diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 9883109..9a4a6cd 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
     actual = "@submodule_protobuf//:protoc",
 )
 
+bind(
+    name = "cares",
+    actual = "@submodule_cares//:ares",
+)
+
 new_local_repository(
     name = "submodule_boringssl",
     path = "third_party/boringssl-with-bazel",
@@ -45,3 +50,9 @@
     path = "third_party/protobuf",
     build_file = "third_party/protobuf/BUILD",
 )
+
+new_local_repository(
+    name = "submodule_cares",
+    path = "third_party/cares",
+    build_file = "third_party/cares/cares.BUILD",
+)