diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/proto/ProtoConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/proto/ProtoConfiguration.java
index fc2ff99..e443051 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/proto/ProtoConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/proto/ProtoConfiguration.java
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@
       host.ccProtoLibrarySourceSuffixes = ccProtoLibrarySourceSuffixes;
       host.experimentalJavaProtoAddAllowedPublicImports =
           experimentalJavaProtoAddAllowedPublicImports;
+      host.generatedProtosInVirtualImports = generatedProtosInVirtualImports;
       host.doNotUseBuggyImportPath = doNotUseBuggyImportPath;
       return host;
     }