diff --git a/pkl/private/BUILD.bazel b/pkl/private/BUILD.bazel
index dcd858e..36dac56 100644
--- a/pkl/private/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkl/private/BUILD.bazel
@@ -31,10 +31,18 @@ bzl_library(
     srcs = glob(["*.bzl"]),
     visibility = ["//pkl:__subpackages__"],
     deps = [
+        ":java_single_jar_bzl",
         "@rules_jvm_external//:implementation",
     ],
 )
 
+# Proxy bzl_library for @rules_java//java/common/rules:java_single_jar.bzl, which
+# lacks a public bzl_library target in rules_java, causing stardoc to fail.
+bzl_library(
+    name = "java_single_jar_bzl",
+    srcs = ["@rules_java//java/common/rules:java_single_jar.bzl"],
+)
+
 sh_binary(
     name = "run_pkl_script",
     srcs = ["run_pkl_script.sh"],