diff --git a/devel/bear/files/patch-protobuf b/devel/bear/files/patch-protobuf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f7ea7ae961b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/bear/files/patch-protobuf
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Obtained from:	https://github.com/rizsotto/Bear/commit/3ba056a6cdebd1608279e89b021e7c28bcee3ea3
+
+--- source/intercept/source/collect/db/EventsDatabaseWriter.cc.orig	2023-08-28 08:46:17 UTC
++++ source/intercept/source/collect/db/EventsDatabaseWriter.cc
+@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
+ #include "libsys/Errors.h"
+ 
+ #include <google/protobuf/util/json_util.h>
++#include <google/protobuf/stubs/common.h>
++
+ #include <fmt/format.h>
+ 
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+@@ -36,7 +38,9 @@ namespace {
+     JsonPrintOptions create_print_options() {
+         JsonPrintOptions print_options;
+         print_options.add_whitespace = false;
+-        print_options.always_print_primitive_fields = true;
++#if GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_VERSION < 5026000
++            print_options.always_print_primitive_fields = true;
++#endif
+         print_options.preserve_proto_field_names = true;
+         print_options.always_print_enums_as_ints = false;
+         return print_options;