diff --git a/src/core/core_chromium.pri b/src/core/core_chromium.pri
index a846f2fbc..102ec9ace 100644
--- a/src/core/core_chromium.pri
+++ b/src/core/core_chromium.pri
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ isUniversal() {
 # whenever we are cross compiling.
 qtConfig(webengine-embedded-build): DEFINES += QTWEBENGINE_EMBEDDED_SWITCHES
 
+# Prepend Chromium's protobuf include directory to the include paths
+# to ensure we see same protobuf version as chromium.
+# See https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/12150
+CHROMIUM_SRC_DIR = $$QTWEBENGINE_ROOT/$$getChromiumSrcDir()
+INCLUDEPATH = $$CHROMIUM_SRC_DIR/third_party/protobuf/src $$INCLUDEPATH
+
 INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD $$PWD/api
 
 clang_cl {