diff --git a/gnu/packages/geo.scm b/gnu/packages/geo.scm
index 58eb11231f..c7026c4e96 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/geo.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/geo.scm
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages pcre)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages protobuf)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-xyz)
   #:use-module (gnu packages sqlite)
@@ -740,29 +741,6 @@ to create databases that are optimized for rendering/tile/map-services.")
                license:bsd-2
                license:bsd-3))))
 
-(define-public protozero
-  (package
-    (name "protozero")
-    (version "1.6.7")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method git-fetch)
-       (uri (git-reference
-             (url "https://github.com/mapbox/protozero.git")
-             (commit (string-append "v" version))))
-       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
-       (sha256
-        (base32 "1ryvn3iwxiaih3mvyy45nbwxnhzfc8vby0xh9m6d6fpakhcpf6s3"))))
-    (build-system cmake-build-system)
-    (home-page "https://github.com/mapbox/protozero")
-    (synopsis "Minimalistic protocol buffer decoder and encoder in C++")
-    (description "Protozero is a minimalistic protocol buffer decoder and
-encoder in C++.  The developer using protozero has to manually translate the
-@file{.proto} description into code.")
-    (license (list
-              license:asl2.0            ; for folly
-              license:bsd-2))))
-
 (define-public libosmium
   (package
     (name "libosmium")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm b/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm
index 028b2f21e1..73169216b4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 (define-module (gnu packages protobuf)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix git-download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system python)
   #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
@@ -160,6 +162,29 @@ generator that converts Protocol Buffer @code{.proto} files to C descriptor
 code.")
     (license license:bsd-2)))
 
+(define-public protozero
+  (package
+    (name "protozero")
+    (version "1.6.7")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method git-fetch)
+       (uri (git-reference
+             (url "https://github.com/mapbox/protozero.git")
+             (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "1ryvn3iwxiaih3mvyy45nbwxnhzfc8vby0xh9m6d6fpakhcpf6s3"))))
+    (build-system cmake-build-system)
+    (home-page "https://github.com/mapbox/protozero")
+    (synopsis "Minimalistic protocol buffer decoder and encoder in C++")
+    (description "Protozero is a minimalistic protocol buffer decoder and
+encoder in C++.  The developer using protozero has to manually translate the
+@file{.proto} description into code.")
+    (license (list
+              license:asl2.0            ; for folly
+              license:bsd-2))))
+
 (define-public python-protobuf
   (package
     (name "python-protobuf")