diff --git a/ci/showcase/BUILD.bazel.in b/ci/showcase/BUILD.bazel.in
index 16161e68c1b18..5e5d285673a73 100644
--- a/ci/showcase/BUILD.bazel.in
+++ b/ci/showcase/BUILD.bazel.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel:cc_proto_library.bzl", "cc_proto_library")
 load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel:proto_library.bzl", "proto_library")
 load("@grpc//bazel:cc_grpc_library.bzl", "cc_grpc_library")
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library", "cc_test")
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:private"])
 
diff --git a/generator/internal/scaffold_generator.cc b/generator/internal/scaffold_generator.cc
index c070db6df79ca..d2f788c747008 100644
--- a/generator/internal/scaffold_generator.cc
+++ b/generator/internal/scaffold_generator.cc
@@ -1114,6 +1114,8 @@ void GenerateQuickstartBuild(
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_binary")
+
 licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2.0
 
 cc_binary(
diff --git a/generator/internal/scaffold_generator_test.cc b/generator/internal/scaffold_generator_test.cc
index c0cc82deb1f57..7ce189110f62e 100644
--- a/generator/internal/scaffold_generator_test.cc
+++ b/generator/internal/scaffold_generator_test.cc
@@ -454,6 +454,8 @@ TEST_F(ScaffoldGenerator, QuickstartBuild) {
   EXPECT_THAT(actual, HasSubstr("2034"));
   EXPECT_THAT(actual, Not(HasSubstr("$copyright_year$")));
   EXPECT_THAT(actual, Not(HasSubstr("$library_prefix$")));
+  EXPECT_THAT(actual,
+              HasSubstr(R"""(load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_binary"))"""));
 }
 
 TEST_F(ScaffoldGenerator, QuickstartBazelrc) {