diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 53937c6fe88..8ac0fd8fe6c 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -2218,6 +2218,8 @@
       </activation>
       <properties>
         <build.platform>Mac_OS_X-${sun.arch.data.model}</build.platform>
+        <!-- To make protoc work on Apple Silicon via fallback -->
+        <os.detected.classifier>osx-x86_64</os.detected.classifier>
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>