1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcLibrary.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcLibrary.java
index fe6428b1b7..d6a34ca5d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcLibrary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcLibrary.java
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ public abstract class CcLibrary implements RuleConfiguredTargetFactory {
       CcLinkingOutputs ccLinkingOutputs,
       boolean neverLink, boolean addDynamicRuntimeInputArtifactsToRunfiles,
       boolean linkingStatically) {
-    Runfiles.Builder builder = new Runfiles.Builder(context.getWorkspaceName());
+    Runfiles.Builder builder = new Runfiles.Builder(
+        context.getWorkspaceName(), context.getConfiguration().legacyExternalRunfiles());
 
     // neverlink= true creates a library that will never be linked into any binary that depends on
     // it, but instead be loaded as an extension. So we need the dynamic library for this in the