diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 35bed0accdaa274f5966ca5b4b7180106325449b..1c9730a5ad57cd70613c0692529bcb1ccf056d59 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ build/
 .pydevproject
 Makefile
 .test_env/
+
+*~
+bazel-*
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..06495690ab9d11140f1b60ec496f57e40f817d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+git_repository(
+    name = "org_pubref_rules_protobuf",
+    remote = "https://github.com/pubref/rules_protobuf",
+    tag = "v0.7.1",
+)
+
+load("@org_pubref_rules_protobuf//cpp:rules.bzl", "cpp_proto_repositories")
+cpp_proto_repositories()
diff --git a/third_party/protobuf_test/BUILD b/third_party/protobuf_test/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7c5b1c69947a317c6d82a8c7a140248fb514985f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/protobuf_test/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2.0
+
+load("@org_pubref_rules_protobuf//cpp:rules.bzl", "cpp_proto_library")
+
+cpp_proto_library(
+    name = "example_proto",
+    protos = [
+        "example.proto"
+    ],
+)
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "example_lib",
+    srcs = ["example_lib.cc"],
+    hdrs = ["example_lib.h"],
+    deps = [":example_proto"],
+)
diff --git a/third_party/protobuf_test/README.md b/third_party/protobuf_test/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e8bdeee6fee66ef79d0b813b4d8dfa4c180754c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/protobuf_test/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This package tests that Bazel can build protobuf related rules.
diff --git a/third_party/protobuf_test/example.proto b/third_party/protobuf_test/example.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..57c52d3521f345c9722e21a6ffaea76891c7dc13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/protobuf_test/example.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package protos;
+
+message Greeting {
+  string name = 1;
+}
diff --git a/third_party/protobuf_test/example_lib.cc b/third_party/protobuf_test/example_lib.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8d55ed66deae3ff05eb1d2f6e2564a65891a8c23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/protobuf_test/example_lib.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include "third_party/protobuf_test/example_lib.h"
+#include <string>
+
+std::string get_greet(const ::protos::Greeting& who) {
+  return "Hello " + who.name();
+}
diff --git a/third_party/protobuf_test/example_lib.h b/third_party/protobuf_test/example_lib.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eaf4dd4cea7e4b23ddf33ec7630dcd4db12be0de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/protobuf_test/example_lib.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "third_party/protobuf_test/example.pb.h"
+
+#include <string>
+
+std::string get_greet(const ::protos::Greeting &who);