diff --git a/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc b/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
index 03e0769a61b35..b1477730ad5f7 100644
--- a/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ yarn kbn watch-bazel
 - @kbn/config-schema
 - @kbn/crypto
 - @kbn/dev-utils
+- @kbn/docs-utils
 - @kbn/es
 - @kbn/eslint-import-resolver-kibana
 - @kbn/eslint-plugin-eslint
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 01673703e49ca..f812c0ebbe12b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
     "@kbn/babel-preset": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-babel-preset/npm_module",
     "@kbn/cli-dev-mode": "link:packages/kbn-cli-dev-mode",
     "@kbn/dev-utils": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-dev-utils/npm_module",
-    "@kbn/docs-utils": "link:packages/kbn-docs-utils",
+    "@kbn/docs-utils": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-docs-utils/npm_module",
     "@kbn/es": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-es/npm_module",
     "@kbn/es-archiver": "link:packages/kbn-es-archiver",
     "@kbn/eslint-import-resolver-kibana": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-eslint-import-resolver-kibana/npm_module",
diff --git a/packages/BUILD.bazel b/packages/BUILD.bazel
index b562e27611000..8a2b1cc111ded 100644
--- a/packages/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/BUILD.bazel
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ filegroup(
       "//packages/kbn-config-schema:build",
       "//packages/kbn-crypto:build",
       "//packages/kbn-dev-utils:build",
+      "//packages/kbn-docs-utils:build",
       "//packages/kbn-es:build",
       "//packages/kbn-eslint-import-resolver-kibana:build",
       "//packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint:build",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-docs-utils/BUILD.bazel b/packages/kbn-docs-utils/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e72d83851f5d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-docs-utils/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+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-docs-utils"
+PKG_REQUIRE_NAME = "@kbn/docs-utils"
+
+SOURCE_FILES = glob(
+  [
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+  ],
+  exclude = [
+    "**/*.test.*",
+    "**/__fixtures__/**",
+    "**/snapshots/**",
+  ],
+)
+
+SRCS = SOURCE_FILES
+
+filegroup(
+  name = "srcs",
+  srcs = SRCS,
+)
+
+NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES = [
+  "package.json",
+]
+
+SRC_DEPS = [
+  "//packages/kbn-config",
+  "//packages/kbn-dev-utils",
+  "//packages/kbn-utils",
+  "@npm//dedent",
+  "@npm//ts-morph",
+]
+
+TYPES_DEPS = [
+  "@npm//@types/dedent",
+  "@npm//@types/jest",
+  "@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 = [":tsc"] + DEPS,
+  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-docs-utils/package.json b/packages/kbn-docs-utils/package.json
index 27d38d2d8ed4f..b2a52b2d1f78e 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-docs-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-docs-utils/package.json
@@ -7,9 +7,5 @@
   "types": "target/index.d.ts",
   "kibana": {
     "devOnly": true
-  },
-  "scripts": {
-    "kbn:bootstrap": "../../node_modules/.bin/tsc",
-    "kbn:watch": "../../node_modules/.bin/tsc --watch"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/kbn-docs-utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/kbn-docs-utils/tsconfig.json
index 6f4a6fa2af8a5..9868c8b3d2bb4 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-docs-utils/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-docs-utils/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "incremental": false,
+    "incremental": true,
     "outDir": "./target",
     "target": "ES2019",
     "declaration": true,
     "declarationMap": true,
+    "rootDir": "src",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "sourceRoot": "../../../../packages/kbn-docs-utils/src",
     "types": [
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b86dc6a73f14f..c116623aeaaef 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2634,7 +2634,7 @@
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""
 
-"@kbn/docs-utils@link:packages/kbn-docs-utils":
+"@kbn/docs-utils@link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-docs-utils/npm_module":
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""