diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 2b5370962f..d46264d77e 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "nodejs_binary")
 # set which is required to support the call to `global.gc()`.
 nodejs_binary(
     name = "@angular/bazel/ngc-wrapped",
+    configuration_env_vars = ["compile"],
     data = ["@npm//@angular/bazel"],
     entry_point = "@angular/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped/index.js",
     install_source_map_support = False,
diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped/BUILD.bazel b/packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped/BUILD.bazel
index 9d5ddd0c5e..f1f21cb170 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped/BUILD.bazel
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ ts_library(
 
 nodejs_binary(
     name = "ngc-wrapped",
+    configuration_env_vars = ["compile"],
     data = [
         ":ngc_lib",
         "@build_bazel_rules_typescript//third_party/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/src/main/protobuf:worker_protocol.proto",