diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 21f5f224a..5059f97d0 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ http_archive(
     strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-a02f62f456f2c4a7ecf2be3104fe0c6e16fbad9a",
 )
 
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_cc",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_cc-master",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/archive/master.zip"],
+)
+
 # GoogleTest/GoogleMock framework. Used by most unit-tests.
 http_archive(
      name = "com_google_googletest",