diff --git a/cc/defs.bzl b/cc/defs.bzl
index 4fccdcc..d848ede 100644
--- a/cc/defs.bzl
+++ b/cc/defs.bzl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """Starlark rules for building C++ projects."""
 
-load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel:cc_proto_library.bzl", _cc_proto_library = "cc_proto_library")
+load("//cc/private:cc_proto_library.bzl", _cc_proto_library = "cc_proto_library")
 load("//cc:cc_binary.bzl", _cc_binary = "cc_binary")
 load("//cc:cc_import.bzl", _cc_import = "cc_import")
 load("//cc:cc_library.bzl", _cc_library = "cc_library")
diff --git a/cc/private/cc_proto_library.bzl b/cc/private/cc_proto_library.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd94272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cc/private/cc_proto_library.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"""Avoid the following issue by providing a native reexport:
+https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/issues/274
+"""
+
+def cc_proto_library(**kwargs):
+    native.cc_proto_library(**kwargs)