diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bc9dd9f..b18234e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@ venv
 env
 compile_commands.json
 .vs/*
+bazel-bin
+bazel-json-schema-validator
+bazel-out
+bazel-testlogs
+
diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..708c45a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "schema_validator",
+    deps = ["//src:json_schema_validator"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
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index 0000000..00bb183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+###############################################################################
+# Bazel now uses Bzlmod by default to manage external dependencies.
+# Please consider migrating your external dependencies from WORKSPACE to MODULE.bazel.
+#
+# For more details, please check https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/18958
+###############################################################################
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93751e7..e1e7968 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -135,6 +135,22 @@ CMake's `find_package()` to be used.
 This library is using this mechanism if `nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json`-target
 does not exist.
 
+### Building with Bazel
+
+To build the library with bazel run:
+
+```bash
+bazel build src:json_schema_validator
+```
+
+The output files are placed in bazel-bin/src directory.
+
+To execute unit tests run:
+
+```bash
+bazel test test/...
+```
+
 ### Install
 
 Since version 2.1.0 this library can be installed and CMake-package-files will be
diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bazel b/WORKSPACE.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16e839d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+workspace(name = "json-schema-validator")
+
+load("//:workspace.bzl", "load_nlohmann_3_11_2")
+load("//:workspace.bzl", "load_nlohmann_3_11_3")
+
+load_nlohmann_3_11_2()
+load_nlohmann_3_11_3()
diff --git a/src/BUILD b/src/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad74e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+load("@bazel_skylib//rules:common_settings.bzl", "string_flag")
+
+string_flag(
+    name = "nlohmann_version",
+    # default nlohmann library version.
+    build_setting_default = "3.11.3",
+    values = [
+        "3.11.2",
+        "3.11.3",
+    ],
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "nlohmann_v3.11.3",
+    flag_values = {":nlohmann_version": "3.11.3" },
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "nlohmann_v3.11.2",
+    flag_values = {":nlohmann_version": "3.11.2" },
+)
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "json_schema_validator",
+    hdrs = [
+        "json-patch.hpp",
+        "smtp-address-validator.hpp",
+        "nlohmann/json-schema.hpp",
+    ],
+    includes = ["."],
+    srcs = [
+        "smtp-address-validator.cpp",
+        "json-schema-draft7.json.cpp",
+        "json-uri.cpp",
+        "json-validator.cpp",
+        "json-patch.cpp",
+        "string-format-check.cpp",
+    ],
+    deps =
+        select({
+        "nlohmann_v3.11.3": ["@nlohmann_ext_3.11.3//:json", "@nlohmann_ext_3.11.3//:nlohmann_json_lib"],
+        "nlohmann_v3.11.2": ["@nlohmann_ext_3.11.2//:json", "@nlohmann_ext_3.11.2//:nlohmann_json_lib"],
+        }),
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    alwayslink = True,
+)
diff --git a/test/BUILD b/test/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76258b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+load("test.bzl", "validator_test")
+
+validator_test("binary-validation")
+validator_test("errors")
+validator_test("id-ref")
+validator_test("issue-105-verbose-combination-errors")
+validator_test("issue-117-format-error")
+validator_test("issue-149-entry-selection")
+validator_test("issue-189-default-values")
+validator_test("issue-229-oneof-default-values")
+validator_test("issue-243-root-default-values")
+validator_test("issue-25-default-values")
+validator_test("issue-255-error-message-limit-precision")
+validator_test("issue-293")
+validator_test("issue-70-root-schema-constructor")
+validator_test("issue-70")
+validator_test("issue-98")
+validator_test("json-patch")
+validator_test("string-format-check-test")
+validator_test("uri")
diff --git a/test/test.bzl b/test/test.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02a9cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+def validator_test(name) :
+  native.cc_test(
+    name = name,
+    srcs = [name + ".cpp"],
+    copts = [],
+    deps = ["//src:json_schema_validator"])
diff --git a/workspace.bzl b/workspace.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17aa226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspace.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+
+# instructions to build nlohmann library after downloading it.
+build_file_content_txt = """
+cc_library(
+    name = "nlohmann_json_lib",
+    hdrs = glob([
+        "include/nlohmann/*.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/**/*.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/*/*/*.hpp",
+    ]),
+    includes = ["nlohmann_json_lib"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "json",
+    includes = ["include"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = [":nlohmann_json_lib"],
+)"""
+
+# supported versions repositories
+def load_nlohmann_3_11_3():
+    http_archive(
+        name = "nlohmann_ext_3.11.3",
+        urls = ["https://github.com/nlohmann/json/archive/v3.11.3.tar.gz"],
+        sha256 = "0d8ef5af7f9794e3263480193c491549b2ba6cc74bb018906202ada498a79406",
+        build_file_content = build_file_content_txt,
+
+        strip_prefix = "json-3.11.3",
+    )
+
+def load_nlohmann_3_11_2():
+    http_archive(
+        name = "nlohmann_ext_3.11.2",
+        urls = ["https://github.com/nlohmann/json/archive/v3.11.2.tar.gz"],
+        sha256 = "d69f9deb6a75e2580465c6c4c5111b89c4dc2fa94e3a85fcd2ffcd9a143d9273",
+        build_file_content = build_file_content_txt,
+
+        strip_prefix = "json-3.11.2",
+    )