diff --git a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/proto/proto_common.bzl b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/proto/proto_common.bzl
index f7e8e7804ea609..8f00aaf01ae818 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/proto/proto_common.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/proto/proto_common.bzl
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ def _create_proto_compile_action(
         inputs = depset(transitive = [proto_info.transitive_sources, additional_inputs]),
         outputs = outputs,
         tools = plugins,
+        use_default_shell_env = True,
     )
 
 def _proto_path_flag(path):