diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 9e144fb20..8591bfc7f 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ common --crosstool_top=@local_config_cc//:toolchain
 # bazel config to explicitly disable stamping (hide version information at build time)
 common:nostamp --nostamp --workspace_status_command=
 
-# bazel config to use remote cache
+# bazel config to use (buildbuddy) remote cache
 common:remote_cache --bes_results_url=https://app.buildbuddy.io/invocation/
 common:remote_cache --bes_backend=grpcs://remote.buildbuddy.io
 common:remote_cache --remote_cache=grpcs://remote.buildbuddy.io
@@ -56,4 +56,9 @@ common:remote_cache --experimental_remote_cache_compression
 common:remote_cache --nolegacy_important_outputs
 common:remote_cache_readonly --noremote_upload_local_results # Uploads logs & artifacts without writing to cache
 
+common:build_barn_rbe_ubuntu_22_04 --remote_timeout=3600
+common:build_barn_rbe_ubuntu_22_04 --remote_executor=grpc://frontend.buildbarn:8980 # this maps to the kubernetes internal buildbarn/frontend service
+common:build_barn_rbe_ubuntu_22_04 --extra_execution_platforms=//bazel/rbe:ubuntu-act-22-04-platform
+common:build_barn_rbe_ubuntu_22_04 --shell_executable=/bin/bash
+
 try-import %workspace%/.bazeloverwriterc
diff --git a/bazel/rbe/BUILD.bazel b/bazel/rbe/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67825b0d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bazel/rbe/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+constraint_setting(
+    name = "container-image",
+)
+
+constraint_value(
+    name = "ubuntu-act-22-04",
+    constraint_setting = ":container-image",
+)
+
+REMOTE_EXEC_CONSTRAINTS = [
+    "@platforms//cpu:x86_64",
+    "@platforms//os:linux",
+    "@rules_nixpkgs_core//constraints:support_nix",
+    ":ubuntu-act-22-04",
+]
+
+platform(
+    name = "ubuntu-act-22-04-platform",
+    constraint_values = REMOTE_EXEC_CONSTRAINTS,
+    exec_properties = {
+        "OSFamily": "linux",
+        "container-image": "docker://ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-22.04",
+    },
+)