diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bazel b/WORKSPACE.bazel
index 2a652023f85..274016c2f13 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ load("@rules_pkg//:deps.bzl", "rules_pkg_dependencies")
 
 rules_pkg_dependencies()
 
-new_local_repository(
+load("//bazel/install_rules:pigz.bzl", "setup_pigz")
+
+setup_pigz(
     name = "pigz",
-    build_file = "//bazel:BUILD.pigz",
-    path = "/usr/bin",
 )
diff --git a/bazel/BUILD.pigz b/bazel/BUILD.pigz
deleted file mode 100644
index d453db8fdd3..00000000000
--- a/bazel/BUILD.pigz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-sh_binary(
-    name = "pigz_bin",
-    srcs = ["pigz"],
-)
diff --git a/bazel/install_rules/install_rules.bzl b/bazel/install_rules/install_rules.bzl
index 533f6a19cfd..5af5a4d9318 100644
--- a/bazel/install_rules/install_rules.bzl
+++ b/bazel/install_rules/install_rules.bzl
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ def mongo_install_rule_impl(ctx):
         )
 
     runfiles = ctx.runfiles(files = outputs)
+    for input_bin in ctx.attr.srcs:
+        runfiles = runfiles.merge(input_bin[DefaultInfo].data_runfiles)
+
     if unittest_bin:
         outputs = depset([unittest_bin])
     else:
@@ -266,9 +269,8 @@ def mongo_install(
 
     """
     compressor = select({
-        "@platforms//os:linux": "@pigz//:pigz_bin",
-        "@platforms//os:windows": None,
-        "@platforms//os:macos": None,
+        "@pigz//:pigz_tool_available": "@pigz//:bin",
+        "//conditions:default": None,
     })
 
     ext = select({
diff --git a/bazel/install_rules/pigz.bzl b/bazel/install_rules/pigz.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1988687df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bazel/install_rules/pigz.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+def _pigz(ctx):
+    pigz_bin = ctx.which("pigz")
+
+    if pigz_bin:
+        ctx.symlink(pigz_bin, "pigz")
+        ctx.file(
+            "BUILD.bazel",
+            """
+package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "pigz_tool_available",
+    constraint_values = [
+        "@platforms//os:%s",
+    ]
+)
+
+sh_binary(
+    name = "bin",
+    srcs = ["pigz"],
+)
+""" % (ctx.os.name),
+        )
+
+    else:
+        ctx.file(
+            "BUILD.bazel",
+            """
+package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
+
+constraint_value(
+    name = "not_set",
+    constraint_setting = "@platforms//cpu",
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "pigz_tool_available",
+    constraint_values = [
+        ":not_set",
+    ]
+)
+
+sh_binary(
+    name = "bin",
+    srcs = [],
+)
+""",
+        )
+
+setup_pigz = repository_rule(
+    implementation = _pigz,
+)