diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3a4c296f076..654436e2ab4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ while ! is_windows && true; do
   fi
   if [ -e "$GCC_HOST_COMPILER_PATH" ]; then
     export GCC_HOST_COMPILER_PATH
+    echo "build --action_env GCC_HOST_COMPILER_PATH=$GCC_HOST_COMPILER_PATH" >>.bazelrc
     break
   fi
   echo "Invalid gcc path. ${GCC_HOST_COMPILER_PATH} cannot be found" 1>&2
@@ -339,7 +340,9 @@ while true; do
 
   if [ -e "${CUDA_TOOLKIT_PATH}/${CUDA_RT_LIB_PATH}" ]; then
     export CUDA_TOOLKIT_PATH
+    echo "build --action_env CUDA_TOOLKIT_PATH=$CUDA_TOOLKIT_PATH" >>.bazelrc
     export TF_CUDA_VERSION
+    echo "build --action_env TF_CUDA_VERSION=$TF_CUDA_VERSION" >>.bazelrc
     break
   fi
   echo "Invalid path to CUDA $TF_CUDA_VERSION toolkit. ${CUDA_TOOLKIT_PATH}/${CUDA_RT_LIB_PATH} cannot be found"
@@ -391,7 +394,9 @@ while true; do
 
   if [ -e "$CUDNN_INSTALL_PATH/${CUDA_DNN_LIB_ALT_PATH}" -o -e "$CUDNN_INSTALL_PATH/${CUDA_DNN_LIB_PATH}" ]; then
     export TF_CUDNN_VERSION
+    echo "build --action_env TF_CUDNN_VERSION=$TF_CUDNN_VERSION" >>.bazelrc
     export CUDNN_INSTALL_PATH
+    echo "build --action_env CUDNN_INSTALL_PATH=$CUDNN_INSTALL_PATH" >>.bazelrc
     break
   fi
 
@@ -404,7 +409,9 @@ while true; do
     CUDNN_PATH_FROM_LDCONFIG="$($LDCONFIG_BIN -p | sed -n 's/.*libcudnn.so .* => \(.*\)/\1/p')"
     if [ -e "${CUDNN_PATH_FROM_LDCONFIG}${TF_CUDNN_EXT}" ]; then
       export TF_CUDNN_VERSION
+      echo "build --action_env TF_CUDNN_VERSION=$TF_CUDNN_VERSION" >>.bazelrc
       export CUDNN_INSTALL_PATH="$(dirname ${CUDNN_PATH_FROM_LDCONFIG})"
+      echo "build --action_env CUDNN_INSTALL_PATH=$CUDNN_INSTALL_PATH" >>.bazelrc
       break
     fi
   fi
@@ -456,6 +463,7 @@ EOF
     fi
   else
     export TF_CUDA_COMPUTE_CAPABILITIES
+    echo "build --action_env TF_CUDA_COMPUTE_CAPABILITIES=$TF_CUDA_COMPUTE_CAPABILITIES" >>.bazelrc
     break
   fi
   TF_CUDA_COMPUTE_CAPABILITIES=""