diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75e92404..6be51764 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Until May 2022 (inclusive) no changelog was kept. We might try to reconstruct it
 ### Added
 
 * Add pre-commit to python modules
+* abseil: Add recipe for protobuf dependency
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/abseil.sh b/abseil.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d6003ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abseil.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package: abseil
+version: "%(tag_basename)s"
+tag: "20240722.0"
+requires:
+  - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
+source: https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp
+build_requires:
+  - CMake
+  - ninja
+  - alibuild-recipe-tools
+prepend_path:
+  PKG_CONFIG_PATH: "$ABSEIL_ROOT/lib/pkgconfig"
+---
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+cmake $SOURCEDIR                             \
+  -G Ninja                                   \
+  ${CXXSTD:+-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=$CXXSTD}    \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib                 \
+  -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF                        \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALLROOT
+
+cmake --build . -- ${JOBS:+-j$JOBS} install
+
+# Modulefile
+MODULEDIR="$INSTALLROOT/etc/modulefiles"
+MODULEFILE="$MODULEDIR/$PKGNAME"
+mkdir -p "$MODULEDIR"
+alibuild-generate-module --lib --bin --cmake > "$MODULEFILE"