diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 0705c33..3bd2caf 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# Required bazel flags for building IREE.
-
 # Disable warnings we don't care about.
 build --copt=-Wno-unused-local-typedef
 
@@ -31,6 +29,70 @@
 # Enable some default cpu flags for x86 optimization.
 build:x86opt --copt=-mavx2
 
+###############################################################################
+
+# Not strictly required, but generally good flags.
+
+# Prevent invalid caching if input files are modified during a build.
+build --experimental_guard_against_concurrent_changes
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# Configuration for building remotely using Remote Build Execution (RBE)
+# https://cloud.google.com/remote-build-execution/
+# Based on https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-toolchains/blob/master/bazelrc/bazel-1.0.0.bazelrc
+# Currently in development only usable by CI.
+
+# Depending on how many machines are in the remote execution instance, setting
+# this higher can make builds faster by allowing more jobs to run in parallel.
+# Setting it too high can result in jobs that timeout, however, while waiting
+# for a remote machine to execute them.
+build:rbe --jobs=50
+
+# Flags related to specifying the platform, toolchain and java properties.
+# These flags must be adapted to work with toolchain containers other than rbe-ubuntu16-04
+# References to "rbe_default" matches rbe_autoconfig(name="rbe_default") in WORKSPACE
+build:rbe --host_javabase=@rbe_default//java:jdk
+build:rbe --javabase=@rbe_default//java:jdk
+build:rbe --host_java_toolchain=@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:toolchain_hostjdk8
+build:rbe --java_toolchain=@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:toolchain_hostjdk8
+build:rbe --crosstool_top=@rbe_default//cc:toolchain
+build:rbe --action_env=BAZEL_DO_NOT_DETECT_CPP_TOOLCHAIN=1
+# Platform flags:
+# The toolchain container used for execution is defined in the target indicated
+# by "extra_execution_platforms", "host_platform" and "platforms".
+# More about platforms: https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/platforms.html
+build:rbe --extra_toolchains=@rbe_default//config:cc-toolchain
+build:rbe --extra_execution_platforms=@rbe_default//config:platform
+build:rbe --host_platform=@rbe_default//config:platform
+build:rbe --platforms=@rbe_default//config:platform
+
+build:rbe --define=EXECUTOR=remote
+
+# Enable remote execution so actions are performed on the remote systems.
+build:rbe --remote_executor=grpcs://remotebuildexecution.googleapis.com
+
+# Enforce stricter environment rules, which eliminates some non-hermetic
+# behavior and therefore improves both the remote cache hit rate and the
+# correctness and repeatability of the build.
+build:rbe --incompatible_strict_action_env=true
+
+# Set a higher timeout value, just in case.
+build:rbe --remote_timeout=3600
+
+# Enable authentication. This will pick up application default credentials by
+# default. You can use --google_credentials=some_file.json to use a service
+# account credential instead.
+build:rbe --google_default_credentials=true
+
+# Local disk cache is incompatible with remote execution (for obvious reasons).
+build:rbe --disk_cache=""
+
+# Point to the remote instance constructed in the iree-oss project
+build:rbe --remote_instance_name=projects/iree-oss/instances/default_instance
+
+###############################################################################
+
 # Experimental config for building on Windows via clang-cl.
 # As an aspiration, it may eventually not be required to manually
 # activate this config, but for now, it is a place to store the
@@ -60,6 +122,7 @@
 build:windows --experimental_enable_runfiles
 
 ###############################################################################
+
 # Flags to make tensorflow build.
 # Some of these are also of general use and fine to enable globally for windows.
 build:windows --copt=/arch:AVX
@@ -83,6 +146,7 @@
 # See: http://clang-developers.42468.n3.nabble.com/Issue-with-Clang-on-Windows-and-compiler-rt-builtins-td4059230.html
 build:windows --linkopt=/DEFAULTLIB:clang_rt.builtins-x86_64.lib
 build:windows --linkopt=/DEFAULTLIB:ws2_32.lib
+
 ###############################################################################
 
 # The user.bazelrc file is not checked in but available for local mods.
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 13a8c25..e36d56f 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -45,6 +45,24 @@
 
 load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories")
 py_repositories()
+
+###############################################################################
+
+###############################################################################
+# bazel toolchains rules for remote execution (https://releases.bazel.build/bazel-toolchains.html).
+http_archive(
+    name = "bazel_toolchains",
+    sha256 = "ca8aa49ceb47e9bee04dd67f0bec0b010032b37ebbe67147b535237e801d9a87",
+    strip_prefix = "bazel-toolchains-1.2.2",
+    urls = [
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-toolchains/releases/download/1.2.2/bazel-toolchains-1.2.2.tar.gz",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-toolchains/archive/1.2.2.tar.gz",
+    ],
+)
+
+load("@bazel_toolchains//rules:rbe_repo.bzl", "rbe_autoconfig")
+rbe_autoconfig(name = "rbe_default")
+
 ###############################################################################
 
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/docs/getting_started_on_linux.md b/docs/getting_started_on_linux.md
index b7992a1..78ebfdb 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started_on_linux.md
+++ b/docs/getting_started_on_linux.md
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 replacements as needed):
 
 ```
-build --disk_cache=/REPLACE/WITH/CACHE/DIR --experimental_guard_against_concurrent_changes
+build --disk_cache=/REPLACE/WITH/CACHE/DIR
 build:debug --compilation_mode=dbg --copt=-O2 --per_file_copt=iree@-O0 --strip=never
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/getting_started_on_windows.md b/docs/getting_started_on_windows.md
index c228326..80c7cfa 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started_on_windows.md
+++ b/docs/getting_started_on_windows.md
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 
 ```
 build --config=windows
-build --disk_cache=c:/bazelcache --experimental_guard_against_concurrent_changes
+build --disk_cache=c:/bazelcache
 build:debug --compilation_mode=dbg --copt=/O2 --per_file_copt=iree@/Od --strip=never
 ```
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 user.bazelrc:
 
 ```
-build --disk_cache=c:/bazelcache --experimental_guard_against_concurrent_changes
+build --disk_cache=c:/bazelcache
 ```
 
 ### Debugging