diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index e69de29..66027a8 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
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+new_local_repository(
+  name = 'usr_repo',
+  path = '/usr',
+  build_file = 'debian/BUILD.usr',
+)
+
+# TODO(brian): Make these point to something which isn't hard-coded to come off
+# the host system...
+bind(
+  name = 'librt',
+  actual = '@usr_repo//:librt',
+)
+
+bind(
+  name = 'libdl',
+  actual = '@usr_repo//:libdl',
+)
+
+bind(
+  name = 'libm',
+  actual = '@usr_repo//:libm',
+)
+
+bind(
+  name = 'libpthread',
+  actual = '@usr_repo//:libpthread',
+)