diff --git a/tools/bazelisk_version.bzl b/tools/bazelisk_version.bzl
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+++ b/tools/bazelisk_version.bzl
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+_template = """
+load("@bazel_skylib//lib:versions.bzl", "versions")
+
+def check_bazel_version():
+  versions.check(minimum_bazel_version = "{version}")
+""".strip()
+
+def _impl(repository_ctx):
+    repository_ctx.symlink(Label("@//:.bazelversion"), ".bazelversion")
+    bazelversion = repository_ctx.read(".bazelversion").strip()
+
+    repository_ctx.file("BUILD", executable = False)
+
+    repository_ctx.file("check.bzl", executable = False, content = _template.format(version = bazelversion))
+
+bazelisk_version = repository_rule(implementation = _impl)