diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index a007b719b..140d38715 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -36,3 +36,5 @@ build:asan --copt -fno-omit-frame-pointer
 build:asan --linkopt -fsanitize=address
 
 build:create_static_linked_executables --linkopt=-fuse-ld=bfd --features=-supports_start_end_lib --//bazel:create_static_linked_executables
+
+try-import %workspace%/user.bazelrc
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 330da7770..af25f25e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ verible_clang-tidy.out
 # Local user config
 .envrc
 .direnv
+user.bazelrc