diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/generator.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/generator.go
index 330c6217721..5e3ed2efe40 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/generator.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/generator.go
@@ -630,7 +630,12 @@ func membersToFields(locator ProtobufLocator, t *types.Type, localPackage types.
 			Extras: make(map[string]string),
 		}
 
-		if err := protobufTagToField(tags.Get("protobuf"), &field, m, t, localPackage); err != nil {
+		protobufTag := tags.Get("protobuf")
+		if protobufTag == "-" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err := protobufTagToField(protobufTag, &field, m, t, localPackage); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}