diff --git a/buildscripts/kokoro/bazel.sh b/buildscripts/kokoro/bazel.sh
index 13bbaa4bf1..56133d967d 100755
--- a/buildscripts/kokoro/bazel.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/kokoro/bazel.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,9 @@ cd github/grpc-java
 bazel build ...
 
 cd examples
+bazel clean
+bazel build ...
+
+cd example-alts
+bazel clean
 bazel build ...
diff --git a/examples/BUILD.bazel b/examples/BUILD.bazel
index 196c7655cb..6a006735c8 100644
--- a/examples/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/examples/BUILD.bazel
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ java_library(
         "@com_google_j2objc_j2objc_annotations//jar",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_java",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_java_util",
-        "@io_grpc_grpc_java//alts",
         "@io_grpc_grpc_java//core",
         "@io_grpc_grpc_java//netty",
         "@io_grpc_grpc_java//protobuf",
@@ -99,28 +98,6 @@ java_binary(
     ],
 )
 
-java_binary(
-    name = "hello-world-alts-client",
-    testonly = 1,
-    main_class = "io.grpc.examples.alts.HelloWorldAltsClient",
-    runtime_deps = [
-        ":examples",
-        "@io_grpc_grpc_java//alts",
-        "@io_grpc_grpc_java//netty",
-    ],
-)
-
-java_binary(
-    name = "hello-world-alts-server",
-    testonly = 1,
-    main_class = "io.grpc.examples.alts.HelloWorldAltsServer",
-    runtime_deps = [
-        ":examples",
-        "@io_grpc_grpc_java//alts",
-        "@io_grpc_grpc_java//netty",
-    ],
-)
-
 java_binary(
     name = "route-guide-client",
     testonly = 1,
diff --git a/examples/example-alts/BUILD.bazel b/examples/example-alts/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f747ff992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example-alts/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+load("@io_grpc_grpc_java//:java_grpc_library.bzl", "java_grpc_library")
+
+proto_library(
+    name = "helloworld_proto",
+    srcs = ["src/main/proto/helloworld/helloworld.proto"],
+)
+
+java_proto_library(
+    name = "helloworld_java_proto",
+    deps = [":helloworld_proto"],
+)
+
+java_grpc_library(
+    name = "helloworld_java_grpc",
+    srcs = [":helloworld_proto"],
+    deps = [":helloworld_java_proto"],
+)
+
+java_library(
+    name = "example-alts",
+    testonly = 1,
+    srcs = glob(
+        ["src/main/java/**/*.java"],
+    ),
+    deps = [
+        ":helloworld_java_grpc",
+        ":helloworld_java_proto",
+        "@io_grpc_grpc_java//alts",
+        "@io_grpc_grpc_java//core",
+        "@io_grpc_grpc_java//protobuf",
+        "@io_grpc_grpc_java//stub",
+    ],
+)
+
+java_binary(
+    name = "hello-world-alts-client",
+    testonly = 1,
+    main_class = "io.grpc.examples.alts.HelloWorldAltsClient",
+    runtime_deps = [
+        ":example-alts",
+        "@io_grpc_grpc_java//netty",
+    ],
+)
+
+java_binary(
+    name = "hello-world-alts-server",
+    testonly = 1,
+    main_class = "io.grpc.examples.alts.HelloWorldAltsServer",
+    runtime_deps = [
+        ":example-alts",
+        "@io_grpc_grpc_java//netty",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/examples/example-alts/WORKSPACE b/examples/example-alts/WORKSPACE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11ac4e3765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example-alts/WORKSPACE
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+workspace(name = "example_alts")
+
+# For released versions, use the tagged git-repository:
+# git_repository(
+#     name = "io_grpc_grpc_java",
+#     remote = "https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java.git",
+#     tag = "<TAG>",
+# )
+local_repository(
+    name = "io_grpc_grpc_java",
+    path = "../..",
+)
+
+load("@io_grpc_grpc_java//:repositories.bzl", "grpc_java_repositories")
+
+grpc_java_repositories()
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 9ab6f6bca5..ec50bed6fb 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@
       <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
       <version>${grpc.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>grpc-alts</artifactId>
-      <version>${grpc.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>