diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/application-code-bundle.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/application-code-bundle.ts
index c5d18d67228d..06b1bb65be9d 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/application-code-bundle.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/application-code-bundle.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { createAngularLocaleDataPlugin } from './i18n-locale-plugin';
 import type { LoadResultCache } from './load-result-cache';
 import { createLoaderImportAttributePlugin } from './loader-import-attribute-plugin';
 import { createRxjsEsmResolutionPlugin } from './rxjs-esm-resolution-plugin';
+import { createBazelSandboxPlugin } from './sandbox-plugin-bazel';
 import { createServerBundleMetadata } from './server-bundle-metadata-plugin';
 import { createSourcemapIgnorelistPlugin } from './sourcemap-ignorelist-plugin';
 import { SERVER_GENERATED_EXTERNALS, getFeatureSupport, isZonelessApp } from './utils';
@@ -606,6 +607,19 @@ function getEsBuildCommonOptions(options: NormalizedApplicationBuildOptions): Bu
     }
   }
 
+  // Inject the Bazel sandbox plugin only when specifically enabled to be fully backward compatible.
+  // Most users will never need this and as such should not have it influence their builds.
+  if (
+    process.env.ENABLE_BAZEL_SANDBOX_PLUGIN === 'true' ||
+    process.env.ENABLE_BAZEL_SANDBOX_PLUGIN === '1'
+  ) {
+    const bindir = process.env.BAZEL_BINDIR;
+    const execroot = process.env.JS_BINARY__EXECROOT;
+    if (bindir && execroot) {
+      plugins.push(createBazelSandboxPlugin({ bindir, execroot }));
+    }
+  }
+
   return {
     absWorkingDir: workspaceRoot,
     format: 'esm',
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/sandbox-plugin-bazel.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/sandbox-plugin-bazel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c30ef297fd67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/sandbox-plugin-bazel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Forked from https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_esbuild/blob/e4e49d3354cbf7087c47ac9c5f2e6fe7f5e398d3/esbuild/private/plugins/bazel-sandbox.js
+ */
+
+import type { OnResolveResult, Plugin, PluginBuild, ResolveOptions } from 'esbuild';
+import { stat } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+
+export interface CreateBazelSandboxPluginOptions {
+  bindir: string;
+  execroot: string;
+}
+
+// Under Bazel, esbuild will follow symlinks out of the sandbox when the sandbox is enabled. See https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_esbuild/issues/58.
+// This plugin using a separate resolver to detect if the the resolution has left the execroot (which is the root of the sandbox
+// when sandboxing is enabled) and patches the resolution back into the sandbox.
+export function createBazelSandboxPlugin({
+  bindir,
+  execroot,
+}: CreateBazelSandboxPluginOptions): Plugin {
+  return {
+    name: 'bazel-sandbox',
+    setup(build) {
+      build.onResolve({ filter: /./ }, async ({ path: importPath, ...otherOptions }) => {
+        // NB: these lines are to prevent infinite recursion when we call `build.resolve`.
+        if (otherOptions.pluginData) {
+          if (otherOptions.pluginData.executedSandboxPlugin) {
+            return;
+          }
+        } else {
+          otherOptions.pluginData = {};
+        }
+        otherOptions.pluginData.executedSandboxPlugin = true;
+
+        return await resolveInExecroot({ build, bindir, execroot, importPath, otherOptions });
+      });
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+interface ResolveInExecrootOptions {
+  build: PluginBuild;
+  bindir: string;
+  execroot: string;
+  importPath: string;
+  otherOptions: ResolveOptions;
+}
+
+async function resolveInExecroot({
+  build,
+  bindir,
+  execroot,
+  importPath,
+  otherOptions,
+}: ResolveInExecrootOptions): Promise<OnResolveResult> {
+  const result = await build.resolve(importPath, otherOptions);
+
+  if (result.errors && result.errors.length) {
+    // There was an error resolving, just return the error as-is.
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  if (
+    !result.path.startsWith('.') &&
+    !result.path.startsWith('/') &&
+    !result.path.startsWith('\\')
+  ) {
+    // Not a relative or absolute path. Likely a module resolution that is marked "external"
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  // If esbuild attempts to leave the execroot, map the path back into the execroot.
+  if (!result.path.startsWith(execroot)) {
+    // If it tried to leave bazel-bin, error out completely.
+    if (!result.path.includes(bindir)) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Error: esbuild resolved a path outside of BAZEL_BINDIR (${bindir}): ${result.path}`,
+      );
+    }
+    // Otherwise remap the bindir-relative path
+    const correctedPath = join(execroot, result.path.substring(result.path.indexOf(bindir)));
+    if (process.env.JS_BINARY__LOG_DEBUG) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.error(
+        `DEBUG: [bazel-sandbox] correcting resolution ${result.path} that left the sandbox to ${correctedPath}.`,
+      );
+    }
+    result.path = correctedPath;
+
+    // Fall back to `.js` file if resolved `.ts` file does not exist in the changed path.
+    //
+    // It's possible that a `.ts` file exists outside the sandbox and esbuild resolves it. It's not
+    // guaranteed that the sandbox also contains the same file. One example might be that the build
+    // depend on a compiled version of the file and the sandbox will only contain the corresponding
+    // `.js` and `.d.ts` files.
+    if (result.path.endsWith('.ts')) {
+      try {
+        await stat(result.path);
+      } catch (e: unknown) {
+        const jsPath = result.path.slice(0, -3) + '.js';
+        if (process.env.JS_BINARY__LOG_DEBUG) {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          console.error(
+            `DEBUG: [bazel-sandbox] corrected resolution ${result.path} does not exist in the sandbox, trying ${jsPath}.`,
+          );
+        }
+        result.path = jsPath;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}