diff --git a/services/identity/proto/identity.proto b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/grpc/protos/identity.proto
similarity index 100%
rename from services/identity/proto/identity.proto
rename to native/cpp/CommonCpp/grpc/protos/identity.proto
diff --git a/services/identity/Dockerfile b/services/identity/Dockerfile
index 0eedfbdf2..0d2b8e775 100644
--- a/services/identity/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/identity/Dockerfile
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 FROM rust:1.57
 
 # Create a new user comm and use it to run subsequent commands
 RUN useradd -m comm
 USER comm
 
 # The build.rs script depends on rustfmt
 RUN rustup component add rustfmt
 
 RUN mkdir -p /home/comm/app/identity
 WORKDIR /home/comm/app/identity
 RUN cargo init --bin
 
 COPY services/identity/Cargo.toml services/identity/Cargo.lock ./
 
 # Cache build dependencies in a new layer
 RUN cargo build --release
 RUN rm src/*.rs
 
 COPY services/identity .
+COPY native/cpp/CommonCpp/grpc/protos/identity.proto protos/
 
 # Remove the previously-built binary so that only the application itself is
 # rebuilt
 RUN rm ./target/release/deps/identity*
 
 RUN cargo build --release
 RUN target/release/identity keygen
 
 CMD ["./target/release/identity", "server"]
diff --git a/services/identity/build.rs b/services/identity/build.rs
index 82d10c255..23575c8c6 100644
--- a/services/identity/build.rs
+++ b/services/identity/build.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-  tonic_build::compile_protos("proto/identity.proto")?;
+  tonic_build::compile_protos("protos/identity.proto")?;
   Ok(())
 }