diff --git a/labgrid/genrule/rule.bzl b/labgrid/genrule/rule.bzl
index 2ba49880c620c7eba3fddd072c34e519cb436434..e5cac2be57c2d880d225fe6e25b3002694c2e976 100644
--- a/labgrid/genrule/rule.bzl
+++ b/labgrid/genrule/rule.bzl
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ ATTRS = {
     "srcs": attr.label_list(
         doc = "A list of inputs for this rule, such as files to process.",
         cfg = "target",
+        allow_files = True
     ),
     "tools": attr.label_list(
         doc = "A list of tools for this rule, that will run on the executor.",