diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 819053a90ee3..7d9c852e3473 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ build --flag_alias=nightly_date=//bazel/version:nightly_date
 build:clang-tidy --aspects @bazel_clang_tidy//clang_tidy:clang_tidy.bzl%clang_tidy_aspect
 build:clang-tidy --output_groups=report
 build:clang-tidy --@bazel_clang_tidy//:clang_tidy_config=//:clang_tidy_config
+build:clang-tidy --action_env=PATH --host_action_env=PATH
 
 # This warning seems to incorrectly fire in this build configuration, despite
 # not firing in our normal builds.
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ build --disk_cache=~/.cache/carbon-lang-build-cache
 # future Bazel releases.
 build --experimental_guard_against_concurrent_changes
 
+# Used by clang_configuration.bzl.
+build --action_env=CC --host_action_env=CC
+build --action_env=CMAKE_SYSROOT --host_action_env=CMAKE_SYSROOT
+
 # Disable warnings for all external compilations. These involve code that isn't
 # developed as part of Carbon and may be difficult or impossible to patch, so
 # warnings aren't likely to be actionable.
@@ -132,3 +137,8 @@ build --allow_unresolved_symlinks=false
 # Allow users to override any of the flags desired by importing a user-specific
 # RC file here if present.
 try-import %workspace%/user.bazelrc
+
+# TODO: Enable as many incompatible flags as we can, per
+# https://bazel.build/release/backward-compatibility. To get the latest list,
+# using `bazelisk --migrate build //...` will help.
+build --incompatible_strict_action_env