diff --git a/rule/rule.go b/rule/rule.go
index 9678bd3fc..bd51a29dd 100644
--- a/rule/rule.go
+++ b/rule/rule.go
@@ -880,6 +880,11 @@ func (r *Rule) Args() []bzl.Expr {
 	return r.args
 }
 
+// AddArg adds a positional argument to the rule.
+func (r *Rule) AddArg(value bzl.Expr) {
+	r.args = append(r.args, value)
+}
+
 // Insert marks this statement for insertion at the end of the file. Multiple
 // statements will be inserted in the order Insert is called.
 func (r *Rule) Insert(f *File) {
diff --git a/rule/rule_test.go b/rule/rule_test.go
index 9c84c3ddf..d917cd5c5 100644
--- a/rule/rule_test.go
+++ b/rule/rule_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ y_library(name = "bar")
 	foo.Delete()
 	bar := f.Rules[1]
 	bar.SetAttr("srcs", []string{"bar.y"})
-	baz := NewRule("z", "baz")
+	loadMaybe := NewLoad("//some:maybe.bzl")
+	loadMaybe.Add("maybe")
+	loadMaybe.Insert(f, 0)
+	baz := NewRule("maybe", "baz")
+	baz.AddArg(&bzl.LiteralExpr{Token: "z"})
 	baz.SetAttr("srcs", GlobValue{
 		Patterns: []string{"**"},
 		Excludes: []string{"*.pem"},
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ y_library(name = "bar")
 
 	got := strings.TrimSpace(string(f.Format()))
 	want := strings.TrimSpace(`
+load("//some:maybe.bzl", "maybe")
 load("b.bzl", "x_library")
 load(
     "c.bzl",
@@ -79,7 +84,8 @@ y_library(
     srcs = ["bar.y"],
 )
 
-z(
+maybe(
+    z,
     name = "baz",
     srcs = glob(
         ["**"],
@@ -167,6 +173,31 @@ def foo():
 	}
 }
 
+func TestArgsAlwaysEndUpBeforeKwargs(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := LoadData(filepath.Join("old", "BUILD.bazel"), "", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	bar := NewRule("maybe", "bar")
+	bar.SetAttr("url", "https://doesnotexist.com")
+	bar.AddArg(&bzl.Ident{Name: "http_archive"})
+	bar.Insert(f)
+	f.Sync()
+	got := strings.TrimSpace(string(f.Format()))
+	want := strings.TrimSpace(`
+maybe(
+    http_archive,
+    name = "bar",
+    url = "https://doesnotexist.com",
+)
+`)
+
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("got:\n%s\nwant:%s", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDeleteSyncDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	old := []byte(`
 x_library(name = "foo")