diff --git a/tools/BUILD b/tools/BUILD
index e69de29bb..84da3a8df 100644
--- a/tools/BUILD
+++ b/tools/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+load(
+    "@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:default_java_toolchain.bzl",
+    "JDK9_JVM_OPTS",
+    "default_java_toolchain",
+)
+
+default_java_toolchain(
+    name = "error_prone_warnings_toolchain",
+    bootclasspath = ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:platformclasspath9.jar"],
+    jvm_opts = JDK9_JVM_OPTS,
+    package_configuration = [
+        ":error_prone",
+    ],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+# This EP warnings list borrowed from here:
+# https://github.com/bazelbuild/BUILD_file_generator/blob/master/tools/bazel_defs/java.bzl
+java_package_configuration(
+    name = "error_prone",
+    javacopts = [
+        "-XepDisableWarningsInGeneratedCode",
+        "-Xep:MissingCasesInEnumSwitch:ERROR",
+        "-Xep:ReferenceEquality:WARN",
+        "-Xep:StringEquality:WARN",
+        "-Xep:WildcardImport:WARN",
+        "-Xep:AmbiguousMethodReference:WARN",
+        "-Xep:BadAnnotationImplementation:WARN",
+        "-Xep:BadComparable:WARN",
+        "-Xep:BoxedPrimitiveConstructor:ERROR",
+        "-Xep:CannotMockFinalClass:WARN",
+        "-Xep:ClassCanBeStatic:WARN",
+        "-Xep:ClassNewInstance:WARN",
+        "-Xep:DefaultCharset:WARN",
+        "-Xep:DoubleCheckedLocking:WARN",
+        "-Xep:ElementsCountedInLoop:WARN",
+        "-Xep:EqualsHashCode:WARN",
+        "-Xep:EqualsIncompatibleType:WARN",
+        "-Xep:ExpectedExceptionChecker:WARN",
+        "-Xep:Finally:WARN",
+        "-Xep:FloatingPointLiteralPrecision:WARN",
+        "-Xep:FragmentInjection:WARN",
+        "-Xep:FragmentNotInstantiable:WARN",
+        "-Xep:FunctionalInterfaceClash:WARN",
+        "-Xep:FutureReturnValueIgnored:WARN",
+        "-Xep:GetClassOnEnum:WARN",
+        "-Xep:ImmutableAnnotationChecker:WARN",
+        "-Xep:ImmutableEnumChecker:WARN",
+        "-Xep:IncompatibleModifiers:WARN",
+        "-Xep:InjectOnConstructorOfAbstractClass:WARN",
+        "-Xep:InputStreamSlowMultibyteRead:WARN",
+        "-Xep:IterableAndIterator:WARN",
+        "-Xep:JUnit3FloatingPointComparisonWithoutDelta:WARN",
+        "-Xep:JUnitAmbiguousTestClass:WARN",
+        "-Xep:LiteralClassName:WARN",
+        "-Xep:MissingFail:WARN",
+        "-Xep:MissingOverride:WARN",
+        "-Xep:MutableConstantField:WARN",
+        "-Xep:NarrowingCompoundAssignment:WARN",
+        "-Xep:NonAtomicVolatileUpdate:WARN",
+        "-Xep:NonOverridingEquals:WARN",
+        "-Xep:NullableConstructor:WARN",
+        "-Xep:NullablePrimitive:WARN",
+        "-Xep:NullableVoid:WARN",
+        "-Xep:OperatorPrecedence:WARN",
+        "-Xep:OverridesGuiceInjectableMethod:WARN",
+        "-Xep:PreconditionsInvalidPlaceholder:WARN",
+        "-Xep:ProtoFieldPreconditionsCheckNotNull:WARN",
+        "-Xep:ProtocolBufferOrdinal:WARN",
+        "-Xep:RequiredModifiers:WARN",
+        "-Xep:ShortCircuitBoolean:WARN",
+        "-Xep:SimpleDateFormatConstant:WARN",
+        "-Xep:StaticGuardedByInstance:WARN",
+        "-Xep:SynchronizeOnNonFinalField:WARN",
+        "-Xep:TruthConstantAsserts:WARN",
+        "-Xep:TypeParameterShadowing:WARN",
+        "-Xep:TypeParameterUnusedInFormals:WARN",
+        "-Xep:URLEqualsHashCode:WARN",
+        "-Xep:UnsynchronizedOverridesSynchronized:WARN",
+        "-Xep:WaitNotInLoop:WARN",
+    ],
+    packages = ["error_prone_packages"],
+)
+
+package_group(
+    name = "error_prone_packages",
+    packages = [
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.ant/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.archive/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.junit/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.junit.http/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.test/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.test/...",
+        "//org.eclipse.jgit.ui/...",
+    ],
+)