diff --git a/examples/cc/MODULE.bazel b/examples/cc/MODULE.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53df310573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cc/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_apple", repo_name = "build_bazel_rules_apple", version = "2.0.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.3.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_xcodeproj", repo_name = "com_github_buildbuddy_io_rules_xcodeproj", version = "1.5.0")
+# TODO: bump to newest rules_swift containing bzlmod fixes and remove local_path_override
+# bazel_dep(name = "rules_swift", repo_name = "build_bazel_rules_swift", version = "1.5.0")
+local_path_override(
+	module_name = "rules_swift",
+	path = "../../../rules_swift"
+)
+
+local_path_override(
+	module_name = "rules_xcodeproj",
+	path = "../.."
+)
diff --git a/examples/cc/WORKSPACE.bzlmod b/examples/cc/WORKSPACE.bzlmod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0eb4057892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cc/WORKSPACE.bzlmod
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+local_repository(
+    name = "examples_cc_external",
+    path = "external",
+)