diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index a7b1c139290..713ace92319 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 workspace(name = "com_google_absl")
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+
 # Bazel toolchains
 http_archive(
   name = "bazel_toolchains",