diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b367c2b..f128f24 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -429,16 +429,15 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "example-proto"
 version = "0.2.6"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
  "once_cell",
  "prost",
  "prost-build",
  "prost-reflect",
  "prost-reflect-build",
- "prost-reflect-validate",
- "prost-types",
  "prost-validate",
  "prost-validate-build",
+ "tonic",
+ "tonic-build",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1667,6 +1666,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic-build"
+version = "0.12.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9557ce109ea773b399c9b9e5dca39294110b74f1f342cb347a80d1fce8c26a11"
+dependencies = [
+ "prettyplease",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "prost-build",
+ "prost-types",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.79",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic-types"
 version = "0.12.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ba2beb2..74392b2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ prost-reflect = { version = "0.14.1", features = ["derive", "serde"] }
 prost-reflect-build = "0.14.0"
 tonic = "0.12.3"
 tonic-types = "0.12.3"
+tonic-build = "0.12.3"
 anyhow = "1.0.86"
 thiserror = "1.0.63"
 http = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/example-proto/Cargo.toml b/example-proto/Cargo.toml
index d8bc1b1..e1f29c4 100644
--- a/example-proto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/example-proto/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,14 +11,13 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 prost = { workspace = true }
-prost-types = { workspace = true }
 prost-reflect = { workspace = true }
 prost-validate = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
-prost-reflect-validate = { workspace = true }
+tonic = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = { workspace = true }
-anyhow = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 prost-build = { workspace = true }
 prost-reflect-build = { workspace = true }
 prost-validate-build = { workspace = true }
+tonic-build = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/example-proto/build.rs b/example-proto/build.rs
index 1a9c228..bb48ed5 100644
--- a/example-proto/build.rs
+++ b/example-proto/build.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let files = &["message.proto"];
+    let files = &["message.proto", "service.proto"];
     let includes = &["proto", "../prost-validate-types/proto"];
 
-    let mut config = prost_build::Config::new();
+    let mut config = {
+        let mut c = prost_build::Config::new();
+        c.service_generator(tonic_build::configure().service_generator());
+        c
+    };
 
     prost_validate_build::Builder::new().configure(&mut config, files, includes)?;
 
diff --git a/example-proto/proto/service.proto b/example-proto/proto/service.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29e34d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example-proto/proto/service.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package validate.example;
+
+import "validate/validate.proto";
+
+import "message.proto";
+
+service ExampleService {
+  rpc ExampleMethod (ExampleMessage) returns (ExampleMessage);
+}
diff --git a/prost-validate-build/README.md b/prost-validate-build/README.md
index be33a9c..fe0e79b 100644
--- a/prost-validate-build/README.md
+++ b/prost-validate-build/README.md
@@ -60,16 +60,36 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 
 ### Generating `prost-build` configuration for usage with other generators
 
-#### Example for `prost-reflect-build`
+#### Example for `prost-reflect-build` and `tonic-build`
+
+`service.proto`:
+
+```proto
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package validate.example;
+
+import "validate/validate.proto";
+
+import "message.proto";
+
+service ExampleService {
+  rpc ExampleMethod (ExampleMessage) returns (ExampleMessage);
+}
+```
 
 `build.rs`:
 
 ```rust
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let files = &["message.proto"];
+    let files = &["message.proto", "service.proto"];
     let includes = &["proto", "../prost-validate-types/proto"];
 
-    let mut config = prost_build::Config::new();
+    let mut config = {
+        let mut c = prost_build::Config::new();
+        c.service_generator(tonic_build::configure().service_generator());
+        c
+    };
 
     prost_validate_build::Builder::new().configure(&mut config, files, includes)?;