diff --git a/scripts/ci/publish-build-artifacts.sh b/scripts/ci/publish-build-artifacts.sh
index 0148f1dd1f..9ed2f778db 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/publish-build-artifacts.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/publish-build-artifacts.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ function publishRepo {
   fi
   echo `date` > $REPO_DIR/BUILD_INFO
   echo $SHA >> $REPO_DIR/BUILD_INFO
+  echo 'This file is used by the npm/yarn_install rule to detect APF. See https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/issues/927' > $REPO_DIR/ANGULAR_PACKAGE
 
   (
     cd $REPO_DIR && \