diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 8e52206a2fa..3ce350f72b2 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -41,13 +41,15 @@ build:mkl_open_source_only --define=build_with_mkl=true --define=enable_mkl=true
 build:mkl_open_source_only --define=tensorflow_mkldnn_contraction_kernel=0
 
 # Config setting to build oneDNN with Compute Library for the Arm Architecture (ACL).
-# This build is for the inference regime only.
-build:mkl_aarch64 --define=build_with_mkl_aarch64=true --define=enable_mkl=true
-build:mkl_aarch64 --define=tensorflow_mkldnn_contraction_kernel=0
-build:mkl_aarch64 --define=build_with_mkl_opensource=true
+build:mkl_aarch64 --define=build_with_mkl_aarch64=true
 build:mkl_aarch64 --define=build_with_openmp=true
-build:mkl_aarch64 --copt=-march=armv8.2-a
-build:mkl_aarch64 --copt=-O3
+build:mkl_aarch64 --define=build_with_acl=true
+build:mkl_aarch64 -c opt
+
+# Config setting to build oneDNN with Compute Library for the Arm Architecture (ACL).
+# with Eigen threadpool support
+build:mkl_aarch64_threadpool --define=build_with_mkl_aarch64=true
+build:mkl_aarch64_threadpool -c opt
 
 build --define=build_with_onednn_v2=true
 build --define=xnn_enable_avxvnni=false