diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 991668e546..c599173173 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -175,8 +175,11 @@ register_toolchains(
     "//proto/prost:default_prost_toolchain",
 )
 
+bindgen = use_extension("//bindgen:extension.bzl", "bindgen")
+use_repo(bindgen, "bindgen_toolchains")
+
 register_toolchains(
-    "//bindgen:default_bindgen_toolchain",
+    "@bindgen_toolchains//:default_bindgen_toolchain",
 )
 
 rust_host_tools = use_extension("//rust:extensions.bzl", "rust_host_tools")
diff --git a/bindgen/BUILD.bazel b/bindgen/BUILD.bazel
index 0ee90783ba..69ead2c8fd 100644
--- a/bindgen/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/bindgen/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 load("@bazel_skylib//:bzl_library.bzl", "bzl_library")
-load("//bindgen:defs.bzl", "rust_bindgen_toolchain")
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
@@ -11,21 +10,18 @@ bzl_library(
     name = "bzl_lib",
     srcs = glob(["**/*.bzl"]),
     deps = [
-        "//bindgen/3rdparty:bzl_lib",
-        "//bindgen/private:bzl_lib",
-        "//rust:bzl_lib",
+        "@rules_rust//bindgen/3rdparty:bzl_lib",
+        "@rules_rust//bindgen/private:bzl_lib",
+        "@rules_rust//rust:bzl_lib",
     ],
 )
 
-rust_bindgen_toolchain(
+alias(
     name = "default_bindgen_toolchain_impl",
-    bindgen = "//bindgen/3rdparty:bindgen",
-    clang = "@llvm-project//clang:clang",
-    libclang = "@llvm-project//clang:libclang",
+    actual = "//bindgen/toolchain:default_bindgen_toolchain_impl",
 )
 
-toolchain(
+alias(
     name = "default_bindgen_toolchain",
-    toolchain = "default_bindgen_toolchain_impl",
-    toolchain_type = "//bindgen:toolchain_type",
+    actual = "//bindgen/toolchain:default_bindgen_toolchain",
 )
diff --git a/bindgen/extension.bzl b/bindgen/extension.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a3212c6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindgen/extension.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+"""Module extension for accessing a bindgen toolchain"""
+
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:local.bzl", "local_repository")
+load(":repositories.bzl", "rust_bindgen_dependencies")
+load(":transitive_repositories.bzl", "rust_bindgen_transitive_dependencies")
+
+def _bindgen_impl(_):
+    rust_bindgen_transitive_dependencies()
+    rust_bindgen_dependencies()
+    local_repository(
+        name = "bindgen_toolchains",
+        path = "bindgen/toolchain/",
+    )
+
+bindgen = module_extension(implementation = _bindgen_impl)
diff --git a/bindgen/toolchain/BUILD.bazel b/bindgen/toolchain/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21af90e50d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindgen/toolchain/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+load("@rules_rust//bindgen:defs.bzl", "rust_bindgen_toolchain")
+
+package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
+
+rust_bindgen_toolchain(
+    name = "default_bindgen_toolchain_impl",
+    bindgen = "@rules_rust//bindgen/3rdparty:bindgen",
+    clang = "@llvm-project//clang:clang",
+    libclang = "@llvm-project//clang:libclang",
+)
+
+toolchain(
+    name = "default_bindgen_toolchain",
+    toolchain = "default_bindgen_toolchain_impl",
+    toolchain_type = "@rules_rust//bindgen:toolchain_type",
+)
diff --git a/bindgen/toolchain/REPO.bazel b/bindgen/toolchain/REPO.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b13789179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindgen/toolchain/REPO.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/bindgen/transitive_repositories.bzl b/bindgen/transitive_repositories.bzl
index 66c80ee5fc..9a400c8e52 100644
--- a/bindgen/transitive_repositories.bzl
+++ b/bindgen/transitive_repositories.bzl
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ def rust_bindgen_transitive_dependencies():
 
     llvm_configure(
         name = "llvm-project",
-        repo_mapping = {"@llvm_zlib": "@zlib"},
         targets = [
             "AArch64",
             "X86",