diff --git a/bazelisk.yaml b/bazelisk.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d0d01da774c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bazelisk.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package:
+  name: bazelisk
+  version: 1.17.0
+  epoch: 0
+  description: A user-friendly launcher for Bazel
+  copyright:
+    - license: Apache-2.0
+
+environment:
+  contents:
+    packages:
+      - busybox
+      - ca-certificates-bundle
+      - build-base
+      - go
+      - git
+
+pipeline:
+  - uses: git-checkout
+    with:
+      repository: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk
+      tag: v${{package.version}}
+      expected-commit: 70e3e87d4ca23cdbe5439685fb6d2018d69be1e5
+
+  - uses: go/build
+    with:
+      packages: .
+      output: bazelisk
+
+  - uses: strip
+
+update:
+  enabled: true
+  github:
+    identifier: bazelbuild/bazelisk
+    tag-filter: v
+    strip-prefix: v
+    use-tag: true
diff --git a/packages.txt b/packages.txt
index 184f5ee55cfc..acd0fcc5c4ac 100644
--- a/packages.txt
+++ b/packages.txt
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ mycli
 valgrind
 go-licenses
 aws-flb-kinesis
+bazelisk
 py3-importlib-resources
 py3-tzdata
 py3-setproctitle