diff --git a/googletest/test/BUILD.bazel b/googletest/test/BUILD.bazel
index 1b81133c..6ea18ec6 100644
--- a/googletest/test/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/googletest/test/BUILD.bazel
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@ cc_test(
         "//:gtest",
     ],
 )
+
+cc_test(
+    name = "gtest_unittest",
+    size = "small",
+    srcs = ["gtest_unittest.cc"],
+    args = ["--heap_check=strict"],
+    shard_count = 2,
+    deps = ["//:gtest_main"],
+)
+
 #  Py tests
 
 py_library(