diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped/index.ts b/packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped/index.ts
index 636d8db08e926..62c9993283456 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped/index.ts
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/ngc-wrapped/index.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,65 @@ export function runOneBuild(args: string[], inputs?: {[path: string]: string}):
     return false;
   }
   const {options: tsOptions, bazelOpts, files, config} = parsedOptions;
+  const angularCompilerOptions: {[k: string]: unknown} = config['angularCompilerOptions'] || {};
+
+  // Allow Bazel users to control some of the bazel options.
+  // Since TypeScript's "extends" mechanism applies only to "compilerOptions"
+  // we have to repeat some of their logic to get the user's "angularCompilerOptions".
+  if (config['extends']) {
+    // Load the user's config file
+    // Note: this doesn't handle recursive extends so only a user's top level
+    // `angularCompilerOptions` will be considered. As this code is going to be
+    // removed with Ivy, the added complication of handling recursive extends
+    // is likely not needed.
+    let userConfigFile = resolveNormalizedPath(path.dirname(project), config['extends']);
+    if (!userConfigFile.endsWith('.json')) userConfigFile += '.json';
+    const {config: userConfig, error} = ts.readConfigFile(userConfigFile, ts.sys.readFile);
+    if (error) {
+      console.error(ng.formatDiagnostics([error]));
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    // All user angularCompilerOptions values that a user has control
+    // over should be collected here
+    if (userConfig.angularCompilerOptions) {
+      angularCompilerOptions.diagnostics =
+          angularCompilerOptions.diagnostics || userConfig.angularCompilerOptions.diagnostics;
+      angularCompilerOptions.trace =
+          angularCompilerOptions.trace || userConfig.angularCompilerOptions.trace;
+
+      angularCompilerOptions.disableExpressionLowering =
+          angularCompilerOptions.disableExpressionLowering ||
+          userConfig.angularCompilerOptions.disableExpressionLowering;
+      angularCompilerOptions.disableTypeScriptVersionCheck =
+          angularCompilerOptions.disableTypeScriptVersionCheck ||
+          userConfig.angularCompilerOptions.disableTypeScriptVersionCheck;
+
+      angularCompilerOptions.i18nOutLocale =
+          angularCompilerOptions.i18nOutLocale || userConfig.angularCompilerOptions.i18nOutLocale;
+      angularCompilerOptions.i18nOutFormat =
+          angularCompilerOptions.i18nOutFormat || userConfig.angularCompilerOptions.i18nOutFormat;
+      angularCompilerOptions.i18nOutFile =
+          angularCompilerOptions.i18nOutFile || userConfig.angularCompilerOptions.i18nOutFile;
+
+      angularCompilerOptions.i18nInFormat =
+          angularCompilerOptions.i18nInFormat || userConfig.angularCompilerOptions.i18nInFormat;
+      angularCompilerOptions.i18nInLocale =
+          angularCompilerOptions.i18nInLocale || userConfig.angularCompilerOptions.i18nInLocale;
+      angularCompilerOptions.i18nInFile =
+          angularCompilerOptions.i18nInFile || userConfig.angularCompilerOptions.i18nInFile;
+
+      angularCompilerOptions.i18nInMissingTranslations =
+          angularCompilerOptions.i18nInMissingTranslations ||
+          userConfig.angularCompilerOptions.i18nInMissingTranslations;
+      angularCompilerOptions.i18nUseExternalIds = angularCompilerOptions.i18nUseExternalIds ||
+          userConfig.angularCompilerOptions.i18nUseExternalIds;
+
+      angularCompilerOptions.preserveWhitespaces = angularCompilerOptions.preserveWhitespaces ||
+          userConfig.angularCompilerOptions.preserveWhitespaces;
+    }
+  }
+
   const expectedOuts = config['angularCompilerOptions']['expectedOut'];
 
   const {basePath} = ng.calcProjectFileAndBasePath(project);