diff --git a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_proto_library.bzl b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_proto_library.bzl
index eb4dc6bc5242aa..884864bfb27469 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_proto_library.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_proto_library.bzl
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ _cc_proto_aspect = aspect(
     attr_aspects = ["deps"],
     fragments = ["cpp", "proto"],
     required_providers = [ProtoInfo],
+    provides = [CcInfo],
     attrs = {
         "_aspect_cc_proto_toolchain": attr.label(
             default = configuration_field(fragment = "proto", name = "proto_toolchain_for_cc"),