diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 088edb56e2..a9beb56096 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ workspace(name = "angular")
 
 http_archive(
     name = "build_bazel_rules_nodejs",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/archive/0.5.0.zip",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_nodejs-0.5.0",
-    sha256 = "06aabb253c3867d51724386ac5622a0a238bbd82e2c70ce1d09ee3ceac4c31d6",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/archive/0.5.1.zip",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_nodejs-0.5.1",
+    sha256 = "dabd1a596a6f00939875762dcb1de93b5ada0515069244198aa6792bc37bb92a",
 )
 
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "check_bazel_version", "node_repositories")
diff --git a/packages/bazel/BUILD.bazel b/packages/bazel/BUILD.bazel
index 00301d3053..6704aeaef2 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/bazel/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1 +1,23 @@
-# Empty marker file, indicating this directory is a Bazel package.
+load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "npm_package")
+
+genrule(
+    name = "workspace",
+    outs = ["WORKSPACE"],
+    cmd = "echo 'workspace(name=\"angular\")' > $@",
+)
+
+npm_package(
+    name = "npm_package",
+    srcs = [
+        "package.json",
+        "index.bzl",
+        "//packages/bazel/src:package_assets",
+    ],
+    deps = [":workspace"],
+    # Re-host //packages/bazel/ which is just // in the public distro
+    replacements = {
+        "//packages/bazel/": "//",
+        "angular/packages/bazel/": "angular/",
+    },
+    stamp_data = "//tools:stamp_data",
+)
diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/BUILD.bazel b/packages/bazel/src/BUILD.bazel
index 5234f7f060..661afb4bdf 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
+filegroup(
+    name = "package_assets",
+    srcs = glob(["*"]) + [
+        "//packages/bazel/src/ng_package:package_assets",
+        "//packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped:package_assets",
+    ],
+    visibility = ["//packages/bazel:__subpackages__"],
+)
+
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "nodejs_binary")
 
 nodejs_binary(
diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/ng_package/BUILD.bazel b/packages/bazel/src/ng_package/BUILD.bazel
index 41f2782aff..1080489e22 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/ng_package/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/ng_package/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
+filegroup(
+    name = "package_assets",
+    srcs = glob(["*"]),
+    visibility = ["//packages/bazel:__subpackages__"],
+)
+
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "nodejs_binary")
 load("@build_bazel_rules_typescript//:defs.bzl", "ts_library")
 
diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped/BUILD.bazel b/packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped/BUILD.bazel
index 75b98f6d71..cedd7e5c2e 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "nodejs_binary")
 load("@build_bazel_rules_typescript//:defs.bzl", "ts_library")
 
+filegroup(
+    name = "package_assets",
+    srcs = glob(["*"]),
+    visibility = ["//packages/bazel:__subpackages__"],
+)
+
 ts_library(
     name = "ngc_lib",
     srcs = [