Merge "Load proto_library from @rules_proto//proto:defs.bzl" into stable-2.16
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 2f75d0a..ea25fa95 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -119,6 +119,17 @@
 
 gazelle_dependencies()
 
+# Protobuf rules support
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_proto",
+    sha256 = "602e7161d9195e50246177e7c55b2f39950a9cf7366f74ed5f22fd45750cd208",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-97d8af4dc474595af3900dd85cb3a29ad28cc313",
+    urls = [
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/97d8af4dc474595af3900dd85cb3a29ad28cc313.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/97d8af4dc474595af3900dd85cb3a29ad28cc313.tar.gz",
+    ],
+)
+
 # Dependencies for PolyGerrit local dev server.
 go_repository(
     name = "com_github_robfig_soy",
diff --git a/proto/BUILD b/proto/BUILD
index b07c1d7..26efdbc 100644
--- a/proto/BUILD
+++ b/proto/BUILD
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 load("@rules_java//java:defs.bzl", "java_proto_library")
+load("@rules_proto//proto:defs.bzl", "proto_library")
 
 proto_library(
     name = "cache_proto",