diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 21face3fa709..73929b6f791a 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ build:remote --host_platform=//tools:rbe_platform
 build:remote --platforms=//tools:rbe_platform
 build:remote --extra_toolchains=@rbe_default//config:cc-toolchain
 
- # Setup Build Event Service
+# Setup Build Event Service
 build:remote --bes_backend=buildeventservice.googleapis.com
 build:remote --bes_timeout=30s
 build:remote --bes_results_url="https://source.cloud.google.com/results/invocations/"
@@ -95,8 +95,16 @@ build:remote --bes_results_url="https://source.cloud.google.com/results/invocati
 # Set remote caching settings
 build:remote --remote_accept_cached=true
 
+################################
+# --config=debug               #
+################################
+
+# Enable debugging tests with --config=debug
+test:debug --test_arg=--node_options=--inspect-brk --test_output=streamed --test_strategy=exclusive --test_timeout=9999 --nocache_test_results
+
 ################################
 # Local Environment Setup      #
+#  Needs to be last statement  #
 ################################
 # Load any settings which are specific to the current user. Needs to be *last* statement
 # in this config, as the user configuration should be able to overwrite flags from this file.