diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 18d8f70..a8212f0 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 common --@aspect_rules_ts//ts:skipLibCheck=honor_tsconfig
 common --@aspect_rules_ts//ts:default_to_tsc_transpiler
 
+# Don't implicitly create __init__.py files for Python targets.
+# See https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_python/issues/2945
+common --incompatible_default_to_explicit_init_py
+
 build --java_runtime_version=remotejdk_11
 build --java_language_version=11