diff --git a/examples/Cargo.lock b/examples/Cargo.lock
index d234648767b..94c5c0eea8b 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/Cargo.lock
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "oak 0.1.0",
  "oak_derive 0.1.0",
  "oak_log 0.1.0",
+ "oak_utils 0.1.0",
  "protobuf 2.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "protoc-rust-grpc 0.7.0",
  "rand 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1604,7 +1605,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "oak_derive 0.1.0",
  "oak_log 0.1.0",
  "protobuf 2.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "protoc-rust-grpc 0.7.0",
  "translator_common 0.1.0",
 ]
 
@@ -1614,6 +1614,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "log 0.4.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "oak 0.1.0",
+ "oak_utils 0.1.0",
  "protobuf 2.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "protoc-rust-grpc 0.7.0",
 ]
diff --git a/examples/chat/module/rust/Cargo.toml b/examples/chat/module/rust/Cargo.toml
index 8c50c9bb757..df8c77083da 100644
--- a/examples/chat/module/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/chat/module/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ rand = "*"
 serde = {version = "*", features = ["derive"]}
 
 [build-dependencies]
+oak_utils = "*"
 protoc-rust-grpc = { path = "../../../../third_party/grpc-rust/protoc-rust-grpc" }
diff --git a/examples/chat/module/rust/build.rs b/examples/chat/module/rust/build.rs
index 5f7cbed7b35..1e564cd0354 100644
--- a/examples/chat/module/rust/build.rs
+++ b/examples/chat/module/rust/build.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 fn main() {
-    protoc_rust_grpc::run(protoc_rust_grpc::Args {
+    oak_utils::run_protoc_rust_grpc(protoc_rust_grpc::Args {
         out_dir: "src/proto",
         input: &["../../proto/chat.proto"],
         includes: &["../../proto", "../../third_party"],
diff --git a/examples/translator/common/Cargo.toml b/examples/translator/common/Cargo.toml
index a5923e2bb6d..dfab3edbbc4 100644
--- a/examples/translator/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/translator/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ oak = "=0.1.0"
 protobuf = "*"
 
 [build-dependencies]
+oak_utils = "*"
 protoc-rust-grpc = { path = "../../../third_party/grpc-rust/protoc-rust-grpc" }
diff --git a/examples/translator/common/build.rs b/examples/translator/common/build.rs
index 8d949df5845..0487b1cc67f 100644
--- a/examples/translator/common/build.rs
+++ b/examples/translator/common/build.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 fn main() {
-    protoc_rust_grpc::run(protoc_rust_grpc::Args {
+    oak_utils::run_protoc_rust_grpc(protoc_rust_grpc::Args {
         out_dir: "src/proto",
         input: &["../proto/translator.proto"],
         includes: &["../proto", "../third_party"],
diff --git a/examples/translator/module/rust/Cargo.toml b/examples/translator/module/rust/Cargo.toml
index d111a10325a..d829e182f25 100644
--- a/examples/translator/module/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/translator/module/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,3 @@ oak_derive = "=0.1.0"
 oak_log = "=0.1.0"
 protobuf = "*"
 translator_common = "=0.1.0"
-
-[build-dependencies]
-protoc-rust-grpc = { path = "../../../../third_party/grpc-rust/protoc-rust-grpc" }