diff --git a/third_party/nix/bazel-inner.sh b/third_party/nix/bazel-inner.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+function get_workspace_root() {
+  workspace_dir="${PWD}"
+  while [[ "${workspace_dir}" != / ]]; do
+    if [[ -e "${workspace_dir}/WORKSPACE" || -e "${workspace_dir}/WORKSPACE.bazel" ]]; then
+      readonly workspace_dir
+      return
+    fi
+    workspace_dir="$(dirname "${workspace_dir}")"
+  done
+  readonly workspace_dir=""
+}
+
+get_workspace_root
+readonly wrapper="${workspace_dir}/tools/bazel"
+if [ -f "${wrapper}" ]; then
+  exec -a "$0" "${wrapper}" "$@"
+fi
+exec -a "$0" "${BAZEL_REAL}" "$@"