diff --git a/utils/bazel/third_party_build/zlib-ng.BUILD b/utils/bazel/third_party_build/zlib-ng.BUILD
index cd41f183af630..916afe0b34d54 100644
--- a/utils/bazel/third_party_build/zlib-ng.BUILD
+++ b/utils/bazel/third_party_build/zlib-ng.BUILD
@@ -96,3 +96,8 @@ cc_library(
     strip_include_prefix = ".",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
+
+alias(
+    name = "zlib-ng",
+    actual = ":zlib",
+)