--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 workspace(name = "org_tensorflow")
 
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+http_archive(
+    name = "io_bazel_rules_docker",
+    sha256 = "b1e80761a8a8243d03ebca8845e9cc1ba6c82ce7c5179ce2b295cd36f7e394bf",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_docker-0.25.0",
+    urls = [
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_docker/releases/download/v0.25.0/rules_docker-v0.25.0.tar.gz",
+    ],
+)
+
 # Initialize the TensorFlow repository and all dependencies.
 #
 # The cascade of load() statements and tf_workspace?() calls works around the