diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 1d5d3886..b69578bc 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 workspace(name = "com_google_googletest")
 
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+
 # Abseil
 http_archive(
      name = "com_google_absl",