId>karaf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
    </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/protobuf/src/main/feature/feature.xml b/protobuf/src/main/feature/feature.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a72f00be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protobuf/src/main/feature/feature.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<features xmlns="http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.6.0" name="${project.artifactId}">
+    <repository>mvn:com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/${jackson.version.databind}/xml/features</repository>
+    <feature name="${project.artifactId}">
+        <feature>jackson-databind</feature>
+    </feature>
+</features>