diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 15d46120642..5ea8048d5d9 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ build:nogcp --define=no_gcp_support=true
 build:nohdfs --define=no_hdfs_support=true
 build:nonccl --define=no_nccl_support=true
 
+build:stackdriver_support --define=stackdriver_support=true
+
 build --define=use_fast_cpp_protos=true
 build --define=allow_oversize_protos=true
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/BUILD b/tensorflow/BUILD
index ce759634232..bd0619b0c05 100644
--- a/tensorflow/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/BUILD
@@ -298,6 +298,13 @@ config_setting(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
 
+# Experimental features
+config_setting(
+    name = "stackdriver_support",
+    define_values = {"stackdriver_support": "true"},
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
 # Crosses between platforms and file system libraries not supported on those
 # platforms due to limitations in nested select() statements.
 config_setting(
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/BUILD b/tensorflow/core/BUILD
index 2b16801f6ed..50f1f2527a5 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/core/BUILD
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ load("//tensorflow:tensorflow.bzl", "tf_cc_test_gpu")
 load("//tensorflow:tensorflow.bzl", "tf_cc_tests_gpu")
 
 # buildifier: disable=same-origin-load
-load("//tensorflow:tensorflow.bzl", "tf_monitoring_deps")
+load("//tensorflow:tensorflow.bzl", "tf_monitoring_framework_deps")
 
 # For platform specific build config
 load(
@@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ cc_library(
         "@zlib",
         "@double_conversion//:double-conversion",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf",
-    ] + tf_protos_all_impl() + tf_protos_grappler_impl() + tf_protos_profiler_impl() + tf_monitoring_deps(),
+    ] + tf_protos_all_impl() + tf_protos_grappler_impl() + tf_protos_profiler_impl() + tf_monitoring_framework_deps(),
     # Alwayslink causes a cc_binary to "always link" in the
     # srcs for a given cc_library, even if they are unreferenced, see:
     # https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/be/c-cpp.html#cc_library.alwayslink
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/BUILD b/tensorflow/python/BUILD
index a7338772589..87048ba9d40 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/python/BUILD
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 load("//tensorflow:tensorflow.bzl", "py_strict_library")
 load("//tensorflow:tensorflow.bzl", "cc_header_only_library", "if_mlir", "if_not_windows", "if_xla_available", "py_test", "py_tests", "tf_cc_shared_object", "tf_cuda_library", "tf_gen_op_wrapper_py")
 
+# buildifier: disable=same-origin-load
+load("//tensorflow:tensorflow.bzl", "tf_monitoring_python_deps")
+
 # buildifier: disable=same-origin-load
 load("//tensorflow:tensorflow.bzl", "tf_python_pybind_extension")
 
@@ -6048,6 +6051,7 @@ pywrap_tensorflow_macro(
         "//tensorflow/core/util/tensor_bundle",
         "//tensorflow/compiler/mlir/python:mlir",
     ] + (tf_additional_lib_deps() +
+         tf_monitoring_python_deps() +
          tf_additional_plugin_deps() +
          tf_additional_profiler_deps()) + if_ngraph([
         "@ngraph_tf//:ngraph_tf",
diff --git a/tensorflow/tensorflow.bzl b/tensorflow/tensorflow.bzl
index 2609f5a42cf..f97363a919e 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tensorflow.bzl
+++ b/tensorflow/tensorflow.bzl
@@ -2864,8 +2864,31 @@ def if_cuda_or_rocm(if_true, if_false = []):
         "//conditions:default": if_false,
     })
 
-def tf_monitoring_deps():
-    return []
+def tf_monitoring_framework_deps(link_to_tensorflow_framework = True):
+    """Get the monitoring libs that will be linked to the tensorflow framework.
+
+      Currently in OSS, the protos must be statically linked to the tensorflow
+      framework, whereas the grpc should not be linked here.
+    """
+    return select({
+        "//tensorflow:stackdriver_support": [
+            "@com_github_googlecloudplatform_tensorflow_gcp_tools//monitoring:stackdriver_exporter_protos",
+        ],
+        "//conditions:default": [],
+    })
+
+def tf_monitoring_python_deps():
+    """Get the monitoring libs that will be linked to the python wrapper.
+
+      Currently in OSS, the grpc must be statically linked to the python wrapper
+      whereas the protos should not be linked here.
+    """
+    return select({
+        "//tensorflow:stackdriver_support": [
+            "@com_github_googlecloudplatform_tensorflow_gcp_tools//monitoring:stackdriver_exporter",
+        ],
+        "//conditions:default": [],
+    })
 
 def tf_jit_compilation_passes_extra_deps():
     return []
diff --git a/tensorflow/workspace.bzl b/tensorflow/workspace.bzl
index 6b0143e397f..60fef8c0cb9 100755
--- a/tensorflow/workspace.bzl
+++ b/tensorflow/workspace.bzl
@@ -351,6 +351,16 @@ def tf_repositories(path_prefix = "", tf_repo_name = ""):
         ],
     )
 
+    tf_http_archive(
+        name = "com_github_googlecloudplatform_tensorflow_gcp_tools",
+        sha256 = "5e9ebe17eaa2895eb7f77fefbf52deeda7c4b63f5a616916b823eb74f3a0c542",
+        strip_prefix = "tensorflow-gcp-tools-2643d8caeba6ca2a6a0b46bb123953cb95b7e7d5",
+        urls = [
+            "https://storage.googleapis.com/mirror.tensorflow.org/github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/tensorflow-gcp-tools/archive/2643d8caeba6ca2a6a0b46bb123953cb95b7e7d5.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/tensorflow-gcp-tools/archive/2643d8caeba6ca2a6a0b46bb123953cb95b7e7d5.tar.gz",
+        ],
+    )
+
     tf_http_archive(
         name = "com_google_googleapis",
         build_file = clean_dep("//third_party/googleapis:googleapis.BUILD"),