diff --git a/third_party/libpg_query/external.bzl b/third_party/libpg_query/external.bzl
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+++ b/third_party/libpg_query/external.bzl
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+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+
+def libpg_query_external(name, version):
+    sums = {
+        "13-2.1.2": "101a7851ee065d824fe06e300b78355a79bd5411864de707761282a0c57a0a97",
+    }
+    http_archive(
+        name = name,
+        build_file = "//third_party/libpg_query/external:BUILD.repo",
+        sha256 = sums[version],
+        strip_prefix = "libpg_query-" + version,
+        urls = ["https://github.com/pganalyze/libpg_query/archive/refs/tags/%s.tar.gz" % version],
+    )