diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..416f122930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+import %workspace%/tools/bazel.rc
diff --git a/tools/bazel.rc b/tools/bazel.rc
index efd2cf1f54..d573054f55 100644
--- a/tools/bazel.rc
+++ b/tools/bazel.rc
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
+# TODO: Remove once we expect everyone is running bazel >= 0.18
+# (This is the "legacy" location for bazel.rc)
+# (See https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/6319)
+
+
 build --workspace_status_command=./tools/get_workspace_status.sh
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