diff --git a/mediapipe/calculators/tensor/BUILD b/mediapipe/calculators/tensor/BUILD
index 654b7135..ae8a0cbf 100644
--- a/mediapipe/calculators/tensor/BUILD
+++ b/mediapipe/calculators/tensor/BUILD
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ cc_library(
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
     ],
+    alwayslink = 1,
 )
 
 mediapipe_proto_library(