diff --git a/third_party/BUILD b/third_party/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e49df71a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# *******************************************************************************
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#
+# See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+# information regarding copyright ownership.
+#
+# This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+# terms of the Apache License Version 2.0 which is available at
+# https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# *******************************************************************************
+
+load("@bazel_skylib//lib:selects.bzl", "selects")
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "ebclfsa",
+    constraint_values = [
+        "@score_bazel_platforms//runtime_es:ebclfsa",
+    ],
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "autosd10",
+    constraint_values = [
+        "@score_bazel_platforms//runtime_es:autosd10",
+    ],
+)
+
+selects.config_setting_group(
+    name = "use_system_libs",
+    match_any = [
+        ":ebclfsa",
+        ":autosd10",
+    ],
+    visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
+)
diff --git a/third_party/acl/BUILD b/third_party/acl/BUILD
index fa7b7c013d..00bdb5da90 100644
--- a/third_party/acl/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/acl/BUILD
@@ -11,9 +11,18 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # *******************************************************************************
 
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "acl_system",
+    linkopts = ["-lacl"],
+    visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
+)
+
 alias(
     name = "acl",
     actual = select({
+        "//third_party:use_system_libs": ":acl_system",
         "@platforms//cpu:aarch64": "@acl-deb-aarch64//:acl",
         "//conditions:default": "@acl-deb//:acl",
     }),
diff --git a/third_party/libcap2/BUILD b/third_party/libcap2/BUILD
index 37016782a7..d227de6e24 100644
--- a/third_party/libcap2/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/libcap2/BUILD
@@ -11,9 +11,18 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # *******************************************************************************
 
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "libcap2_system",
+    linkopts = ["-lcap"],
+    visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
+)
+
 alias(
     name = "libcap2",
     actual = select({
+        "//third_party:use_system_libs": ":libcap2_system",
         "@platforms//cpu:aarch64": "@libcap2-dev-deb-aarch64//:libcap2",
         "//conditions:default": "@libcap2-dev-deb//:libcap2",
     }),