diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 9c9c72fb991..aa8c8d84601 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -203,5 +203,3 @@ maven.override(
 switched_rules = use_extension("@com_google_googleapis//:extensions.bzl", "switched_rules")
 
 switched_rules.use_languages(java = True)
-
-use_repo(switched_rules, "com_google_googleapis_imports")
diff --git a/examples/BUILD.bazel b/examples/BUILD.bazel
index 46da0f9c2f9..3a0936780a0 100644
--- a/examples/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/examples/BUILD.bazel
@@ -265,3 +265,13 @@ java_binary(
         ":examples",
     ],
 )
+
+# grpc-xds requires some WORKSPACE/MODULE deps that aren't needed by the other
+# targets. This just makes sure the example WORKSPACE/MODULE works with
+# grpc-xds.
+java_library(
+    name = "test_grpc_xds_compiles",
+    runtime_deps = [
+        "@io_grpc_grpc_java//xds",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/examples/MODULE.bazel b/examples/MODULE.bazel
index 54438442acc..60bed40f349 100644
--- a/examples/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/examples/MODULE.bazel
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+bazel_dep(name = "googleapis", repo_name = "com_google_googleapis", version = "0.0.0-20240326-1c8d509c5")
 bazel_dep(name = "grpc-java", repo_name = "io_grpc_grpc_java", version = "1.66.0-SNAPSHOT")  # CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
 bazel_dep(name = "grpc-proto", repo_name = "io_grpc_grpc_proto", version = "0.0.0-20240627-ec30f58")
 bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf", version = "23.1")
@@ -10,6 +11,10 @@ local_path_override(
     path = "..",
 )
 
+switched_rules = use_extension("@com_google_googleapis//:extensions.bzl", "switched_rules")
+
+switched_rules.use_languages(java = True)
+
 maven = use_extension("@rules_jvm_external//:extensions.bzl", "maven")
 
 use_repo(maven, "maven")
diff --git a/examples/WORKSPACE b/examples/WORKSPACE
index 9f6a4eff704..170e06a90c7 100644
--- a/examples/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/WORKSPACE
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ load("@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl", "protobuf_deps")
 
 protobuf_deps()
 
+load("@envoy_api//bazel:repositories.bzl", "api_dependencies")
+
+api_dependencies()
+
+load("@com_google_googleapis//:repository_rules.bzl", "switched_rules_by_language")
+
+switched_rules_by_language(
+    name = "com_google_googleapis_imports",
+    java = True,
+)
+
 maven_install(
     artifacts = [
         "com.google.api.grpc:grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:0.1.24",