diff --git a/platforms/ios/bazel_build_tflite_ios b/platforms/ios/bazel_build_tflite_ios
index 24fc91bb..6c561b21 100755
--- a/platforms/ios/bazel_build_tflite_ios
+++ b/platforms/ios/bazel_build_tflite_ios
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ export TF_DOWNLOAD_CLANG=0
 export CC_OPT_FLAGS="-match=native -Wno-sign-compare"
 export TF_SET_ANDROID_WORKSPACE=0
 
+BAZEL_OUTPUT_USER_ROOT="$(pwd)/../bazel_output"
+
 ./configure
-bazel build --verbose_failures --config=ios_fat -c opt //tensorflow/lite/experimental/ios:TensorFlowLiteC_framework
+bazel --output_user_root=$BAZEL_OUTPUT_USER_ROOT build --verbose_failures --config=ios_fat -c opt //tensorflow/lite/experimental/ios:TensorFlowLiteC_framework
 unzip -o bazel-bin/tensorflow/lite/experimental/ios/TensorFlowLiteC_framework.zip
 cp -r TensorFlowLiteC.framework/TensorFlowLiteC ../lib/ios/libtfliteextern.a
 cd ..