diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 679eeec77a3..eb9b1a79321 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ common --@rules_dotnet//dotnet/settings:strict_deps=false
 common --@rules_rust//rust/toolchain/channel=nightly
 
 # Reduce this eventually to empty, once we've fixed all our usages of java, and https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_go/issues/4193 is fixed
-common --incompatible_autoload_externally="+@rules_java,+@rules_shell"
+common --incompatible_autoload_externally="+@rules_cc,+@rules_java,+@rules_shell"
 
 build --java_language_version=17
 build --tool_java_language_version=17