diff --git a/science/py-tensorflow/files/patch-protobuf b/science/py-tensorflow/files/patch-protobuf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de3cd9510b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/science/py-tensorflow/files/patch-protobuf
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- tensorflow/core/kernels/example_parsing_ops.cc.orig	2021-01-04 20:18:42 UTC
++++ tensorflow/core/kernels/example_parsing_ops.cc
+@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ class DecodeJSONExampleOp : public OpKernel {
+           json_example, &binary_examples->flat<string>()(i));
+       OP_REQUIRES(ctx, status.ok(),
+                   errors::InvalidArgument("Error while parsing JSON: ",
+-                                          string(status.error_message())));
++                                          string(status.message())));
+     }
+   }
+ 
+--- tensorflow/core/profiler/rpc/client/dump_tpu_profile.cc.orig	2021-01-04 20:18:42 UTC
++++ tensorflow/core/profiler/rpc/client/dump_tpu_profile.cc
+@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Status DumpOpProfileToLogDirectory(StringPiece run_dir
+   if (!status.ok()) {
+     return errors::Internal(
+         "Failed to convert op profile to json. Skipping... ",
+-        string(status.error_message()));
++        string(status.message()));
+   }
+   TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(WriteStringToFile(Env::Default(), path, json));
+   if (os) {