diff --git a/projects/abseil-cpp/WORKSPACE b/projects/abseil-cpp/WORKSPACE
index e155690d8..c62ceb34e 100644
--- a/projects/abseil-cpp/WORKSPACE
+++ b/projects/abseil-cpp/WORKSPACE
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-local_repository(
-	name = "com_google_absl",
-	path = "abseil-cpp/",
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "bazel_skylib",
+    sha256 = "f7be3474d42aae265405a592bb7da8e171919d74c16f082a5457840f06054728",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.2.1/bazel-skylib-1.2.1.tar.gz"],
+)
+
+local_repository(
+    name = "com_google_absl",
+    path = "abseil-cpp/",
 )