diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh b/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh
index fc51d5647e19..14df9b14068b 100755
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh
+++ b/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,18 @@ if [ "x${BUILD_PROFILE}" == "xintel" ]; then
     EXTRA_PIP_INSTALL_FLAGS+=" --upgrade --index-strategy=unsafe-first-match"
 fi
 
-installRequirements
\ No newline at end of file
+
+installRequirements
+
+
+# https://github.com/descriptinc/audiotools/issues/101
+# incompatible protobuf versions.
+PYDIR=python3.10
+pyenv="${MY_DIR}/venv/lib/${PYDIR}/site-packages/google/protobuf/internal/"
+
+if [ ! -d ${pyenv} ]; then
+    echo "(parler-tts/install.sh): Error: ${pyenv} does not exist"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/main/python/google/protobuf/internal/builder.py -o ${pyenv}/builder.py