diff --git a/example/descriptor-with-schemas.yaml b/example/descriptor-with-schemas.yaml
index 14fb38538..6c22ac7af 100644
--- a/example/descriptor-with-schemas.yaml
+++ b/example/descriptor-with-schemas.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ projects:
         config:
           replication.factor: "1"
           num.partitions: "1"
+      - name: "topic09"
+        dataType: "proto"
+        schemas:
+          value.schema.file: "schemas/test.proto"
+          value.format: "PROTOBUF"
   - name: "projectB"
     topics:
       - dataType: "avro"
diff --git a/example/schemas/test.proto b/example/schemas/test.proto
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e02db7d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/schemas/test.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package com.mycorp.mynamespace;
+
+message SampleRecord {
+    int32  my_field1 = 1;
+    double  my_field2 = 2;
+}