diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c300a0..4de9761 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 bin
 *build*
+!BUILD
 .*
 *.user
 /*.prof
 .idea/
+bazel*
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/easy_profiler_core/BUILD b/easy_profiler_core/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9b28a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easy_profiler_core/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+cc_library(
+    name = "easy_profiler",
+    srcs = glob(["**/*.cpp", "**/*.h"]),
+    hdrs = glob(["include/**"]),
+    includes = ["include", "."],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    defines = [
+        "EASY_PROFILER_VERSION_MAJOR=2",
+        "EASY_PROFILER_VERSION_MINOR=1",
+        "EASY_PROFILER_VERSION_PATCH=0",
+        "BUILD_WITH_EASY_PROFILER=1",
+    ]
+)
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diff --git a/easy_profiler_core/include/easy/details/arbitrary_value_public_types.h b/easy_profiler_core/include/easy/details/arbitrary_value_public_types.h
index 58c1c17..c1dd975 100644
--- a/easy_profiler_core/include/easy/details/arbitrary_value_public_types.h
+++ b/easy_profiler_core/include/easy/details/arbitrary_value_public_types.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ The Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 
 #include <easy/details/arbitrary_value_aux.h>
 #include <easy/details/profiler_public_types.h>
+#include <string>
 #include <string.h>
 
 namespace profiler
diff --git a/easy_profiler_core/profiler.cpp b/easy_profiler_core/profiler.cpp
index 356edd4..cb13be2 100644
--- a/easy_profiler_core/profiler.cpp
+++ b/easy_profiler_core/profiler.cpp
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ PROFILER_API const profiler::BaseBlockDescriptor* registerDescription(profiler::
                                                                       const char*, const char*, int,
                                                                       profiler::block_type_t, profiler::color_t, bool)
 {
-    return reinterpret_cast<const BaseBlockDescriptor*>(0xbad);
+    return reinterpret_cast<const profiler::BaseBlockDescriptor*>(0xbad);
 }
 
 PROFILER_API void endBlock() { }
diff --git a/sample/BUILD b/sample/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5ee007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cc_binary(
+    name = "easy_profiler_sample",
+    srcs = ["main.cpp"],
+    deps = [
+        "//easy_profiler_core:easy_profiler",
+    ],
+)
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