diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index c5f8b694..1e732b0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -53,4 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       run: bazel build //csharp/...
 
     - name: Building //perl directory
-      run: bazel build //perl/...
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+      run: bazel build //perl/...
+
+    - name: Building //python directory
+      run: bazel build //python/...
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index ba524412..8e323b28 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -254,3 +254,10 @@ load("@rules_perl//perl:deps.bzl", "perl_register_toolchains", "perl_rules_depen
 
 perl_rules_dependencies()
 perl_register_toolchains()
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_python",
+    sha256 = "bc4e59e17c7809a5b373ba359e2c974ed2386c58634819ac5a89c0813c15705c",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.15.1",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/archive/refs/tags/0.15.1.tar.gz",
+)
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diff --git a/python/BUILD b/python/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d0394cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+load("@rules_python//python:defs.bzl", "py_binary")
+
+py_binary(
+  name = "python",
+  main = "main.py",
+  srcs = ["main.py"],
+)
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diff --git a/python/main.py b/python/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b41d0fe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+def main():
+    print("Hello world!")
+    
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()