diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/esm5.bzl b/packages/bazel/src/esm5.bzl
index 61f86dfd20..15f08d5a4b 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/esm5.bzl
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/esm5.bzl
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ def _esm5_outputs_aspect(target, ctx):
   if not hasattr(target, "typescript"):
     return []
 
+  # Workaround for https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_typescript/issues/211
+  # TODO(gmagolan): generate esm5 output from ts_proto_library and have that
+  # output work with esm5_outputs_aspect
+  if not hasattr(target.typescript, "replay_params"):
+    print("WARNING: no esm5 output from target %s//%s:%s available" % (target.label.workspace_root, target.label.package, target.label.name))
+    return []
+
   # We create a new tsconfig.json file that will have our compilation settings
   tsconfig = ctx.actions.declare_file("%s_esm5.tsconfig.json" % target.label.name)