diff --git a/tools/build/bazel/googleapis_BUILD b/tools/build/bazel/googleapis_BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97aea21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/bazel/googleapis_BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package(default_visibility = [ "//visibility:public" ])
+
+proto_library(
+    name = "status_proto",
+    srcs = ["google/rpc/status.proto"],
+    deps = ["@com_google_protobuf//:any_proto"]
+)
+
+java_proto_library(
+    name = "status_java_proto_native",
+    deps = [":status_proto"],
+)