diff --git a/ros_buildfarm/templates/release/deb/binarypkg_task.Dockerfile.em b/ros_buildfarm/templates/release/deb/binarypkg_task.Dockerfile.em
index da24e7d8e..bbf1dd046 100644
--- a/ros_buildfarm/templates/release/deb/binarypkg_task.Dockerfile.em
+++ b/ros_buildfarm/templates/release/deb/binarypkg_task.Dockerfile.em
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
     timezone=timezone,
 ))@
 
+@(TEMPLATE(
+    'snippet/setup_bazel_single_thread_builds.Dockerfile.em',
+    bazelrc_dir='/etc',
+))@
+
 RUN useradd -u @uid -l -m buildfarm
 
 @(TEMPLATE(
diff --git a/ros_buildfarm/templates/release/rpm/binarypkg_task.Dockerfile.em b/ros_buildfarm/templates/release/rpm/binarypkg_task.Dockerfile.em
index 9d451fba9..dea29f553 100644
--- a/ros_buildfarm/templates/release/rpm/binarypkg_task.Dockerfile.em
+++ b/ros_buildfarm/templates/release/rpm/binarypkg_task.Dockerfile.em
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ RUN crb enable
 
 RUN @(package_manager) install -y dnf{,-command\(download\)} mock{,-{core-configs,scm}} python@(python3_pkgversion){,-{catkin_pkg,empy,rosdistro,yaml}}
 
+@(TEMPLATE(
+    'snippet/setup_bazel_single_thread_builds.Dockerfile.em',
+    bazelrc_dir='/etc',
+))@
+
 RUN useradd -u @(uid) -l -m buildfarm
 RUN usermod -a -G mock buildfarm
 
diff --git a/ros_buildfarm/templates/snippet/setup_bazel_single_thread_builds.Dockerfile.em b/ros_buildfarm/templates/snippet/setup_bazel_single_thread_builds.Dockerfile.em
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ef446be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ros_buildfarm/templates/snippet/setup_bazel_single_thread_builds.Dockerfile.em
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+RUN echo 'build --jobs=1' >> @bazelrc_dir/bazel.bazelrc