diff --git a/python/private/internal_config_repo.bzl b/python/private/internal_config_repo.bzl
index 7be34aef8f..c37bc351cc 100644
--- a/python/private/internal_config_repo.bzl
+++ b/python/private/internal_config_repo.bzl
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ def _internal_config_repo_impl(rctx):
 
 internal_config_repo = repository_rule(
     implementation = _internal_config_repo_impl,
+    configure = True,
     environ = [_ENABLE_PYSTAR_ENVVAR_NAME],
 )