diff --git a/absl/base/BUILD.bazel b/absl/base/BUILD.bazel
index c6e4be62..2e2630f2 100644
--- a/absl/base/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/absl/base/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1011,6 +1011,7 @@ cc_library(
     linkopts = ABSL_DEFAULT_LINKOPTS,
     visibility = [
         "//absl:__subpackages__",
+        "//absl:friends",
     ],
     deps = [
         ":config",