diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/default.nix
index d9c93c2265f5..3c71c8cc0891 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_3/default.nix
@@ -613,6 +613,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # runtime dependencies.
     echo "${python27}" >> $out/nix-support/depends
     echo "${python3}" >> $out/nix-support/depends
+    # The string literal specifying the path to the bazel-rc file is sometimes
+    # stored non-contiguously in the binary due to gcc optimisations, which leads
+    # Nix to miss the hash when scanning for dependencies
+    echo "${bazelRC}" >> $out/nix-support/depends
   '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     echo "${cctools}" >> $out/nix-support/depends
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix
index 6a8792910b11..72c971d1334d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix
@@ -660,6 +660,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postFixup = ''
     mkdir -p $out/nix-support
     echo "${defaultShellPath}" >> $out/nix-support/depends
+    # The string literal specifying the path to the bazel-rc file is sometimes
+    # stored non-contiguously in the binary due to gcc optimisations, which leads
+    # Nix to miss the hash when scanning for dependencies
+    echo "${bazelRC}" >> $out/nix-support/depends
   '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     echo "${cctools}" >> $out/nix-support/depends
   '';