diff --git a/dynamic-layers/openembedded-layer/recipes-support/opencv/files/0001-protobuf-allow-target-protoc-to-be-built.patch b/dynamic-layers/openembedded-layer/recipes-support/opencv/files/0001-protobuf-allow-target-protoc-to-be-built.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6bc54335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dynamic-layers/openembedded-layer/recipes-support/opencv/files/0001-protobuf-allow-target-protoc-to-be-built.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From 450a1ba74eb5a6cf3946d8ae84b7de5bc97ccb35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Anuj Mittal <anuj.mittal@intel.com>
+Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:34:08 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] protobuf: allow target protoc to be built
+
+We can run target binaries using a qemu wrapper so allow these to be
+built and run.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
+
+Signed-off-by: Anuj Mittal <anuj.mittal@intel.com>
+---
+ cmake/developer_package/frontends/frontends.cmake | 2 +-
+ thirdparty/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt                | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/cmake/developer_package/frontends/frontends.cmake b/cmake/developer_package/frontends/frontends.cmake
+index 897e6f8e3a6..32b136fcea9 100644
+--- a/cmake/developer_package/frontends/frontends.cmake
++++ b/cmake/developer_package/frontends/frontends.cmake
+@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ macro(ov_add_frontend)
+         set(GENERATED_PROTO ${INFILE})
+         add_custom_command(
+                 OUTPUT "${OUTPUT_PB_SRC}" "${OUTPUT_PB_HEADER}"
+-                COMMAND ${PROTOC_EXECUTABLE} ARGS --cpp_out ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} -I ${FILE_DIR} ${FILE_WE}.proto
++                COMMAND protoc ARGS --cpp_out ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} -I ${FILE_DIR} ${FILE_WE}.proto
+                 DEPENDS ${PROTOC_DEPENDENCY} ${GENERATED_PROTO}
+                 COMMENT "Running C++ protocol buffer compiler (${PROTOC_EXECUTABLE}) on ${GENERATED_PROTO}"
+                 VERBATIM
+diff --git a/thirdparty/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
+index 79e69a47b09..087f9e838c2 100644
+--- a/thirdparty/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/thirdparty/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ set(protobuf_WITH_ZLIB OFF CACHE BOOL "Build with zlib support" FORCE)
+ if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING OR
+     (APPLE AND (HOST_X86_64 AND AARCH64)) OR
+     (MSVC AND (HOST_X86_64 AND (AARCH64 OR ARM))))
+-    set(protobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES OFF CACHE BOOL "Build protoc binaries" FORCE)
++    set(protobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES ON CACHE BOOL "Build protoc binaries" FORCE)
+ else()
+     set(protobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES ON CACHE BOOL "Build protoc binaries" FORCE)
+ endif()
+-- 
+2.37.3
+
diff --git a/dynamic-layers/openembedded-layer/recipes-support/opencv/openvino-inference-engine_2023.0.0.bb b/dynamic-layers/openembedded-layer/recipes-support/opencv/openvino-inference-engine_2023.0.0.bb
index 193e33a1..0882f424 100644
--- a/dynamic-layers/openembedded-layer/recipes-support/opencv/openvino-inference-engine_2023.0.0.bb
+++ b/dynamic-layers/openembedded-layer/recipes-support/opencv/openvino-inference-engine_2023.0.0.bb
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/openvinotoolkit/openvino.git;protocol=https;branch=r
            git://github.com/herumi/xbyak.git;protocol=https;destsuffix=git/thirdparty/xbyak;name=xbyak;branch=master \
            git://github.com/nlohmann/json.git;protocol=https;destsuffix=git/thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json;name=json;branch=develop \
            git://github.com/opencv/ade.git;protocol=https;destsuffix=git/thirdparty/ade;name=ade;nobranch=1 \
+           git://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git;protocol=https;destsuffix=git/thirdparty/protobuf/protobuf;name=protobuf;branch=3.20.x \
            file://fix-build.patch \
            file://cython-cmake.patch \
            file://7cecc9138b89e1946e3e515727bb69b2ab119806.patch;patchdir=thirdparty/ade \
            file://fix-build-with-gcc13.patch \
            file://onednn-fix-build-with-gcc13.patch;patchdir=src/plugins/intel_gpu/thirdparty/onednn_gpu \
+           file://0001-protobuf-allow-target-protoc-to-be-built.patch \
            "
 
 SRCREV = "b4452d5630442e91cf84db5acd3d991f3d1f34c2"
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ SRCREV_onednn = "f27dedbfc093f51032a4580198bb80579440dc15"
 SRCREV_xbyak = "740dff2e866f3ae1a70dd42d6e8836847ed95cc2"
 SRCREV_json = "bc889afb4c5bf1c0d8ee29ef35eaaf4c8bef8a5d"
 SRCREV_ade = "58b2595a1a95cc807be8bf6222f266a9a1f393a9"
+SRCREV_protobuf = "fe271ab76f2ad2b2b28c10443865d2af21e27e0e"
 
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0 & MIT & BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=86d3f3a95c324c9479bd8986968f4327 \
@@ -34,10 +37,11 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=86d3f3a95c324c9479bd8986968f4327 \
                     file://src/plugins/intel_gpu/thirdparty/onednn_gpu/LICENSE;md5=b48e3de3bfd47c27882a0d85b20823f5 \
 "
 
-inherit cmake python3native pkgconfig
+inherit cmake python3native pkgconfig qemu
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += " \
+                  -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR=${WORKDIR}/qemuwrapper \
                   -DENABLE_OPENCV=OFF \
                   -DENABLE_INTEL_GNA=OFF \
                   -DENABLE_SYSTEM_TBB=ON \
@@ -47,7 +51,6 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE += " \
                   -DTREAT_WARNING_AS_ERROR=FALSE \
                   -DENABLE_DATA=FALSE \
                   -DENABLE_SYSTEM_PUGIXML=TRUE \
-                  -DENABLE_SYSTEM_PROTOBUF=TRUE \
                   -DENABLE_OV_ONNX_FRONTEND=FALSE \
                   -DUSE_BUILD_TYPE_SUBFOLDER=OFF \
                   -DENABLE_FUZZING=OFF \
@@ -57,15 +60,12 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE += " \
                   -DENABLE_SYSTEM_SNAPPY=ON \
                   "
 
-
 DEPENDS += "\
             flatbuffers-native \
             gflags \
-            protobuf \
-            protobuf-native \
-            protobuf-c \
             pugixml \
             python3-pybind11 \
+            qemu-native \
             snappy \
             tbb \
             zlib \
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[verbose] = "-DVERBOSE_BUILD=1,-DVERBOSE_BUILD=0"
 do_configure:prepend() {
     # Dont set PROJECT_ROOT_DIR
     sed -i -e 's:\${OpenVINO_SOURCE_DIR}::;' ${S}/src/CMakeLists.txt
+
+    # qemu wrapper that can be used by cmake to run target binaries.
+    qemu_binary="${@qemu_wrapper_cmdline(d, d.getVar('STAGING_DIR_HOST'), [d.expand('${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${libdir}'),d.expand('${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${base_libdir}')])}"
+    cat > ${WORKDIR}/qemuwrapper << EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+$qemu_binary "\$@"
+EOF
+    chmod +x ${WORKDIR}/qemuwrapper
 }
 
 do_install:append() {