diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 407214bb65..740d4c1fe1 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ common --incompatible_disallow_empty_glob
 # We can't support bzlmod until (at least) protobuf does
 # https://github.com/kythe/kythe/issues/5893
 common --noenable_bzlmod
+common --enable_workspace
 
 common --workspace_status_command tools/buildstamp/get_workspace_status