diff --git a/docs/generated/bazel_targets.txt b/docs/generated/bazel_targets.txt
index abe9da5c7d74..19211b34f0bc 100644
--- a/docs/generated/bazel_targets.txt
+++ b/docs/generated/bazel_targets.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ documentation. Lines not beginning with // should be ignored.
 //docs/generated/settings:settings_for_tenants
 //docs/generated/sql
 //docs/generated/sql/bnf
+//docs/generated/swagger
diff --git a/docs/generated/swagger/BUILD.bazel b/docs/generated/swagger/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a4ed8dd928a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/generated/swagger/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_path")
+
+genrule(
+    name = "swagger",
+    srcs = [
+        ":swagger_go_path",
+    ],
+    outs = ["spec.json"],
+    cmd = """
+      GO_REL_PATH=`dirname $(location @go_sdk//:bin/go)`
+      GO_ABS_PATH=`cd $$GO_REL_PATH && pwd`
+      env PATH=$$GO_ABS_PATH HOME=$(GENDIR) GOPATH=$$(cd $(location :swagger_go_path) && pwd) GO111MODULE=off \
+          $(location @com_github_go_swagger_go_swagger//cmd/swagger) generate spec -w $(location :swagger_go_path)/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg --scan-models -t bazel -o $@
+    """,
+    exec_tools = [
+        "@com_github_go_swagger_go_swagger//cmd/swagger",
+        "@go_sdk//:bin/go",
+    ],
+)
+
+go_path(
+    name = "swagger_go_path",
+    deps = [
+        "//pkg/server",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/dev/build.go b/pkg/cmd/dev/build.go
index 436c49350e49..5d44d5ec0cda 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/dev/build.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/dev/build.go
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ var buildTargetMapping = map[string]string{
 	"short":            "//pkg/cmd/cockroach-short:cockroach-short",
 	"staticcheck":      "@co_honnef_go_tools//cmd/staticcheck:staticcheck",
 	"stress":           stressTarget,
+	"swagger":          "@com_github_go_swagger_go_swagger//cmd/swagger:swagger",
 	"workload":         "//pkg/cmd/workload:workload",
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/gen/docs.bzl b/pkg/gen/docs.bzl
index 9349f369d7cf..c12646eaee4b 100644
--- a/pkg/gen/docs.bzl
+++ b/pkg/gen/docs.bzl
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ DOCS_SRCS = [
   "//docs/generated/sql:functions.md",
   "//docs/generated/sql:operators.md",
   "//docs/generated/sql:window_functions.md",
+  "//docs/generated/swagger:spec.json",
   "//docs/generated:eventlog.md",
   "//docs/generated:logformats.md",
   "//docs/generated:logging.md",