diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 3ba69c91..0ecff6a5 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -560,3 +560,26 @@ http_archive(
   build_file = "//third_party:BUILD.zip_file",
   integrity = "sha256-K+KFNzufwccL4vEJLErEtNKNVjnWStClXVF2mKpI6lI="
 )
+
+http_archive(
+  name = "libosmium",
+  urls = ["https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium/archive/refs/tags/v2.20.0.zip"],
+  build_file = "//third_party:BUILD.libosmium",
+  strip_prefix = "libosmium-2.20.0",
+  integrity = "sha256-cS7BoPRNtinhyvatqlM2kV9CPLD2ZJFC14I5i1p1x3k=",
+)
+
+http_archive(
+  name = "protozero",
+  urls = ["https://github.com/mapbox/protozero/archive/refs/tags/v1.7.1.zip"],
+  build_file = "//third_party:BUILD.protozero",
+  strip_prefix = "protozero-1.7.1",
+
+)
+
+http_archive(
+  name = "openstreetmap_snippet",
+  urls = ["https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ku5dwktiul0wzx9ocelwc/us-virgin-islands-latest.osm.zip?rlkey=ggo7dnskexdqxvira6m6y32f3&dl=1"],
+  build_file = "//third_party:BUILD.zip_file",
+  integrity = "sha256-miPvL6co2035EGlkvbcksmTO6HwB/AknVLQK+/YDet0="
+)
diff --git a/common/openstreetmap/BUILD b/common/openstreetmap/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43f068b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/openstreetmap/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+cc_test(
+  name = "openstreetmap_test",
+  srcs = ["openstreetmap_test.cc"],
+  data = ["@openstreetmap_snippet//:files"],
+  deps = [
+    "@fmt",
+    "@libosmium",
+    "@com_google_googletest//:gtest_main",
+  ]
+)
diff --git a/common/openstreetmap/openstreetmap_test.cc b/common/openstreetmap/openstreetmap_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab4127ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/openstreetmap/openstreetmap_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+#include <fmt/core.h>
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <limits>
+
+#include "fmt/format.h"
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include "osmium/handler.hpp"
+#include "osmium/handler/dump.hpp"
+#include "osmium/io/pbf_input.hpp"
+#include "osmium/visitor.hpp"
+
+namespace robot::openstreetmap {
+TEST(OpenstreetmapTest, can_open_pbf_file) {
+    // Setup
+    struct TestHandler : public osmium::handler::Handler {
+        int node_counter = 0;
+        int way_counter = 0;
+        int relation_counter = 0;
+
+        void node(const osmium::Node &node) { node_counter++; }
+
+        void way(const osmium::Way &way) { way_counter++; }
+
+        void relation(const osmium::Relation &relation) { relation_counter++; }
+    };
+    const std::filesystem::path osm_pbf_path(
+        "external/openstreetmap_snippet/us-virgin-islands-latest.osm.pbf");
+    osmium::io::Reader reader(osm_pbf_path, osmium::osm_entity_bits::node |
+                                                osmium::osm_entity_bits::way |
+                                                osmium::osm_entity_bits::relation);
+
+    // Action
+    auto handler = TestHandler();
+    osmium::apply(reader, handler);
+
+    // Verification
+    EXPECT_GT(handler.node_counter, 0);
+    EXPECT_GT(handler.way_counter, 0);
+    EXPECT_GT(handler.relation_counter, 0);
+}
+
+}  // namespace robot::openstreetmap
diff --git a/third_party/BUILD.libosmium b/third_party/BUILD.libosmium
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fcf30781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/BUILD.libosmium
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+cc_library(
+  name = "libosmium",
+  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+  hdrs = glob(["include/**/*.hpp"],
+    exclude = [
+      "include/io/any_input.hpp",
+      "include/io/any_output.hpp",
+      "include/io/xml_input.hpp",
+      "include/io/xml_output.hpp"
+    ]
+  ),
+  strip_include_prefix="include",
+  deps = [
+    "@protozero",
+    "@org_bzip_bzip2//:bz2lib",
+    "@zlib",
+  ]
+)
diff --git a/third_party/BUILD.protozero b/third_party/BUILD.protozero
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2621c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/BUILD.protozero
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+cc_library(
+  name = "protozero",
+  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+  hdrs = [
+    "include/protozero/basic_pbf_builder.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/basic_pbf_writer.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/buffer_fixed.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/buffer_string.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/buffer_tmpl.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/buffer_vector.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/byteswap.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/config.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/data_view.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/exception.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/iterators.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/pbf_builder.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/pbf_message.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/pbf_reader.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/pbf_writer.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/types.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/varint.hpp",
+    "include/protozero/version.hpp",
+  ],
+  strip_include_prefix = "include",
+)