diff --git a/examples/bzlmod_build_file_generation/MODULE.bazel b/examples/bzlmod_build_file_generation/MODULE.bazel
index 6bc5880792..846c551948 100644
--- a/examples/bzlmod_build_file_generation/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/examples/bzlmod_build_file_generation/MODULE.bazel
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ local_path_override(
     path = "../../gazelle",
 )
 
+bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.5.0")
+single_version_override(
+    module_name = "bazel_skylib",
+    patches = ["//:bazel-skylib.patch"],
+    version = "1.5.0",
+)
+
 # The following stanza defines the dependency for gazelle
 # See here https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/releases/ for the
 # latest version.
diff --git a/examples/bzlmod_build_file_generation/bazel-skylib.patch b/examples/bzlmod_build_file_generation/bazel-skylib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c88fe37fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bzlmod_build_file_generation/bazel-skylib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git rules/diff_test.bzl rules/diff_test.bzl
+index 0f27f35..36da606 100644
+--- rules/diff_test.bzl
++++ rules/diff_test.bzl
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def _diff_test_impl(ctx):
+         ctx.actions.write(
+             output = test_bin,
+             content = """@rem Generated by diff_test.bzl, do not edit.
+-@echo off
++@echo on
+ SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
+ SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
+ set MF=%RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE:/=\\%
+@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ if "!RF2!" equ "" (
+     exit /b 1
+   )
+ )
+-fc.exe 2>NUL 1>NUL /B "!RF1!" "!RF2!"
++echo "!RF1!"
++echo "!RF2!"
++REM type "!RF1!"
++REM type "!RF2!"
++fc.exe "!RF1!" "!RF2!"
+ if %ERRORLEVEL% neq 0 (
+   if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 1 (
+     echo>&2 FAIL: files "{file1}" and "{file2}" differ. {fail_msg}