diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/index/SchemaFieldDefs.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/index/SchemaFieldDefs.java
index e0b5dd2..db45b8d 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/index/SchemaFieldDefs.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/index/SchemaFieldDefs.java
@@ -100,4 +100,12 @@
   public interface Setter<I, T> {
     void set(I object, T value);
   }
+
+  public static boolean isProtoField(SchemaField<?, ?> schemaField) {
+    if (!(schemaField instanceof IndexedField<?, ?>.SearchSpec)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    IndexedField<?, ?> indexedField = ((IndexedField<?, ?>.SearchSpec) schemaField).getField();
+    return indexedField.isProtoType() || indexedField.isProtoIterableType();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/index/testing/AbstractFakeIndex.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/index/testing/AbstractFakeIndex.java
index 591ae26..5838ff1 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/index/testing/AbstractFakeIndex.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/index/testing/AbstractFakeIndex.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.index.Index;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.QueryOptions;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.Schema;
+import com.google.gerrit.index.SchemaFieldDefs;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.SchemaFieldDefs.SchemaField;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.project.ProjectData;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.project.ProjectIndex;
@@ -269,7 +270,8 @@
               Project.nameKey((String) doc.get(ChangeField.PROJECT_SPEC.getName())),
               Change.id(Integer.valueOf((String) doc.get(ChangeField.LEGACY_ID_STR.getName()))));
       for (SchemaField<ChangeData, ?> field : getSchema().getSchemaFields().values()) {
-        field.setIfPossible(cd, new FakeStoredValue(doc.get(field.getName())));
+        boolean isProtoField = SchemaFieldDefs.isProtoField(field);
+        field.setIfPossible(cd, new FakeStoredValue(doc.get(field.getName()), isProtoField));
       }
       return cd;
     }
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/AbstractLuceneIndex.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/AbstractLuceneIndex.java
index 6eac6f7..c158c65 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/AbstractLuceneIndex.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/AbstractLuceneIndex.java
@@ -38,16 +38,19 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.index.QueryOptions;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.Schema;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.Schema.Values;
+import com.google.gerrit.index.SchemaFieldDefs;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.SchemaFieldDefs.SchemaField;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.query.DataSource;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.query.FieldBundle;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.query.ListResultSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.query.ResultSet;
+import com.google.gerrit.proto.Protos;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.SitePaths;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.IndexUtils;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.options.AutoFlush;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.logging.LoggingContextAwareExecutorService;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.logging.LoggingContextAwareScheduledExecutorService;
+import com.google.protobuf.MessageLite;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -366,8 +369,12 @@
         doc.add(new TextField(name, (String) value, store));
       }
     } else if (type == FieldType.STORED_ONLY) {
+      boolean isProtoField = SchemaFieldDefs.isProtoField(values.getField());
       for (Object value : values.getValues()) {
-        doc.add(new StoredField(name, (byte[]) value));
+        // Lucene stores protos as bytes
+        doc.add(
+            new StoredField(
+                name, isProtoField ? Protos.toByteArray((MessageLite) value) : (byte[]) value));
       }
     } else {
       throw FieldType.badFieldType(type);