diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 4f90f06..9b79d04 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -33,26 +33,36 @@
     actual = "@submodule_gtest//:gtest",
 )
 
+bind(
+    name = "gflags",
+    actual = "@com_github_gflags_gflags//:gflags",
+)
+
 new_local_repository(
     name = "submodule_boringssl",
-    path = "third_party/boringssl-with-bazel",
     build_file = "third_party/boringssl-with-bazel/BUILD",
+    path = "third_party/boringssl-with-bazel",
 )
 
 new_local_repository(
     name = "submodule_zlib",
-    path = "third_party/zlib",
     build_file = "third_party/zlib.BUILD",
+    path = "third_party/zlib",
 )
 
 new_local_repository(
     name = "submodule_protobuf",
-    path = "third_party/protobuf",
     build_file = "third_party/protobuf/BUILD",
+    path = "third_party/protobuf",
 )
 
 new_local_repository(
     name = "submodule_gtest",
-    path = "third_party/googletest",
     build_file = "third_party/gtest.BUILD",
+    path = "third_party/googletest",
+)
+
+local_repository(
+    name = "com_github_gflags_gflags",
+    path = "third_party/gflags",
 )