diff --git a/tools/build_defs/cc/BUILD b/tools/build_defs/cc/BUILD
index 4efae59e99d69a..0722eda8cd5772 100644
--- a/tools/build_defs/cc/BUILD
+++ b/tools/build_defs/cc/BUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ filegroup(
     ],
 )
 
+filegroup(
+    name = "action_names",
+    srcs = [
+        "action_names.bzl",
+    ],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
 filegroup(
     name = "action_names_test_files",
     testonly = True,