diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bazel b/WORKSPACE.bazel
index 6fecd7f40..567db2988 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ nixpkgs_flake_package(
     package = "awscli2",
 )
 
+nixpkgs_flake_package(
+    name = "bazel",
+    nix_flake_file = "//:flake.nix",
+    nix_flake_lock_file = "//:flake.lock",
+    package = "bazel_6",
+)
+
 nixpkgs_flake_package(
     name = "createrepo_c",
     nix_flake_file = "//:flake.nix",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index b9bdd7273..2a32da6ca 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 
       packages.awscli2 = pkgsUnstable.awscli2;
 
+      packages.bazel_6 = pkgsUnstable.bazel_6;
+
       packages.createrepo_c = pkgsUnstable.createrepo_c;
 
       packages.dnf5 = pkgsUnstable.dnf5;