diff --git a/utils/bazel/.bazelrc b/utils/bazel/.bazelrc
index 3a49d4e0898c..a52e21e87ee0 100644
--- a/utils/bazel/.bazelrc
+++ b/utils/bazel/.bazelrc
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/55924
 common --enable_bzlmod=false --enable_workspace
 
+# TODO: Remove lit test reliance on this
+common --legacy_external_runfiles
+
 # Prevent invalid caching if input files are modified during a build.
 build --experimental_guard_against_concurrent_changes