diff --git a/recipes-core/images/perifirmware-buildenv-image.bb b/recipes-core/images/perifirmware-buildenv-image.bb
index a8d05f7..72d5aa2 100644
--- a/recipes-core/images/perifirmware-buildenv-image.bb
+++ b/recipes-core/images/perifirmware-buildenv-image.bb
@@ -32,9 +32,16 @@ CR4_CROSS_TOOLS = " \
      gcc-arm-none-eabi \
 "
 
+API_TOOLS = " \
+    protoc \
+    protoc-dev \
+    protoc-gen-doc \
+"
+
 IMAGE_INSTALL += " \
     ${BASE_TOOLS} \
     ${POSIX_TOOLS} \
     ${CR4_CROSS_TOOLS} \
+    ${API_TOOLS} \
 "