diff --git a/examples/bazel_build/.bazelignore b/examples/bazel_build/.bazelignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..afb8b9802a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bazel_build/.bazelignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+bazel-bin
+bazel-otiv3
+bazel-out
+bazel-testlogs
+target
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/bazel_build/.bazelversion b/examples/bazel_build/.bazelversion
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b26a34e4705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bazel_build/.bazelversion
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7.2.1
diff --git a/examples/bazel_build/README.md b/examples/bazel_build/README.md
index bb83e28c631..27a56b0f880 100644
--- a/examples/bazel_build/README.md
+++ b/examples/bazel_build/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 
 # Slint Bazel Build example
 
-This shows how to build a trivial slint application in the bazel build system.
+This shows how to build a trivial slint application in the [bazel build system](https://bazel.build/)
 
-Requires you to have a bazel toolchain setup. 
+Requires you to have a bazel toolchain setup. Installation instructions can be found [here](https://bazel.build/install)
+
+This example has been tested with:  
+Slint 1.7.0  
+Ubuntu 24.04.1  
+Bazel 7.2.1 (specified in the file .bazelversion)
 
 This example currently does NOT use the copy of slint in this repo; it pulls it in from crates.io.