diff --git a/core/chaincode/shim/java/build.gradle b/core/chaincode/shim/java/build.gradle
index 34f8af9ac84..5b06613f7f5 100644
--- a/core/chaincode/shim/java/build.gradle
+++ b/core/chaincode/shim/java/build.gradle
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ task copyProtos(type:Copy){
             include 'common.proto'
         }
     }
+    into "ledger/queryresult", {
+        from ("${rootDir}/protos/ledger/queryresult"){
+            include 'kv_query_result.proto'
+        }
+    }
     into "${projectDir}/src/main/proto"
 }
 
@@ -121,6 +126,11 @@ task copyProtosFromDevEnv(type:Copy){
             include 'common.proto'
         }
     }
+    into "ledger/queryresult", {
+        from ("../../../../protos/ledger/queryresult"){
+            include 'kv_query_result.proto'
+        }
+    }
     into "${projectDir}/protos"
 }