diff --git a/common.bazelrc b/common.bazelrc
index 5dccc8f0b7a1..b43bc4d3b1d9 100644
--- a/common.bazelrc
+++ b/common.bazelrc
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ common --experimental_platform_in_output_dir
 # Do not depend on external environment
 build --action_env BAZEL_DO_NOT_DETECT_CPP_TOOLCHAIN=1
 
+# Enable compact *.repo_mapping manifest
+build --incompatible_compact_repo_mapping_manifest
+
 # Generally good remote cache tweaks
 # on CI, set remote_cache_async to false! set to false for local runs also, to investigate https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/19273
 common --remote_cache_async=false --remote_cache_compression=true