diff --git a/recipes-google/g3-shared-libs/gmi_git.bb b/recipes-google/g3-shared-libs/gmi_git.bb
index 216c043..69d750e 100644
--- a/recipes-google/g3-shared-libs/gmi_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-google/g3-shared-libs/gmi_git.bb
@@ -8,5 +8,21 @@
 FILES:${PN} = " \
   ${libdir}/libgmi_protos${SOLIBS} \
   ${includedir}/gmi\* \
+"
+
+# Remove gmi/principal.proto from the image.
+do_install:append(){
+  rm -rf ${D}${datadir}/gmi
+  rm -rf ${D}${datadir}
+}
+
+# Install gmi/principal.proto in native for buliding only
+do_install:append:class-native(){
+  install -d ${D}${datadir}/gmi
+  install ${S}/gmi/principal.proto ${D}${datadir}/gmi
+}
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+FILES:${PN}-native = " \
   ${datadir}/gmi/principal.proto \
 "