diff --git a/src/bazel/pkg_config_repository.bzl b/src/bazel/pkg_config_repository.bzl
index 653b5b970..7d45f5c03 100644
--- a/src/bazel/pkg_config_repository.bzl
+++ b/src/bazel/pkg_config_repository.bzl
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ cc_library(
 """
 
 EXPORTS_FILES_TEMPLATE = """
-exports_files(glob(["libexec/*"]))
+exports_files(glob(["libexec/*"], allow_empty=True))
 """
 
 def _exec_pkg_config(repo_ctx, flags):