diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 9d02cfd..52749bf 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ load("@build_bazel_apple_support//lib:repositories.bzl", "apple_support_dependen
 
 apple_support_dependencies()
 
+load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories", "python_register_toolchains")
+
+py_repositories()
+
 python_repo(
     name = "python_system",
 )