diff --git a/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc b/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
index 06e87fa130029..b656405b173d8 100644
--- a/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ yarn kbn watch-bazel
 - @kbn/dev-utils
 - @kbn/docs-utils
 - @kbn/es
+- @kbn/es-archiver
 - @kbn/eslint-import-resolver-kibana
 - @kbn/eslint-plugin-eslint
 - @kbn/expect
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 99dad59044bf4..1cdeed4189cd3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
     "@kbn/dev-utils": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-dev-utils",
     "@kbn/docs-utils": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-docs-utils",
     "@kbn/es": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-es",
-    "@kbn/es-archiver": "link:packages/kbn-es-archiver",
+    "@kbn/es-archiver": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-es-archiver",
     "@kbn/eslint-import-resolver-kibana": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-eslint-import-resolver-kibana",
     "@kbn/eslint-plugin-eslint": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint",
     "@kbn/expect": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-expect",
diff --git a/packages/BUILD.bazel b/packages/BUILD.bazel
index 6ffd5ff151ac3..de7a27fd51276 100644
--- a/packages/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/BUILD.bazel
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ filegroup(
       "//packages/kbn-dev-utils:build",
       "//packages/kbn-docs-utils:build",
       "//packages/kbn-es:build",
+      "//packages/kbn-es-archiver:build",
       "//packages/kbn-eslint-import-resolver-kibana:build",
       "//packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint:build",
       "//packages/kbn-expect:build",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-es-archiver/BUILD.bazel b/packages/kbn-es-archiver/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9b3db311afa24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-es-archiver/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+load("@npm//@bazel/typescript:index.bzl", "ts_config", "ts_project")
+load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "js_library", "pkg_npm")
+
+PKG_BASE_NAME = "kbn-es-archiver"
+PKG_REQUIRE_NAME = "@kbn/es-archiver"
+
+SOURCE_FILES = glob(
+  [
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+  ],
+  exclude = [
+    "**/*.test.*",
+    "**/__fixtures__",
+    "**/__mocks__",
+    "**/__snapshots__"
+  ],
+)
+
+SRCS = SOURCE_FILES
+
+filegroup(
+  name = "srcs",
+  srcs = SRCS,
+)
+
+NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES = [
+  "package.json",
+]
+
+SRC_DEPS = [
+  "//packages/kbn-dev-utils",
+  "//packages/kbn-test",
+  "//packages/kbn-utils",
+  "@npm//@elastic/elasticsearch",
+  "@npm//aggregate-error",
+  "@npm//bluebird",
+  "@npm//chance",
+  "@npm//globby",
+  "@npm//json-stable-stringify",
+  "@npm//lodash",
+  "@npm//sinon",
+  "@npm//zlib",
+]
+
+TYPES_DEPS = [
+  "@npm//@types/bluebird",
+  "@npm//@types/chance",
+  "@npm//@types/jest",
+  "@npm//@types/json-stable-stringify",
+  "@npm//@types/lodash",
+  "@npm//@types/node",
+  "@npm//@types/sinon",
+]
+
+DEPS = SRC_DEPS + TYPES_DEPS
+
+ts_config(
+  name = "tsconfig",
+  src = "tsconfig.json",
+  deps = [
+    "//:tsconfig.base.json",
+  ],
+)
+
+ts_project(
+  name = "tsc",
+  args = ['--pretty'],
+  srcs = SRCS,
+  deps = DEPS,
+  declaration = True,
+  declaration_map = True,
+  incremental = True,
+  out_dir = "target",
+  source_map = True,
+  root_dir = "src",
+  tsconfig = ":tsconfig",
+)
+
+js_library(
+  name = PKG_BASE_NAME,
+  srcs = NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES,
+  deps = DEPS + [":tsc"],
+  package_name = PKG_REQUIRE_NAME,
+  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+pkg_npm(
+  name = "npm_module",
+  deps = [
+    ":%s" % PKG_BASE_NAME,
+  ]
+)
+
+filegroup(
+  name = "build",
+  srcs = [
+    ":npm_module",
+  ],
+  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/packages/kbn-es-archiver/package.json b/packages/kbn-es-archiver/package.json
index b55e67b82694f..e8eb7b5f8f1c9 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es-archiver/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-es-archiver/package.json
@@ -7,9 +7,5 @@
   "types": "target/index.d.ts",
   "kibana": {
     "devOnly": true
-  },
-  "scripts": {
-    "kbn:bootstrap": "rm -rf target && ../../node_modules/.bin/tsc",
-    "kbn:watch": "rm -rf target && ../../node_modules/.bin/tsc --watch"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/kbn-es-archiver/tsconfig.json b/packages/kbn-es-archiver/tsconfig.json
index 0950cd39d0bee..1bc93908a993e 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es-archiver/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-es-archiver/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "incremental": false,
+    "incremental": true,
     "outDir": "./target",
     "target": "ES2019",
     "declaration": true,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 589f07e7a35d8..10cbb9789ba98 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2645,7 +2645,7 @@
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""
 
-"@kbn/es-archiver@link:packages/kbn-es-archiver":
+"@kbn/es-archiver@link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-es-archiver":
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""