diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e91cd40..0be95f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ CMakeFiles/
 Testing/
 CTestTestfile.cmake
 cmake_install.cmake
+bazel-*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a66fae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "cxxopts",
+    hdrs = ["include/cxxopts.hpp"],
+    strip_include_prefix = "include",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29