diff --git a/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc b/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
index 4e8bbf76eaacb..dbfbe90ec9263 100644
--- a/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ yarn kbn watch-bazel
 - @kbn/eslint-plugin-eslint
 - @kbn/expect
 - @kbn/i18n
+- @kbn/io-ts-utils
 - @kbn/legacy-logging
 - @kbn/logging
 - @kbn/mapbox-gl
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c61df3a4c704b..21a0380934d9c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     "@kbn/mapbox-gl": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-mapbox-gl/npm_module",
     "@kbn/i18n": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-i18n/npm_module",
     "@kbn/interpreter": "link:packages/kbn-interpreter",
-    "@kbn/io-ts-utils": "link:packages/kbn-io-ts-utils",
+    "@kbn/io-ts-utils": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-io-ts-utils/npm_module",
     "@kbn/legacy-logging": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-legacy-logging/npm_module",
     "@kbn/logging": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-logging/npm_module",
     "@kbn/monaco": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-monaco/npm_module",
diff --git a/packages/BUILD.bazel b/packages/BUILD.bazel
index c885666f7a916..de3498da1a697 100644
--- a/packages/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/BUILD.bazel
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ filegroup(
       "//packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint:build",
       "//packages/kbn-expect:build",
       "//packages/kbn-i18n:build",
+      "//packages/kbn-io-ts-utils:build",
       "//packages/kbn-legacy-logging:build",
       "//packages/kbn-logging:build",
       "//packages/kbn-mapbox-gl:build",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-io-ts-utils/BUILD.bazel b/packages/kbn-io-ts-utils/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6b26173fe8f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-io-ts-utils/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+load("@npm//@bazel/typescript:index.bzl", "ts_config", "ts_project")
+load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "js_library", "pkg_npm")
+
+PKG_BASE_NAME = "kbn-io-ts-utils"
+PKG_REQUIRE_NAME = "@kbn/io-ts-utils"
+
+SOURCE_FILES = glob(
+  [
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+  ],
+  exclude = [
+    "**/*.test.*"
+  ],
+)
+
+SRCS = SOURCE_FILES
+
+filegroup(
+  name = "srcs",
+  srcs = SRCS,
+)
+
+NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES = [
+  "package.json",
+]
+
+SRC_DEPS = [
+  "@npm//fp-ts",
+  "@npm//io-ts",
+  "@npm//lodash",
+  "@npm//tslib",
+]
+
+TYPES_DEPS = [
+  "@npm//@types/jest",
+  "@npm//@types/lodash",
+  "@npm//@types/node",
+]
+
+DEPS = SRC_DEPS + TYPES_DEPS
+
+ts_config(
+  name = "tsconfig",
+  src = "tsconfig.json",
+  deps = [
+    "//:tsconfig.base.json",
+  ],
+)
+
+ts_project(
+  name = "tsc",
+  args = ['--pretty'],
+  srcs = SRCS,
+  deps = DEPS,
+  declaration = True,
+  declaration_map = True,
+  incremental = True,
+  out_dir = "target",
+  source_map = True,
+  root_dir = "src",
+  tsconfig = ":tsconfig",
+)
+
+js_library(
+  name = PKG_BASE_NAME,
+  srcs = NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES,
+  deps = DEPS + [":tsc"],
+  package_name = PKG_REQUIRE_NAME,
+  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+pkg_npm(
+  name = "npm_module",
+  deps = [
+    ":%s" % PKG_BASE_NAME,
+  ]
+)
+
+filegroup(
+  name = "build",
+  srcs = [
+    ":npm_module",
+  ],
+  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/packages/kbn-io-ts-utils/package.json b/packages/kbn-io-ts-utils/package.json
index 4d6f02d3f85a6..9d22277f27c01 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-io-ts-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-io-ts-utils/package.json
@@ -4,10 +4,5 @@
   "types": "./target/index.d.ts",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "license": "SSPL-1.0 OR Elastic License 2.0",
-  "private": true,
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "../../node_modules/.bin/tsc",
-    "kbn:bootstrap": "yarn build",
-    "kbn:watch": "yarn build --watch"
-  }
+  "private": true
 }
diff --git a/packages/kbn-io-ts-utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/kbn-io-ts-utils/tsconfig.json
index 6c67518e21073..7b8f255275499 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-io-ts-utils/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-io-ts-utils/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "incremental": false,
+    "incremental": true,
     "outDir": "./target",
     "stripInternal": false,
     "declaration": true,
diff --git a/packages/kbn-server-route-repository/package.json b/packages/kbn-server-route-repository/package.json
index ce1ca02d0c4f6..4ae625d83a700 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-server-route-repository/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-server-route-repository/package.json
@@ -9,8 +9,5 @@
     "build": "../../node_modules/.bin/tsc",
     "kbn:bootstrap": "yarn build",
     "kbn:watch": "yarn build --watch"
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@kbn/io-ts-utils": "link:../kbn-io-ts-utils"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cead2b432520a..160b58461dd6c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2666,7 +2666,7 @@
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""
 
-"@kbn/io-ts-utils@link:packages/kbn-io-ts-utils":
+"@kbn/io-ts-utils@link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-io-ts-utils/npm_module":
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""