diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index d681994fec44..5a86751469f9 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -647,6 +647,107 @@ java_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
 
+java_library(
+    name = "protobuf_javalite",
+    srcs = [
+        # Keep in sync with java/lite/pom.xml
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/AbstractMessageLite.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/AbstractParser.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/AbstractProtobufList.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/AllocatedBuffer.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/Android.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ArrayDecoders.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/BinaryReader.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/BinaryWriter.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/BooleanArrayList.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/BufferAllocator.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ByteBufferWriter.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ByteOutput.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ByteString.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/CodedInputStream.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/CodedInputStreamReader.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/CodedOutputStream.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/CodedOutputStreamWriter.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/DoubleArrayList.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ExperimentalApi.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ExtensionLite.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ExtensionRegistryFactory.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ExtensionRegistryLite.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ExtensionSchema.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ExtensionSchemaLite.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ExtensionSchemas.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/FieldInfo.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/FieldSet.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/FieldType.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/FloatArrayList.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/GeneratedMessageInfoFactory.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/GeneratedMessageLite.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/IntArrayList.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/Internal.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/InvalidProtocolBufferException.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/IterableByteBufferInputStream.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/JavaType.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/LazyField.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/LazyFieldLite.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/LazyStringArrayList.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/LazyStringList.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ListFieldSchema.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/LongArrayList.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ManifestSchemaFactory.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MapEntryLite.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MapFieldLite.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MapFieldSchema.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MapFieldSchemaLite.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MapFieldSchemas.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageInfo.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageInfoFactory.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageLite.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageLiteOrBuilder.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageLiteToString.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageSchema.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageSetSchema.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MutabilityOracle.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/NewInstanceSchema.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/NewInstanceSchemaLite.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/NewInstanceSchemas.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/NioByteString.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/OneofInfo.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/Parser.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/PrimitiveNonBoxingCollection.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ProtoSyntax.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/Protobuf.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ProtobufArrayList.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ProtobufLists.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ProtocolStringList.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/RawMessageInfo.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/Reader.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/RopeByteString.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/Schema.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/SchemaFactory.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/SchemaUtil.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/SmallSortedMap.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/StructuralMessageInfo.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/TextFormatEscaper.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/UninitializedMessageException.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/UnknownFieldSchema.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/UnknownFieldSetLite.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/UnknownFieldSetLiteSchema.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/UnmodifiableLazyStringList.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/UnsafeUtil.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/Utf8.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/WireFormat.java",
+        "java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/Writer.java",
+    ],
+    javacopts = select({
+        "//:jdk9": ["--add-modules=jdk.unsupported"],
+        "//conditions:default": [
+            "-source 7",
+            "-target 7",
+        ],
+    }),
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
 java_library(
     name = "protobuf_java_util",
     srcs = glob([
diff --git a/java/lite/pom.xml b/java/lite/pom.xml
index 800cdded9a61..c09cfb7061e8 100644
--- a/java/lite/pom.xml
+++ b/java/lite/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
                 <resource>
                   <directory>${basedir}/../core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf</directory>
                   <includes>
+                    <!-- Keep in sync with //:BUILD  -->
                     <include>AbstractMessageLite.java</include>
                     <include>AbstractParser.java</include>
                     <include>AbstractProtobufList.java</include>