diff --git a/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc b/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
index 5d7ba22841aa1..ae5c0e9db1ef0 100644
--- a/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ yarn kbn watch-bazel
 - @kbn/mapbox-gl
 - @kbn/monaco
 - @kbn/optimizer
+- @kbn/plugin-helpers
 - @kbn/rule-data-utils
 - @kbn/securitysolution-es-utils
 - @kbn/securitysolution-hook-utils
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f99eb86a43cec..e4ffc0433baab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
     "@kbn/expect": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-expect",
     "@kbn/optimizer": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-optimizer",
     "@kbn/plugin-generator": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-plugin-generator",
-    "@kbn/plugin-helpers": "link:packages/kbn-plugin-helpers",
+    "@kbn/plugin-helpers": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers",
     "@kbn/pm": "link:packages/kbn-pm",
     "@kbn/storybook": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-storybook",
     "@kbn/telemetry-tools": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-telemetry-tools",
diff --git a/packages/BUILD.bazel b/packages/BUILD.bazel
index d9e2f0e1f9985..42df6e0d9bcf9 100644
--- a/packages/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/BUILD.bazel
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ filegroup(
       "//packages/kbn-monaco:build",
       "//packages/kbn-optimizer:build",
       "//packages/kbn-plugin-generator:build",
+      "//packages/kbn-plugin-helpers:build",
       "//packages/kbn-rule-data-utils:build",
       "//packages/kbn-securitysolution-list-constants:build",
       "//packages/kbn-securitysolution-io-ts-types:build",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/BUILD.bazel b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1a1f3453f768a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+
+load("@npm//@bazel/typescript:index.bzl", "ts_config", "ts_project")
+load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "js_library", "pkg_npm")
+
+PKG_BASE_NAME = "kbn-plugin-helpers"
+PKG_REQUIRE_NAME = "@kbn/plugin-helpers"
+
+SOURCE_FILES = glob(
+  [
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+  ],
+  exclude = [
+    "**/*.test.*",
+  ],
+)
+
+SRCS = SOURCE_FILES
+
+filegroup(
+  name = "srcs",
+  srcs = SRCS,
+)
+
+NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES = [
+  "package.json",
+  "README.md"
+]
+
+SRC_DEPS = [
+  "//packages/kbn-dev-utils",
+  "//packages/kbn-optimizer",
+  "//packages/kbn-utils",
+  "@npm//del",
+  "@npm//execa",
+  "@npm//extract-zip",
+  "@npm//globby",
+  "@npm//gulp-zip",
+  "@npm//inquirer",
+  "@npm//load-json-file",
+  "@npm//vinyl-fs",
+]
+
+TYPES_DEPS = [
+  "@npm//@types/extract-zip",
+  "@npm//@types/gulp-zip",
+  "@npm//@types/inquirer",
+  "@npm//@types/jest",
+  "@npm//@types/node",
+  "@npm//@types/vinyl-fs",
+]
+
+DEPS = SRC_DEPS + TYPES_DEPS
+
+ts_config(
+  name = "tsconfig",
+  src = "tsconfig.json",
+  deps = [
+    "//:tsconfig.base.json",
+  ],
+)
+
+ts_project(
+  name = "tsc",
+  args = ['--pretty'],
+  srcs = SRCS,
+  deps = DEPS,
+  declaration = True,
+  declaration_map = True,
+  incremental = True,
+  out_dir = "target",
+  source_map = True,
+  root_dir = "src",
+  tsconfig = ":tsconfig",
+)
+
+js_library(
+  name = PKG_BASE_NAME,
+  srcs = NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES,
+  deps = DEPS + [":tsc"],
+  package_name = PKG_REQUIRE_NAME,
+  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+pkg_npm(
+  name = "npm_module",
+  deps = [
+    ":%s" % PKG_BASE_NAME,
+  ]
+)
+
+filegroup(
+  name = "build",
+  srcs = [
+    ":npm_module",
+  ],
+  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json
index 36a37075191a3..1f4df52a03304 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json
@@ -11,9 +11,5 @@
   "types": "target/index.d.ts",
   "bin": {
     "plugin-helpers": "bin/plugin-helpers.js"
-  },
-  "scripts": {
-    "kbn:bootstrap": "rm -rf target && ../../node_modules/.bin/tsc",
-    "kbn:watch": "../../node_modules/.bin/tsc --watch"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/tsconfig.json b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/tsconfig.json
index 87d11843f398a..4348f1e1a7516 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "incremental": false,
+    "incremental": true,
     "outDir": "target",
     "target": "ES2018",
     "declaration": true,
diff --git a/x-pack/package.json b/x-pack/package.json
index 1397a3da81072..1af3d569e41ab 100644
--- a/x-pack/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     "yarn": "^1.21.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@kbn/plugin-helpers": "link:../packages/kbn-plugin-helpers",
     "@kbn/test": "link:../packages/kbn-test"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 64e01ac0475d5..fb24b33a2c48a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2701,7 +2701,7 @@
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""
 
-"@kbn/plugin-helpers@link:packages/kbn-plugin-helpers":
+"@kbn/plugin-helpers@link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers":
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""