diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 806004774490e3514b15fd02debd8be58be89e6c..14699da90523c48d80f8ba5917bc7aa7e29e0152 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -23,3 +23,12 @@ git_repository(
     tag    = "v2.2.0",
     remote = "https://github.com/gflags/gflags.git"
 )
+
+# External dependency to glog.  This method comes from
+# https://github.com/reyoung/bazel_playground/blob/master/WORKSPACE
+new_git_repository(
+    name = "glog",
+    remote = "https://github.com/google/glog.git",
+    commit = "b6a5e0524c28178985f0d228e9eaa43808dbec3c",
+    build_file = "third_party/glog.BUILD"
+)
diff --git a/third_party/gflags_test/BUILD b/third_party/gflags_test/BUILD
index c3e53afb4079f29c96db5f55441dc1b0574caf10..a018299ec475d74b20caf92a15cad885402329ca 100644
--- a/third_party/gflags_test/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/gflags_test/BUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cc_test(
     srcs = ["gflags_test.cc"],
     copts = ["-Iexternal/gtest/include"],
     deps = [
-        "@gtest//:main",
+        "@gtest//:gtest",
         "@gflags//:gflags",
      ],
 )
diff --git a/third_party/glog.BUILD b/third_party/glog.BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..560c82d8d30d63412ddab23d695b312862dd3c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/glog.BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+licenses(["notice"])
+
+cc_library(
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    name = "glog",
+    deps = [
+        #"//third_party/libunwind:libunwind-k8",
+        "@gflags//:gflags",
+    ],
+    includes = [
+        ".",
+        "src",
+    ],
+    copts = [
+        "-D_START_GOOGLE_NAMESPACE_='namespace google {'",
+        "-D_END_GOOGLE_NAMESPACE_='}'",
+        "-DGOOGLE_NAMESPACE='google'",
+        "-DGOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL=''",
+        "-DHAVE_DLADDR",
+        "-DHAVE_SNPRINTF",
+        "-DHAVE_DLFCN_H",
+        "-DHAVE_FCNTL",
+        "-DHAVE_GLOB_H",
+        "-DHAVE_INTTYPES_H",
+        "-DHAVE_LIBPTHREAD",
+        "-DHAVE_SYS_SYSCALL_H",
+        #"-DHAVE_LIBUNWIND_H",
+        "-DHAVE_LIB_GFLAGS",
+        #"-DHAVE_LIB_UNWIND",
+        "-DHAVE_MEMORY_H",
+        "-DHAVE_NAMESPACES",
+        "-DHAVE_PREAD",
+        "-DHAVE_PTHREAD",
+        "-DHAVE_PWD_H",
+        "-DHAVE_PWRITE",
+        "-DHAVE_RWLOCK",
+        "-DHAVE_SIGACTION",
+        "-DHAVE_SIGALTSTACK",
+        "-DHAVE_STDINT_H",
+        "-DHAVE_STRING_H",
+        "-DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H",
+        "-DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H",
+        "-DHAVE_SYS_UCONTEXT_H",
+        "-DHAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H",
+        "-DHAVE_UNISTD_H",
+        "-DHAVE_USING_OPERATOR",
+        "-DHAVE_HAVE___ATTRIBUTE___",
+        "-DHAVE_HAVE___BUILTIN_EXPECT",
+        #"-DNO_FRAME_POINTER",
+        "-D_GNU_SOURCE",
+        #"-fno-sanitize=thread",
+        #"-fno-sanitize=address",
+        "-Iexternal/glog/src",
+        #"-I/usr/local/include", # XXX import libunwind
+    ],
+    srcs = [
+        "src/demangle.cc",
+        "src/logging.cc",
+        "src/raw_logging.cc",
+        "src/signalhandler.cc",
+        "src/symbolize.cc",
+        "src/utilities.cc",
+        "src/vlog_is_on.cc",
+        ":config_h",
+        ":logging_h",
