diff --git a/cmd/soong_build/main.go b/cmd/soong_build/main.go
index cf6c1c7..d8c59b8 100644
--- a/cmd/soong_build/main.go
+++ b/cmd/soong_build/main.go
@@ -544,6 +544,12 @@
 		}
 		writeMetrics(configuration, ctx.EventHandler, metricsDir)
 	}
+
+	// Register this environment variablesas being an implicit dependencies of
+	// soong_build. Changes to this environment variable will result in
+	// retriggering soong_build.
+	configuration.Getenv("USE_BAZEL_VERSION")
+
 	writeUsedEnvironmentFile(configuration)
 
 	// Touch the output file so that it's the newest file created by soong_build.