diff --git a/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc b/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
index cfc33ce5a7f8..1bb50d8bc14c 100644
--- a/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/developer/getting-started/monorepo-packages.asciidoc
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ yarn kbn watch-bazel
 - @kbn/babel-code-parser
 - @kbn/babel-preset
 - @kbn/config-schema
+- @kbn/expect
 - @kbn/std
 - @kbn/tinymath
 - @kbn/utility-types
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 59de36c601b0..7bce20bb3932 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
     "@kbn/es-archiver": "link:packages/kbn-es-archiver",
     "@kbn/eslint-import-resolver-kibana": "link:packages/kbn-eslint-import-resolver-kibana",
     "@kbn/eslint-plugin-eslint": "link:packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint",
-    "@kbn/expect": "link:packages/kbn-expect",
+    "@kbn/expect": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-expect/npm_module",
     "@kbn/optimizer": "link:packages/kbn-optimizer",
     "@kbn/plugin-generator": "link:packages/kbn-plugin-generator",
     "@kbn/plugin-helpers": "link:packages/kbn-plugin-helpers",
diff --git a/packages/BUILD.bazel b/packages/BUILD.bazel
index 7822eb6391f9..6d46faeeef45 100644
--- a/packages/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/BUILD.bazel
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ filegroup(
       "//packages/kbn-babel-code-parser:build",
       "//packages/kbn-babel-preset:build",
       "//packages/kbn-config-schema:build",
+      "//packages/kbn-expect:build",
       "//packages/kbn-std:build",
       "//packages/kbn-tinymath:build",
       "//packages/kbn-utility-types:build",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-expect/BUILD.bazel b/packages/kbn-expect/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..82e6200e9688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-expect/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "js_library", "pkg_npm")
+
+PKG_BASE_NAME = "kbn-expect"
+PKG_REQUIRE_NAME = "@kbn/expect"
+
+SOURCE_FILES = glob([
+  "expect.js",
+  "expect.js.d.ts",
+])
+
+SRCS = SOURCE_FILES
+
+filegroup(
+  name = "srcs",
+  srcs = SRCS,
+)
+
+NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES = [
+  "LICENSE.txt",
+  "package.json",
+  "README.md",
+]
+
+js_library(
+  name = PKG_BASE_NAME,
+  srcs = NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES + [
+    ":srcs",
+  ],
+  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-expect/tsconfig.json b/packages/kbn-expect/tsconfig.json
index ae7e9ff090cc..7baae093bc3a 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-expect/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-expect/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "tsBuildInfoFile": "../../build/tsbuildinfo/packages/kbn-expect"
+    "incremental": false,
   },
   "include": [
     "expect.js.d.ts"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 506ba400803b..62575c059ef4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2633,7 +2633,7 @@
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""
 
-"@kbn/expect@link:packages/kbn-expect":
+"@kbn/expect@link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-expect/npm_module":
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""