+        ":raw_logging_h",
+        ":stl_logging_h",
+        ":vlog_is_on_h",
+    ],
+    hdrs = [
+        "src/demangle.h",
+        "src/mock-log.h",
+        "src/stacktrace.h",
+        #"src/stacktrace_libunwind-inl.h",
+        "src/symbolize.h",
+        "src/utilities.h",
+        "src/base/commandlineflags.h",
+        "src/base/googleinit.h",
+        "src/base/mutex.h",
+        "src/glog/log_severity.h",
+    ],
+    linkopts = [
+        #"-pthread",
+        #"-L/usr/local/lib -lunwind",
+    ],
+)
+
+genrule(
+    name = "config_h",
+    srcs = [
+        "src/config.h.cmake.in",
+    ],
+    outs = [
+        "config.h",
+    ],
+    cmd = "awk '{ gsub(/^#cmakedefine/, \"//cmakedefine\"); print; }' $(<) > $(@)",
+)
+
+genrule(
+    name = "logging_h",
+    srcs = [
+        "src/glog/logging.h.in",
+    ],
+    outs = [
+        "glog/logging.h",
+    ],
+    cmd = "$(location :gen_sh) < $(<) > $(@)",
+    tools = [":gen_sh"],
+)
+
+genrule(
+    name = "raw_logging_h",
+    srcs = [
+        "src/glog/raw_logging.h.in",
+    ],
+    outs = [
+        "glog/raw_logging.h",
+    ],
+    cmd = "$(location :gen_sh) < $(<) > $(@)",
+    tools = [":gen_sh"],
+)
+
+genrule(
+    name = "stl_logging_h",
+    srcs = [
+        "src/glog/stl_logging.h.in",
+    ],
+    outs = [
+        "glog/stl_logging.h",
+    ],
+    cmd = "$(location :gen_sh) < $(<) > $(@)",
+    tools = [":gen_sh"],
+)
+
+genrule(
+    name = "vlog_is_on_h",
+    srcs = [
+        "src/glog/vlog_is_on.h.in",
+    ],
+    outs = [
+        "glog/vlog_is_on.h",
+    ],
+    cmd = "$(location :gen_sh) < $(<) > $(@)",
+    tools = [":gen_sh"],
+)
+
+genrule(
+    name = "gen_sh",
+    outs = [
+        "gen.sh",
+    ],
+    cmd = """
+cat > $@ <<"EOF"
+#! /bin/sh
+sed -e 's/@ac_cv_have_unistd_h@/1/g' \
+    -e 's/@ac_cv_have_stdint_h@/1/g' \
+    -e 's/@ac_cv_have_systypes_h@/1/g' \
+    -e 's/@ac_cv_have_libgflags_h@/1/g' \
+    -e 's/@ac_cv_have_uint16_t@/1/g' \
+    -e 's/@ac_cv_have___builtin_expect@/1/g' \
+    -e 's/@ac_cv_have_.*@/0/g' \
+    -e 's/@ac_google_start_namespace@/namespace google {/g' \
+    -e 's/@ac_google_end_namespace@/}/g' \
+    -e 's/@ac_google_namespace@/google/g' \
+    -e 's/@ac_cv___attribute___noinline@/__attribute__((noinline))/g' \
+    -e 's/@ac_cv___attribute___noreturn@/__attribute__((noreturn))/g' \
+    -e 's/@ac_cv___attribute___printf_4_5@/__attribute__((__format__ (__printf__, 4, 5)))/g'
+EOF"""
+)
diff --git a/third_party/gtest.BUILD b/third_party/gtest.BUILD
index 3e68a1d879311de905fab2f4cd3486a4c72a3532..e9187e51ef517675ad0a32380609038fc59a6ac1 100644
--- a/third_party/gtest.BUILD
+++ b/third_party/gtest.BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cc_library(
-    name = "main",
+    name = "gtest",
     srcs = glob(
         ["src/*.cc"],
         exclude = ["src/gtest-all.cc"]
diff --git a/third_party/protobuf_test/BUILD b/third_party/protobuf_test/BUILD
index 46f769da5f5004ef2c5f6ecee43bc8965c1d811d..29c5f344d313d7a467bc43ddcdd9b1c8be2ca817 100644
--- a/third_party/protobuf_test/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/protobuf_test/BUILD
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ cc_test(
     srcs = ["example_lib_test.cc"],
     copts = ["-Iexternal/gtest/include"],
     deps =[
-        "@gtest//:main",
+        "@gtest//:gtest",
         ":example_lib",
     ],
 )