diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/on/onnxruntime/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/on/onnxruntime/package.nix
index 2964c8a1ac37..9bd15499960e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/on/onnxruntime/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/on/onnxruntime/package.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   pythonSupport ? true,
   cudaSupport ? config.cudaSupport,
   ncclSupport ? config.cudaSupport,
+  withFullProtobuf ? false,
   cudaPackages ? { },
 }@inputs:
 
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ effectiveStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (lib.cmakeFeature "ONNX_CUSTOM_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE" (lib.getExe protobuf))
     (lib.cmakeBool "onnxruntime_BUILD_SHARED_LIB" true)
     (lib.cmakeBool "onnxruntime_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS" doCheck)
-    (lib.cmakeBool "onnxruntime_USE_FULL_PROTOBUF" false)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "onnxruntime_USE_FULL_PROTOBUF" withFullProtobuf)
     (lib.cmakeBool "onnxruntime_USE_CUDA" cudaSupport)
     (lib.cmakeBool "onnxruntime_USE_NCCL" (cudaSupport && ncclSupport))
     (lib.cmakeBool "onnxruntime_ENABLE_LTO" (!cudaSupport || cudaPackages.cudaOlder "12.8"))