diff --git a/third_party/grpc/build_defs.bzl b/third_party/grpc/build_defs.bzl
index 1369eea480fb4f..4240c1debf962b 100644
--- a/third_party/grpc/build_defs.bzl
+++ b/third_party/grpc/build_defs.bzl
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 You need to load the rules in your BUILD file for use, like:
 load("//third_party/grpc:build_defs.bzl", "java_grpc_library")
 """
+
 def _path_ignoring_repository(f):
   if (len(f.owner.workspace_root) == 0):
     return f.short_path
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ def java_grpc_library(name, srcs, deps, enable_deprecated=None, visibility=None,
       srcs = [gensource_name],
       visibility = visibility,
       deps = [
+          "@io_bazel//third_party:javax_annotations",
           "@io_bazel//third_party:jsr305",
           "@io_bazel//third_party/grpc:grpc-jar",
           "@io_bazel//third_party:guava",