diff --git a/tools/build_defs/repo/utils.bzl b/tools/build_defs/repo/utils.bzl
index f355f9a..b76bac9 100644
--- a/tools/build_defs/repo/utils.bzl
+++ b/tools/build_defs/repo/utils.bzl
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@
     if ctx.attr.build_file:
         bash_exe = ctx.os.environ["BAZEL_SH"] if "BAZEL_SH" in ctx.os.environ else "bash"
         ctx.execute([bash_exe, "-c", "rm -f BUILD BUILD.bazel"])
-        ctx.symlink(ctx.attr.build_file, "BUILD")
+        ctx.symlink(ctx.attr.build_file, "BUILD.bazel")
     elif ctx.attr.build_file_content:
         bash_exe = ctx.os.environ["BAZEL_SH"] if "BAZEL_SH" in ctx.os.environ else "bash"
         ctx.execute([bash_exe, "-c", "rm -f BUILD.bazel"])
-        ctx.file("BUILD", ctx.attr.build_file_content)
+        ctx.file("BUILD.bazel", ctx.attr.build_file_content)
 
 def patch(ctx):
     """Implementation of patching an already extracted repository"""